Why busters hate boomers

No wonder a quarter of young people are struggling with mental illness. The boomer mentality goes like this: get a good education. Get a well-paying full-time job. Find a stable partner.

Buy a house and a car. Preferably, have a child. Failing any stage of this process is a reflection of your self-worth and indicates a lack of moral fibre. We consider these expectations reasonable, and we blame ourselves for not living up to them. The global conditions that enabled a middle-class existence are evaporating, and are being replaced by an economic system whose function is the transfer of wealth to the lucky few. You want to see police brutality???

Do you even know what that looks like??? Try taking a trip to Brazil, go to Cuba, go to Singapore, go to Japan. Evil Evil Racism, you want to see real racism??? You want some perspective there???? Go the the Modern Day Slave Markets all over the middle east. Rant over Boomer Karen Out!!!!! Millennials have been made lazy by technology, and therefore readily accept whatever their professors , media, and pop culture tells them. Tide pod challenge- sure, socialism- ok, white guilt- why not.

They refuse to question why they are tearing down historical statues because they have video games to play. They run up college debt with no concept of having to pay it back, so they back any socialist who promises to drop it. They hate their grandparents who loved them because their favorite rapper told them they were evil racists. They carry libraries of information in one hand, but they are the most ignorant generation ever. Oh yes, and I knew this about them before I even finished middle school.

I am a millennial, but I get where you are coming from. Look at the state of politics now, it is going to be absolutely horrible to be an American when millennials and zoomers hit age All of their ideas are bent towards communism or socialism which both are the same thing in comparison to the free market.

They plan to use and abuse the people with high taxation which results in minimal wage normalization. You will roll in your grave when you get to see what kind of fantastic gifts they will bring the USA.

They are perhaps the most brainwashed delusional generation yet. The government these ignoramus Boomers brought to power is bloated with opportunist, corrupt, machiavellian types, that literally produce nothing, FEED off of the public purse like parasites, whilst at the same time as broadcast this pathetic corporate charade on television to keep you dumbed down , mindcontrolled and subserviant.

Wake up. Millennials hate their parents and grandparents. Their future? Forget it. I am a white male boomer and frankly, everything about my demographic disgusts me. The climate denialism, excuses, and projection disgust me. The boomers took everything for themselves and give nothing back but a dying world to their children and grandchildren. Sociopathic, delusional and extremely selfish, these snowflakes do nothing but whine while they attack the victims of their greed, while taking zero responsibility for their actions.

Thanks to these sorry excuse for men and women we have politicians like Donald Trump in office, as the Amazon and Australia go up in flames. It seems like they are doing everything in their power to leave nothing in their wake but a collapsed civilization and a Mass extinction event. Being a boomer makes me feel ashamed though I have little to do with the attitudes and stupidity that define my generation. You do know that the Australian Brush goes up in flames every year? They even have people who are payed by their government to burn it, as it is a normal part of the crop cycle.

I want to also ask you this, because it seems to be on the minds of people these days. Why do you think spending money is going to prevent natural catastrophes? If the answer is global warming prevention and awareness, then how is money going to stop global warming? Banning the coal industry does hardly nothing. A vast majority is coming from pollution into the waters, which is flooding north into the arctics and melting away the ice caps.

I dare to use the word funny but funny enough it is greatly coming from China and Russia together. But you see, there is nothing you can do about it.

This as stated, is a global campaign that cannot be won. They only care about money, but I think it would be foolish to think that paying them would be doing anything good.

They have a reputation for lying and sabotaging diplomatic affairs. You are just about the smartest Millennial I have ever encountered and I actually have a pretty high opinion of your generation. Your generation is misunderstood and far more diverse than people give you credit for. You also have access to more information than any generation prior. Now are some of you dipshits??? This guy may not know what a Cuck is but he sure could be defined as one. As much as I argued over the years with my, Baby Boomer aged parents, there is no denying their generation accomplished more than any generation since.

By far. Were there some bad decisions made? Was everything not good in the long term? Good news,! Covid causes fertility problems to males… Millennial males. This attitude is a result of not teaching REAL history. It is this same Boomer generation that enabled thesde entitled complainers to have the dubious perhaps education they have and the hedonistic lifestyle they crave and are not willing to lose.

We did not have this lifestyle. My childhood and youth was very austere. You type like a dumb retard I hope Corona takes you. So does bitterness. Another one speaking through her ass! Boomer in the US inherited a foreign war where 18 year olds were being sent overseas to die a thing called the Vietnam War. Boomer grew up in an era when it was ok for parents to beat their kids up.

Boomer grew up with race riots , people killing each other black vs. Home financing had double digit interest rates when Boomer was something. Sound like fun? Those 2 items alone are going to suck your paycheck dry long after Boomer is gone.

They should both be called the Narcissist geeration, they are so fullof themselves and entitled. They live in a fantasy world of social media and mobiel phones. Worst fo all , they cant speak, write, or communicate properly, one only has to listen to the illitereate , uninformed dribble that comes out their mouth as they desperately man their soapboxes pretending the world of social media cares what they have to say. Can you people just die already so we can start fixing the mess that is your only legacy?!

Typing with your weak, judgemental hand. A strong Boomer hand held a gun during a war, to save your mothers to raise you overly entitled brats. Do I have the job or not?? They believe all the crap that boomer liberals politicians tell them, not thinking for themselves. They take the info that made them angry and spew it everywhere without thought as to WHY it made them angry and how it was spun to make them angry — then looking at it objectively.

They are nothing more than a mob of angry sheep. No wish to see other views, no doing meaningful research and total rejection of those who do research. No sense in what is true and brainwashed to the last one. Both yes both of the national parties support the rich. I grew up listening to the stories about WWII and what really happened. If you are an 18 year old female, would you be brave enough to defuse an unexploded bomb as my mother did?

If you are a 20 year old male, would you be able to evade enemy soldiers in the jungle or survive a Japanese Prisoner of War camp like one of my Uncles did? They did all this so you could be here today living in a country where you can say what you like without being arrested or killed. I will defend your right to say things that I think are awful because I know what sacrifices people made for you.

If a businessman chose to operate with outputs, prices, and wages that yielded him a smaller profit than the maximum, but which he felt were socially more desirable, there is nothing in the profit system that would prevent him from doing this.

What of economic inequality and the accumulation of wealth by the so-called one percent? When we examine this soberly, we can deduce that the unequal distribution of wealth is not an existential threat, however, the amount of consumption is. Thus, are we not all overpaid? Would it not be wiser to leave some of the capital-building non-renewable resources untouched in the first instance? Altruism does not mitigate their carbon footprint which is off the charts into Sasquatch and Yeti territory.

Again quoting Mr. They who embrace every new citizen added to the census as another potential consumer, a soldier in the battle with the Chinese for economic supremacy, a passenger on the train that keeps the GDP chugging along. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction.

And what if continuation of the current path leads to a segmented world of totalitarian societies that have managed to maintain livable environments with intact biodiversity and dystopian free ones beset by all that an environmental catastrophe brings? Which then would one choose to live in? Hypothetical questions both, like the one Michael Bloomberg the adult in the room, if you will and the Big Gulp saga begs: If one does not want a nanny state, should one consider not acting like a juvenile?

The irony of Mr. Bloomberg being in the same relative income bracket as Mr. Gates and Mr. Buffett is acknowledged but the endorsement stands: Michael Bloomberg is the pragmatic and unifying leader the country needs at this time. Are they appropriate? As astrophysicists theorize, Earth will continue to exist for another seven or eight billion years until the sun collapses and dies.

It has already survived as a livable planet after five mass extinctions, the last one occurring sixty six million years ago. The fundamental concern here then is whether to preserve the biological diversity and human friendly ecological conditions that have evolved since that event.

So, perhaps not. The solution? The Green New Deal? So, no, not unless consumption and procreation are reduced to sustainable levels. A daunting proposition. Perhaps Google has an algorithm. No amount of money, NONE. Carbon emissions from cars do not matter, in fact there is evidence that they help plants and fruits grow. The real source of pollution is water pollution, coming from China.

The great source of air pollution is coming from Russia. Global Warming? What are you thinking of? What the hell do you think money will buy when it comes to preventing HEAT, of all things. The Earth will warm and cool down, there is nothing you can do about it so stop whining and trying to sell our economy out.

Poor kid. Gen X and Millennials do not intersect. Gen X ends with birth year and Millennials begin with birth year Each person has merits and demerits, Boomer or Youth. The art of living is to co-exist wisely, or perish one by one. The present Corona crisis can affect all, sooner or later. Only coexistence, sanity and serenity can see us through.

I remember the first Earth Day in — I was 14 years old and it was a school day, and we were all really excited about cleaning up the planet and helping poor people to have clean living spaces, and helping other species by protecting habitat. Our science class had special projects going outdoors, it was a beautiful day, and we were filled with hope.

Lots of people were hippies back then, mainly people a few years older than me. Then the 70s came, and people lost the drive to really do the hard work of changing things.

After that came the 80s, and so many people I knew rushed off to get MBAs or law degrees and work for corporations, make money, and become consumers. People became obsessed with high-end wines, expensive niche food, coach bags, luxury travel, and their social status via their careers.

They would look at me as if I were crazy, or a commie. Their parents were deeply in to throw-away culture. Everything I did I mostly did alone, because even the liberals in my community were heavily invested in the consensus reality which has been so destructive to our world. All of which is to say I understand the frustration and even the fury of the young. And as a member of the older generation I accept that there is a collective responsibility that all of us must carry.

It is time for all of us, the young and the old, to roll up our sleeves and get to the work of healing ourselves, our culture, and the biosystems that support us all on this planet. Some of us are listening. It IS about age. The content of the comments are not being legitimately addressed.

Stop attacking the person. You are consumed by your own anger. Debate the comments. The author understands. This article is filled with hatred and Agism!!

One day the generations younger than us will start rejecting us and then we will understand what it feels like. Please dont talk like as if you understand everything in this world.

Have some amount of humility! You just need to know. This world was by the last few generations before us and you need to respect them. I see so many comments about agism….

Truth hurts. Fact is so many things the Boomer Generation has done and said could easily be used as a perfect example of agism. I am almost 40 and I am STILL dismissed by boomers who really are out of touch with the world NOW, get over it the world has changed and you no longer have the answers! Who says anything can be done? I guess eventually we can cancel social security and kick you asses out to the curb like they did to the mentally ill.

Read your your history. Educate yourself. Stop talking in generalisations. They were just people of a different era. Are you going to kick you grandparents and parents out onto the streets too?

You wish death upon a whole generation of people? You call yourself a journalist? I have other words to describe you. Youd be Josef Mengele, if you were a doctor. Opinions can still be hate propaganda. I have a suggestion- every boomer donate every last penny of their enormous estates to the charity of their choice. That should help save the world. This article is a rant, not a piece of well researched journalism.

It is full of generalisations, stereotypes and ageism. If I aimed such a piece against Indian people Samira, you would accuse me of blatant racism. All you are doing is setting one group of people against another. Of course boomers as you so succinctly call people of my age can be blind to the problems of the world, and they can also be activists for the environment and for a better planet.

So can people of any generation. Time is a slow transition from one generation to the next, not an abrupt one, so we are all responsible for the state of the world. Bear in mind you are young now, but as each year passes you will get older, and you will become old.

In years time you might well read an ageist article again people of your own generation. I wish you well. Poor writing unless the goal was promote a myopic self serving agenda. Less opinion pieces from novice writers please. Boomers are scared shitless of death because they never lived! Obey the system was the game, consume, build, spend, save, work, work, consume.

They lived for this ruining everything they touched on the way, thinking they are entitled to it, they are right. Disrecpect for the young, hate for change because it my take something away. Tell ya what, old farts, youl die, and this world will be for the young, just please young people forgett traditon and the system, dont make those mistakes again!!!!

Keep your eyes opne and minds allert, live your ideal not your purses, money comes and goes, values change, people come and go, nothing stayes the same, love this planet its our only home!!!! Chris — slow down and learn to coherently state a position instead of articulating idiocy. Good luck in the new age without Boomers. Guess what I am a boomer, but what my generation has dome makes me sick!

I have kids and I am wooried about their future, why? Gen X thinks Boomers are too uptight and Millennials are a bunch of whiney bitches. We came home to an empty house, made our own dinner, and did our damn homework while cranking Ozzie to piss off our parents. Then we grew up and made a shitload of money because we learned to do it all ourselves. Its plain wicked to casually wish death on a group of strangers because of their age.

Do I point out the obvious the young will be old one day. If you have an authoritarian dictator, you are very obviously not a communist nation, regardless of the label you put on the box. Dont worry about it. Reading basic factual information instead of blindly swallowing what you already want to hear is hard, and a waste of time. And you dont have much time left!

That means you have to hoard as much as you possibly can now! Sure, but the Earth will also shake YOU off, lol. A boomer has more possibilities to die of natural death… But you, o young snowflakes, are less likely to reach old age..

Funny the complaining about boomers being dismissive but what is ok boomer, or boomer remover, except dismissive. Ageism is a sad pastime of younger people, and arrogance of elders. Some abused the environment, some worked to save it. Some worked for human rights, some worked against them. Some fought in wars and came back broken, some started wars.

Some are giving, some are selfish. I am a pre boomer and have sympathy for the younger generation with everything on this planet disappearing before our eyes and am disgusted with the current happenings. But in reality, I agree with the younger generation and think it is criminal that this is being tolerated by our governments. On the other hand, yes we have much to be thankful for as we have many important things that we have gained, but at the same time our gains are also leading to the demise of the planet, what good is it to have all the comforts of life only to cause the destruction of the only home we have?

I agree with Greta and wish we could defeat the current administrations and work towards saving the planet for the next generation. So all you naysayers get your heads out of the sand and accept the reality. Share the voice. Share the government. Share decisions. Quit cutting taxes. Quit buying summer homes. Quit actively fighting science. Quit suing companies for hiring a younger person than you. Quit raising rent.

Quit writing articles about how millennials are the bane of your existence. Start wearing masks. Quit looking down on your kids for living at home or being less successful. Quit modifying the definition of inflation to benefit your own financial records.

Quit voting to cut future programs you depend on now. Quit being greedy. Yeah, what have they ever done for us eh?! The great depression started econ downturns and there have been many caused by every gen. Throughout history, this has been the case. The older generation is not going anywhere anytime soon. Think about it… Even they have evolved dramatically from the previous generation as we have.

There is no easy way to go about it as the right way is always the toughest. This type of casual blame game and cynical rant is more befitting in the social media than in a piece for a quality media outlet.

Ironically it ends up patronizing the very millennials who it claims to represent. I think by and large the millennials have understood that these outbreaks are quite complex and no single group or country can be held responsible, not can solve in isolation. Does the younger generation understand the underlying principles that have informed a number of the standards of the older generation formulated.? Please help. Wow, Samira! Good grief. Read some history and get some context for crying out loud.

You want a broken climate, research the Little Ice Age. I have never used the term millennial in describing a person under Nor have I ever dismissed them for being young. I celebrate it as a fresh eye on old problems.

Until recently , I had always thought of young people as the only hope we have.. Then the different generations would have a little respect for each other. Someday the author will come to find out that the boomers and ALL previous generations were the people who have improved the living conditions for this and most other nations in the world.

A company that gets into new products and does things differently is exhilarating to younger people. At Hewlett-Packard in Sunnyvale, California, year-old marketer Laura Demmons is a lead member of a so-called garage team that's developing a communications product to be launched in early Demmons says her road hasn't been pothole-free.

I was frustrated. I felt like I could run circles around the managers, and I was doing it for less than half the money. I was going to leave for a startup when the vice president of the group called me in. I told him, 'I don't fit in here.

But I can just see him. It's like, I was this creature. I didn't want to be mean to him, but I just wanted a field to run in,'' says Demmons, who counts horseback riding among her hobbies. The situation was fixed by restoring her autonomy, and Demmons says Schofield ''in hindsight, has been one of my biggest supporters. That's why we're doing things that are different.

It's more than just the money that's important -- it's the ownership question. It's like, please let me do this job. There are so many young people who are so good at what they do. Says Sigismonti, her finger tapping on a table for emphasis: ''Tell me that I did a good job.

Let me know. It can be financial or something else. At a company event, it could be just pointing someone out and saying their name. Says Margaret Regan: ''In my employee surveys, the factors that predict job satisfaction among people in their 20s is that it be a fun place to work.

Says Scott Hess, a year-old Chicago marketing writer: ''The god we're worshipping is not the bottom line -- it's quality of life.

Yes, we kids are impetuous, naive, and just a tad arrogant -- and that's why we need smart but sensitive boomer managers who can smooth our rough edges while channeling our enthusiasm. Ally yourself with us while you can -- or don't be surprised if, one day, you're asking one of us for work.

Too much politicking -- not enough work. You're stuck in the old hierarchies. You're not current on technology. Can you spell naive? You have no respect for authority. You're right -- stop rubbing it in. To overcome the tension, begin by understanding each side's point of view. The name sounds like a generation of spoiled Dr. Spock progeny having a temper tantrum.

But part of the problem is the image that extends from that, even if it has no relationship to reality. Again, from The Guardian column, it seems UK Boomers are living a charmed life: "Having enjoyed a life of free love, free school meals, free universities, defined benefit pensions, mainly full employment and a year-long housing boom, they are bequeathing their children sky-high house prices, debts and shrivelled pensions.

A year-old in is a very privileged and lucky human being — an object of resentment as much as admiration. Boomers didn't get free lunches, pensions, free universities, or even full employment. And I can't speak for others, but during the sexual revolution, I was largely a non-combatant.

Again, in this country, Boomers today are less privileged than they are hard-pressed. If not going bankrupt, they still have their kids living at home, are caring for aging parents, and if not laid off likely holding on to a problematic job in order to get health care coverage for a growing list of chronic diseases.

Up in Canada, the latter is of great concern. If Boomers in the U. Something Canadian baby Boomers need to worry about: They still have ice floes in the Arctic, and elderly, uppity Boomers might just find themselves being ushered onto one soon. It appears that the only country that actually wants Baby Boomers is Mexico , which hopes to lure them with cheap medical care and warm weather.

Expect a flow of illegal U.