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> As populations age into a higher percentage of retirees, the system is forced to cope with a more people who are purely consumers, but contribute nothing to t

> As populations age into a higher percentage of retirees, the system is forced to cope with a more people who are purely consumers, but contribute nothing to the system. Sort of off topic, but I do agree that the older generations in the western world, particularly the american baby boomers, act sociopathic as a group. There is a good book about this: A generation of sociopaths. [1] Sad to watch an entire generation hate their children and grandchildren (if they even have them). Believe me, I do not enjoy painting an entire group of people with a shit-stained brush, but it is what it is and it should be called out. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Generation-Sociopaths-Boomers-Betrayed-America/dp/0316395781 https://www.amazon.com/Generation-Sociopaths-Boomers-Betraye...

nonethewiser 4y ago
If we’re playing that game, then this diagnosis is coming from a group with severe anxiety.
- KyeRussell 4y ago
  This being any sort of ‘tit-for-tat’ response is coincidentally a pretty ‘boomer’ take on mental health. Anxiety can be (and is often) situational, and anxious situations can be a catalyst for general anxiety disorder, etc. I’m not gonna sit here and pretend to know what it’s like to be an average income earning millennial, even though I am a millennial. But the fact that I’m sitting here on my nice fat tech worker salary (after still finding it quite hard to buy a house), supporting my partner who is studying and working part-time, and am still feeling the pinch of inflation, makes me completely sympathise with those earning less than me that are surely freaking the fuck out.
  - nonethewiser 4y ago
    What about observing a trend is a boomer take?
- justinclift 4y ago
  > ... from a group with severe anxiety. Maybe they have a good reason for it, which is the point? :p
  - nonethewiser 4y ago
    Doesn’t remove the anxiety, however justified
    - justinclift 4y ago
      Um, why would that be expected?

nonethewiser 4y ago

If we’re playing that game, then this diagnosis is coming from a group with severe anxiety.

KyeRussell 4y ago
This being any sort of ‘tit-for-tat’ response is coincidentally a pretty ‘boomer’ take on mental health. Anxiety can be (and is often) situational, and anxious situations can be a catalyst for general anxiety disorder, etc. I’m not gonna sit here and pretend to know what it’s like to be an average income earning millennial, even though I am a millennial. But the fact that I’m sitting here on my nice fat tech worker salary (after still finding it quite hard to buy a house), supporting my partner who is studying and working part-time, and am still feeling the pinch of inflation, makes me completely sympathise with those earning less than me that are surely freaking the fuck out.
- nonethewiser 4y ago
  What about observing a trend is a boomer take?
justinclift 4y ago
> ... from a group with severe anxiety. Maybe they have a good reason for it, which is the point? :p
- nonethewiser 4y ago
  Doesn’t remove the anxiety, however justified
  - justinclift 4y ago
    Um, why would that be expected?