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[–] amgine@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The older generation is so selfish they don’t want the younger generations to get something “easier” than they think they had it. “I walked uphill both ways in the snow” kind of thinking. Most privileged generation.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Good luck being distracted by age. That's almost as bad as red/blue state bullshit. Sure, the people in power in those states is making a difference, but my point is there's a huge mix of people in every state. And in the same way, there's plenty of old progressives and young fascists.

Constantly putting this crap on older generations implies you're one of the ones hoping the problem will die off.

It won't.

And distracting you from realizing that is the big reason for the push for "boomers" to equal "evil". There's a lot of idiot evil boomers, but there's plenty of young idiot evil fascists.

The problem ain't gonna die itself away. We must fight.

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The problem ain't gonna die itself away. We must fight.

And teach. We're fighting ignorance and intolerance. We all gotta learn

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 points 1 day ago

Critical Thinking Skills are the best offense against propaganda.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been hearing that the Republican Party will wither from attrition as they all die off for 50 fucking years. We should be free of them by now, but instead they've taken over everything.

I always tell people to remember back to that first big protest in Chancellorville, when all those neo-Nazi fuckwits marched in with their tiki torches, chanting "Jews will not replace us". ALL those weenies were under 40 years old. Rush Limbaugh and all the other psychopathic propagandists have been great at recruiting and indoctrinating new psychopaths into their ranks, and replacing all the old psychopaths that finally got dragged to Hell.

You don't understand Christianity. Christianity is the religion of the police state. Revelation 22:15 encapsulates the notion of how the sinners are surrounded, with everyone who loves AND practices lying (not TO) being the undercover cops. Jesus' crucifixion let us see who the idoltarers were, and cost one Roman soldier with a spear a promotion. I guarantee those tiki torch fuckers were 80% cops. The Proud Boys are feds. I know this because the joke is I had to be a crackhead because I wasn't good enough to be a pothead, which is a festival cop.

[–] webadict@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is sorta the same defense as "#NotAll(X)". Because, like, yeah, obviously there are plenty of older progressives. But... The issue at hand here is one of power. Older generations have more wealth on average and hold more conservative views on average. It's sorta on them to use their positions to make lives easier on those younger and less fortunate than themselves, and unfortunately for the rest of us, they are less likely to do so. And I say this with a boomer grandma doing her fucking best protesting outside ICE facilities.

To pretend there isn't an age bias is silly. To pretend there is only an age bias is also silly. But it does exist, interrelated to wealth and power disparities that everyone is suffering from. So, you know, fuck boomers. If you don't like hearing that, then really reflect on what that says about you.

In closing, yeah, the problem won't simply die away, but I ain't gonna pretend it doesn't help, even if it isn't every boomer's fault.

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

And young people aren't doing enough to push back either, so fuck youth too.

[–] webadict@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

True, but I think if we're going off pure numbers, fuck men. Like, they are doing the least outta all these groups.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The point that you are glossing over and dismissing as a minor one is Central to my theme: the problem is not going to die itself away.

Most of the people riding off boomers assume that all the youngsters are progressives. They are not.

Nowhere did I say boomers are equally as progressive as any other group. There's a reason I didn't say that. There's a reason I said the other things that I said.

[–] webadict@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think everyone is saying the youth are all progressives, either. I think the only people saying that are conservatives.

The problem will get better with people dying of old age, though. You can't really deny that.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Around 44% of Boomers consider themselves conservative.

Around 33% of young adults do.

Go ahead and wait around while the fascists only increase the propaganda if you think that'll help, but in my humble opinion, that only falls into their trap. They get us to wait while they keep fighting tooth and nail.

[–] webadict@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

I don't think I said anyone should wait, though.

Thinking in labels is inherently dualistic thinking. The brain processes entanglements, and it is möbiated entanglements, that which the Buddhists called "defiled" that manifest the illusion of the self. This is giving a string a half-twist to create dualistic dichotomy (inner/outer). A form of möbiation that would take a minute to explain, but can be summed up in the phrase orthogonal relativity, and this picture, is what allows the brain to process an eleven dimensional topological matrix. Yer a knot, Neo. Enlightenment is being the effect before the cause - developing your prefrontal cortex to predict and outclass the animal parts of the brain, and resolving all karmic debt to demöbiate all your mind back into a unified field of entanglements.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Last night at dinner boomer maga: “why aren’t the kids drinking anymore?” Me: well we got like 10 jobs and have no time so i imagine they have like 20 jobs even less… “we used to go to work hungover”… oooooookay

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Twas the Homer Simpson generation, meanwhile we're all Frank Grimes

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How about getting a single DUI will absolutely ruin your life? I'm so paranoid about drinking that I NEVER drink when I'm out for dinner. If a cop pulls me over, I want to be able to say "I haven't had a single drop to drink."

Besides, what's wrong with people drinking less? Not smoking and drinking are two of the best things you can do for your life. This guy wants young people to fuck up their lives, so that he feels better about fucking up his?

[–] Narauko@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

It's funny that you think not having a drop to drink will prevent the cops from arresting you for DUI with a 0.0 breathalizer anyway and the DA from prosecuting you despite an additional 0.0 blood test.

[–] Napster153@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Their finding out the hard way that nothing lasts on this Earth and that death always comes to reap its due.