I was thinking about why I hate boomers so much, and I think I’ve got to the bottom of it.
It’s not that they gang raped the economy for their own selfish needs at a cost of everyone else. They did. They absolutely did.
It’s that that still isn’t enough for them. If they are philosophical about it, “hey I know it’s not fair but what was I gonna do? Not indulge and make sure I’m okay like everyone else?” then that’s cool, I’d likely be the same.
Even if they’re brazen about it, “yeah I made sure I was okay and I don’t care about anyone else” it’s the same thing. I get it.
It’s that they go too far, they want too much, they’re like Leo in django, winning wasn’t enough. He had to humiliate them and insist on a handshake, this is what they do.
They had cheap education, they had cheap housing, they had strong spending power, they had generous pensions, generous social security, they had strong job stability and options others didn’t, it’s not that they milked that for all it’s worth and deprived the same benefits to anybody else to enrich themselves.
It’s that they still want to be the victim, they still want to say they worked uniquely hard, that they overcame hardship like nobody else. That everything they have is down to their own incredible intelligent and hard work, and not just a result of being in the right place at the right time with a standard work life balance.
Talking to any they never shut the fuck up about how brilliant they are and how kids have it way too easy now and they don’t appreciate them. It’s what old people do but boomers take it to the fucking insane nth degree.
plus the fact they’re fat unhealthy diabetics who are angry pills don’t cure them and think it’s everyone else’s fault they don’t eat fruit or do cardio.