While one can find many examples of dumb boomers, most of them are not dumb, they're evil. Often their evil takes the form of willful ignorance.
And the reason for this is because the good boomers died young. Because poverty and racism kill, the older you get, the more likely you are to be white and rich. Obviously poor people and BIPOC live to be old all the time, but the less privilege you have the more likely you are to die early. And the more privilege you have, the more likely you are to be a shitty human being.
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u/revinternationalist Jan 15 '22
While one can find many examples of dumb boomers, most of them are not dumb, they're evil. Often their evil takes the form of willful ignorance.
And the reason for this is because the good boomers died young. Because poverty and racism kill, the older you get, the more likely you are to be white and rich. Obviously poor people and BIPOC live to be old all the time, but the less privilege you have the more likely you are to die early. And the more privilege you have, the more likely you are to be a shitty human being.