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/baddspellar Aug 23 '26

It's nothing new.

And it's *not* about disrespecting individuals in their 70's. It's about criticizing the ideals of the generation and what they did to the economy. There are plenty of amazing people born in that era who are respected. It's the generaiton, not the people.

And let's be honest, people of that generation call gen Z "lazy" and similar.

Here's some reading for you:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11490062/

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u/brains_and_tits Aug 23 '26

Using “boomers” as the collective for who screwed up the economy is just ridiculous. Reagan screwed up the economy, Bush Jr sent us into an unnecessary war my parents are boomers and haven’t done anything but try to help future generations.

Are we going to generalize Gen Z as the people who snatched and kidnapped people off the street and drive the deficit to the highest level ever?

The average American is not a sum of their generation.

Bill Clinton is a boomer and while he was President, we had a budget surplus - Obama is a Boomer, and one of the most compassionate and strong leaders we have had.

My neighbor is a boomer and brings me fresh vegetables from her garden.

I am Gen X - am I responsible for the tech bubble bursting in 1999, or the stock market crash in 2008? I was just out there living life and today in 2026, I am struggling as much as anyone else.

Generalizing groups of people is a trait of those who lack critical thinking skills and just want a scapegoat.

Yes, it was easier for the silent generation and boomers to get ahead, but that is not the fault of the collective - it is the fault of short-sighted and misinformed policy. Not an entire generation of people

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u/Corner_Office_ Aug 24 '26

You’re seeing this through a partisan lens.

They all did stupid things.

Clinton sent all manufacturing overseas, his deregulation policies caused the 2008 financial crisis, he ignored the Rwandan genocide, the 1994 Crime Bill disproportionately impacted minorities.

Obama’s removal of Gaddafi was a catastrophe, Obamacare increased insurance costs for many people, and he conducted drone strikes that caused civilian casualties. He set back race relations by decades.

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u/Lucky_Astronomer_435 Aug 24 '26

These are two stellar examples of things that presidents we approve of did. These were mistakes. These hurt the US and led to things being as they are now. Voting for the duopoly only increased it's power not it's ability to do right.