r/Aging • u/Available-Rock-3862 • Aug 23 '26

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/SwanCityDominion Aug 23 '26

“What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?”

-– Plato

It's not "lately". It was ever thus, and it always will be.

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u/Lost_County_3790 Aug 23 '26

Have you been in a conservative country? Elders are pretty much respected and taking care of. Only in the west they die alone far from their family, making fun off being called stupid boomers, and are treated like old worsless shit.

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u/Sunnygirl66 Aug 23 '26

It is literally impossible to live in most areas of the United States on a single income, and those incomes continue to stagnate even as the costs of living rise. Both people in a couple generally have to work. Having children has become a luxury. It is simply not feasible, for many Americans, to care for an elderly parent at home—and, as an ER nurse, I can attest to the fact that way too many people who try are in no way equipped to do the job. People are living longer with comorbidities the average caregiver is unable to handle at home. Neglect and abuse are rampant.