What's with all the Ageism in These Threads??

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81. Same here...

I think there are some generational divides and Baby Boomers seem to think they know what's best for the rest of us just because they are older, but they don't take the time to really understand how people younger than them have to live now.

Baby boomers seem to kind of be in love with their own generation from the way a lot of them talk about it. I know they feel a lot of pride for their role in the civil rights and feminist movements of the 60's/70's, which is completely warranted, but then there were others in their generation that got us into the situation we are in today. Obviously, there are a large amount of baby boomers who weren't into civil rights or feminism at all. It seems their dying wish is to force all younger generations back into the 1950's style of living. It really doesn't make any sense to me why these people are so rabid about pushing back on the progress made in these areas when they aren't going to live long enough to reap much benefit from their efforts. Younger Americans are accustomed to woman working, multiculturalism, having abortion legal, people being openly gay, the concept of racial equality, etc. To young people, what's going on now doesn't make any sense. We are used to living in a world were these things are normal and now we have boomer leaders that want to change all of that for us. To me it seems like a lot of Boomers aren't retiring and making way for the younger generations. I'm almost 40 and I still don't see many people my age in positions of power in government. Even where I work, the majority of my coworkers are boomers. That's really not a good thing for companies. They aren't taking the time to train young people. It seems pretty risky to me.