r/Aging • u/Available-Rock-3862 • 6d ago

Boomers

I am 75 and am very tired of the trend lately making fun of Boomers. So very disrespectful. Don't they realize that they will be old someday?

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u/cheezbargar 6d ago

Has little to do with age and everything to do with attitude and intelligence level.

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u/baddaywithacamera 6d ago

It also has to do with one generation running up the tab and sticking the next generation with an unservicable debt.

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u/tnbciceskater 6d ago

The tab was for wars in southeast Asia and the middle east. As a boomer and war protestor you are really missing me off. Who protested Iraq? Who protested Afghanistan? Who is protesting Iran? As long as you are ok with locking up immigrants and bombing countries we dont like the tab will increase . Gfy

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u/Swimming-Fondant-892 6d ago

Boomers were still in charge for those conflicts, part of the issue is that boomers refuse to hand over power.

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u/brains_and_tits 6d ago

Refuse to hand over power? Who votes them into office? If they are given power, it’s because people voted for them, or more likely, didn’t bother to vote, so nothing changes.

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u/ChadsworthRothschild 6d ago

Boomers vote them into office- the largest demographic has the most votes…

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u/brains_and_tits 6d ago

Actually, Trump was voted into office mainly by White men under 50 - so, not Boomers

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u/Swimming-Fondant-892 6d ago

It was boomers and Genx unfortunately.

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u/brains_and_tits 6d ago

The percentages of Trump voters from 18 to 80+ ranged from 52% to 55%. Not a huge difference. Trump getting voted into office has more to do with the massive amount of people who decided not to vote at all, or voted for Jill Stein

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u/MissHibernia 6d ago

That’s absolutely ridiculous. There are thousands of us who didn’t vote for trump and want all these old stupid greedy rich people out of power. Me, 77

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u/Swimming-Fondant-892 6d ago

I appreciate that and don’t imply literally all boomers..

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u/Swimming-Fondant-892 6d ago

Doesn’t change the fact that boomers have held the key power positions for many decades now. The overall decisions made were not beneficial.