Boomers=Source of ALL USA Problems wrote:
^This is a bunch of Boomer BS propaganda. If Boomers had actually been paying attention to running the country, instead of running 100 miles per week to get 30th in some meaningless, no-name road race then we wouldn't be in the mess we now are as a country. They also wouldn't all be on their 3rd and 4th marriages if they had a little less running and a little more balance in their lives.
Boomers are a worthless generation that has done nothing but destroy this country and continually take credit for things they did not do. They have run BOTH political parties into the ground and are responsible for running the economy into the ground and creating a mountain of debt by consistently voting for generous entitlements for themselves while simultaneously refusing to pay (i.e. Raise taxes) for those entitlements.
They claim they have benefited us all by giving us cultural gifts--by starting movements that gave us fast running times, equal rights for blacks, women, gay folks, by giving us modern music (like rock & roll) through their pioneering efforts, by giving us modern computer science, and through things like iconic movies.
But a closer look at these claims reveals their lies. As a starting point, please take note that it is widely agreed that Boomers were born 1946-1964. This means that the oldest members of this generation turned 30 in 1976 and, thus, they have been running the show (...or they should've been instead of running 100 miles per week) in the US since the mid to late 1970s.
The major civil rights leaders for black equal rights in the 60s (Martin Luther King, Jr., Medger Evers, Rosa Parks, Ceaser Chavez, Fred Shuttlesworth, Jon Lewis, Malcom X, and many more) were all born in the 20s to early 40s. But you know who is a boomer? Al Sharpton.
The major players in the second wave feminist movement (Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Mary King, Alice Rossi) of the 60s were all born in 20s - early 40s as well. Of course, this means the women who fought for basic equal rights (like the right to vote) were even older. These brave women were not boomers. But Boomers are the leaders of the disgusting mess that is third wave feminism...
The folks that were the pioneers in equal rights for gay people (Harvey Milk, Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon) also not Boomers.
Who is widely acknowledged to be the father of modern computer science? Alan Turing. A gay non-Boomer.
Let's examine the music claims...Jimmi Hendrix? Jim Morrison? The Beatles? The Rolling Stones? Bob Dylan? Yup, all non-Boomers.
How about movies, directors, actors, etc?... Stanley Kubrick? Harrison Ford? George Lucas? Robert De Niro? Al Pacino? Robert Duval? Martin Scorsese? Clint Eastwood? George Romero? Francis Ford Coppala? Chevy Chase? Steve Martin? J.J. Abrams? The entire Monty Python crew? Yup, all non-boomers.
To summarize, Boomers frequently claim that their generation was responsible for major cultural and art movements but it's totally not true. Boomers are parasites and leeches....and I am assume some are good people. We should build a wall on our southern boarder, strip the boomers of their ill-gotten entitlements, and ship them down to old Mexico. All of our problems would be solved. Let's make America great again!
Absolutely nails it.
30 year old millennial who graduated around 2008 (yes, after the big crash and I'll never forget it) from a 'good' public university with a STEM degree, now making around 80k per year. Live happily alone in a small 1BR apartment, drive an old economy car, could absolutely not afford buying a house or condo or studio in the city where I live right now. I'm probably doing better than most, but ain't exactly killing it or anything.
Boomers rode the coattails of America at it's peak to great wealth. The party is now over and American is on the decline. The boomers hardly notice though because all they see is their deep bank accounts owing to massive stock market and savings account appreciating during their lives, appreciating property values, and gold-plated healthcare paid for by others. The rest of us are questioning the whole arrangement....marriage, home ownership, "paying your dues" until you are an obese 60 year old office plodder. We have no reason to believe in the life that our elder unhappy, fat, technology-illiterate boomers led. As quoted poster suggests...it's all a lie.
Personally I would not touch buying real estate right now with a 10 foot pole. When the boomers start dying of self-inflicted diabetes, their neighborhood goes to snot thanks to self-driving cars, and interest rates rise to a healthy level, there will be plenty of real estate buying opportunities. The bigger issue though is that the entire country is on the decline (under the oversight of the boomers). Massive unfunded pensions going to lazy dumb govt workers, the rise of more competitive, more educated economies in Asia and elsewhere, everyone looking for a handout. When the turds hit the fan, I'm hoping to be in a developing country such as Mexico, Vietnam, or Kenya where the costs are cheaper, weather warmer, futures are brighter, and parasitic American boomers are nonexistent.