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Boomers are not an oppressed minority, literally the fucking opposite, what in the hell are you on about and wtf is wrong with you comparing reasonable hatred for the generation that fucked us all over to antisemitism? Not at all comparable, you're just going to bat for a generation that wants you to pay their social security while trying to get it abolished before you get any
Holy shit you're still missing the point.
There are boomers who are not wealthy.
The generation didn't fuck you over, the bourgeoisie did, as they always have. The fact that some of the bourgeoisie is made up of baby boomers is purely incidental. You are not being oppressed by Thomas James, 76 year-old local caterer who marched for Civil Rights before you were even born.
Thomas James is dead. He had to work his entire life and died because he couldn't afford the meds he needed, or got run over at a civil rights march, or just broke his body with labor and broke half his bones falling down the stairs. Almost all the good boomers are dead, and there were very few to start with. They're the most conservative voting block out there afaik, maybe older people are worse on average but I doubt it. Boomers and the bourgeoisie are both to blame for the shit situation we're in. Less so with boomers, but you sure as fuck shouldn't be letting them off the hook or defending them when they've never done the same for you
No amount of downvotes is gonna make the boomers give a shit about you :P they're still gonna vote conservative and think they're entitled to your money
There are poor boomers. They didn't all vote for greed. , jfc
True, but the vast majority did, and even the "good" ones are usually the kind of democrat that wants Hillary Clinton as president and wants to bomb more middle eastern countries. Obviously there's exceptions, but most boomers have voted to fuck over themselves and everyone else, and now want others to pay them so they don't have to experience the consequences