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NickB79

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59. When you're running on pure rage, facts won't matter

Thu Sep 19, 2019, 05:13 PM

Sep 2019

All the posts here about all the good things older generations have done for the environment mean shit. You don't get the point.

When the planet's ecosystems are crumbling and global civilization is collapsing (and it will be by century's end), the anger in the young will trump any logical debate. Societies want scapegoats, and we will be it, regardless of our enviro cred. You driving a Tesla today won't mean jack to a guy born into a world of mass extinction, mass starvation and perpetual economic depression.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it gets bad enough in some areas that the old are treated the same way the Jews were treated in 1930's Europe: pogroms and "Night of Broken Glass" purges.

If this doesn't seem possible to you, you don't comprehend how bad climate change will be at current rates.

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Why baby boomers' grandchildren will hate them [View all] progressoid Sep 2019 OP

todays youths drive cars, use energy guzzling electronics, eat dead animals msongs Sep 2019 #1

Which shows they don't actually give a shit about climate change. Kaleva Sep 2019 #11

Didn't you use your laptop or your phone to type that post? BlueStater Sep 2019 #19

Energy use isn't bad in and of itself, quibbler. maxsolomon Sep 2019 #30

The abolitionist, women's right to vote, civil rights, and anti-war movements were grassroots Kaleva Sep 2019 #40

What's your point? MSongs is saying kids are hypocrites for eating meat and charging their phones. maxsolomon Sep 2019 #42

Your comment: "ACC requires structural change that can only come from govt leadership. " Kaleva Sep 2019 #49

Electricity providers have monopolies. maxsolomon Sep 2019 #57

Back in 2013, my monthly budget for electicity was $39 a month Kaleva Sep 2019 #58

You certainly know a lot about history. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #62

Exactly. This is a somewhat naive and silly post that can be argued ineffectively about any... brush Sep 2019 #41

Today's youth are more likely than boomers to live in cities and take mass transit. Blue_true Sep 2019 #48

Well it's good the animals aren't alive while they're being eaten n/t lordsummerisle Sep 2019 #53

I am not a Boomer but the headline to this article is so virgogal Sep 2019 #2

Thanks, I agree. whathehell Sep 2019 #27

Well, then... Newest Reality Sep 2019 #3

thanks, saved me the trouble of writing the same response. Triloon Sep 2019 #9

Cool! Newest Reality Sep 2019 #15

Boomers created the modern environmental movement in the 60s and 70s DBoon Sep 2019 #18

Yeah what Newest Reality said Thanks. nt PufPuf23 Sep 2019 #35

The world as it exists... Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #63

Generational bashing is wrong. It's the greedy people in any generation and unfettered capitalism LisaM Sep 2019 #4

Mine know who I am and, since they're neither mean nor stupid, Hortensis Sep 2019 #5

Young people know that the chance to stop ACC has largely passed. maxsolomon Sep 2019 #43

That's not the message of the OP. It's a grave insult Hortensis Sep 2019 #46

This. sheshe2 Sep 2019 #51

Quite a tantrum Skidmore Sep 2019 #6

Pfffft. (The above posters stated well how I view this WAPO article) Guilded Lilly Sep 2019 #7

I'm a far left Democrat and radical environmentalist so maybe not... hunter Sep 2019 #8

I expect this OP to be lit up due to so many Boomers around these parts, but the Boomer legacy Celerity Sep 2019 #10

Your indictment applies equally to all generations. LanternWaste Sep 2019 #12

the generations who are coming after the boomers (especially the ones not in the US) Celerity Sep 2019 #16

I don't hate my grandparents The_jackalope Sep 2019 #13

I'm a generation before you and have a much more hopeful attitude towards the future. virgogal Sep 2019 #24

Good luck! nt The_jackalope Sep 2019 #25

By this reasoning our Grandchildren will hate us too... Thyla Sep 2019 #14

More divide & conquer BS, while the 1% siphon off our treasury & raid our future. -nt CrispyQ Sep 2019 #17

Think I might leave my grandkids a letter. ooky Sep 2019 #20

They might also hate their parents ... GeorgeGist Sep 2019 #21

So, 55% voted for Asshole? maxsolomon Sep 2019 #31

Yes, X-ers, Millennials, and Gen Y didn't show up to save you from yourself. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #64

So, fossil fuels and clean cutting forests have only been sinkingfeeling Sep 2019 #22

As a GenX, you know the generation everyone keeps forgetting.. Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2019 #23

GenX doesn't have power to effect change. maxsolomon Sep 2019 #33

Sorry, but Rex and the Kochs are not boomers randr Sep 2019 #37

"and the generation before them" maxsolomon Sep 2019 #44

Still, we were the ones with first warnings. Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2019 #38

All generations pretty much despise all previous generations. lunatica Sep 2019 #26

It's not a good idea to paint with such a broad brush TheRealNorth Sep 2019 #28

so you'll do it anyway, then. maxsolomon Sep 2019 #45

Proud to be a boomer Cartoonist Sep 2019 #29

I agree ... We have dropped the ball. scarytomcat Sep 2019 #32

"if your children figured out how lame you really are, they'd murder you in your sleep" DBoon Sep 2019 #34

They are giving their coddling genx parents a pass randr Sep 2019 #36

It is the baby boomer generation that brought us the environmental movement on a wide scale. emmaverybo Sep 2019 #39

I am a middle-late babyboomer. Blue_true Sep 2019 #47

Uh, the Baby Boomers who supposedly "fleeced" customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #50

You may not be aware of this Mariana Sep 2019 #54

Yes, yes they will customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #56

Then, please don't talk like only Boomers had to pay the higher tax. Mariana Sep 2019 #60

True customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #61

"The Greatest Generation..." NOT remembered with reverence universally- dawg day Sep 2019 #52

they never experienced normal weather. ever. pansypoo53219 Sep 2019 #55

When you're running on pure rage, facts won't matter NickB79 Sep 2019 #59