I've traveled pretty far and wide in my life time from Europe to Mid East to Canada and SE Asia. One thing that I have noticed is that boomers here in NA are the most selfish group of people I have ever met in my entire life.
They have lived the golden life no generation in the history of mankind lived and they don't wanna let go. My wife's boomer parents are the definition of it. They live in Canada.
Scared of their own shadows. If you put a gun to these peoples head and asked for an original thought on government they would repeat what CBC (their version of CNN) told them to repeat.
They live in large homes they bought for peanuts because every dollar was worth 10x what it is now and for medical coverage they will destroy 10 generations after them. They don't give two shits about what any government does AS LONG AS their 50 prescription meds are covered and they get a check. That's it.
Most of them have children and grandchildren in debt up their nose but it doesn't matter.
They will continue to stand in voting lines far more than any other demographic and vote for any faggot rat that maintains their homes (purchased for under 200k) prices moving up in an unsustainable manner.
Collapse? "Doesn't matter. I'll be dead anyway."
The worst ones in this group are the federal employees who are retired. IMO, you couldn't find a larger group of assholes in this country.
They are glued to MSM 24 hours a day. It's sickening.
EDIT: Normie boomers is what I am referring to here.
Many time I have heard the tale of the boomers who were buying their first homes with interest rates in the teens. Way UP in the teens. And paid back school loans at 9 - 11% interest. So who exactly was responsible for THAT? The young adult boomers just getting started in life? Did they create that mess or inherit it?
I get tired of the pity party that every generation seems to throw for themselves. Oh me, oh my, my grandparents had it so much better. But did they, really? Nah.
We worked for everything we have. No free lunches when I was growing up. I DID get a better education that this poster.
Pity party is right!!
You're comparing double digit interest rates from a time where inflation was 700% less than it is today? lmao ok. I'm not even gonna bother trying to explain to you the difference between now and then financially.
Inflation was rampant then as well. But you have to know your history to know that. Ever heard of Jimmy Carter?