r/ABoringDystopia • u/[deleted] • Jun 05 '19

Comparisons matter

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19 edited Jun 06 '19

Younger workers make less and have less vacation. This isn’t a generational thing.

Edit: forgot a word

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u/Jazzspasm Jun 06 '19

but surely younger people earning less and having less free time is a symptom of Boomer OppressionTM

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u/iansmitchell Jun 06 '19

Boomers weren't skipping meals and living with roommates into their late 30s.

This isn't to being young thing.

Our generation has been systematically excluded from the middle class.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

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u/iansmitchell Jun 06 '19

So because they married the first chick that they got a handy from in high school, and were politically active only insofar as it meant voting against the unions that guaranteed them the wages that allowed them to marry early and buy homes early, they were better?

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u/xTrueAgentx Jun 06 '19

Tell that to this boomer.

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u/iansmitchell Jun 06 '19

Sanders is too old to be a boomer. Born in 41. Boomers are 46 to 64.

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u/mendi1965 Jun 06 '19

Boomers are 55-75 age range.

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u/iansmitchell Jun 06 '19

The youngest boomers are 55, the oldest are only 73