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In reply to the discussion: Thanks for killing the planet, boomers! [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)blaming "the boomers" for everything under the sun has become a cottage industry. I would never, as this idiot INDIVIDUAL little millenial does, blame an entire generation for global climate change. It's a wee bit more complex than that.
the problem isn't generational income inequality. It's a problem of the 1% vs everyone else.
"What does any of this have to do with global warming? When an increasing share of our national wealth is held by an aging demographic minority, our national politics are only more likely to tilt away from confronting the inconvenient truth of our worlds imminent (yet slow moving) destruction. While the AARP spends over $100 million on D.C. lobbyists every year protecting sacred cows like Social Security and Medicare, no comparable institution exists to lobby on behalf of Mmillennials and Gen Z, the demographic groups that will face global warmings worst consequences. Weve been consigned to the sidelines, turned into spectators of the greatest disaster movie ever made.