Baby Boomers - The Worst Generation

[Bouncer]

Baby boomers came of age in an era of unprecedented prosperity. They were raised by parents who had survived poverty, war and the true sacrifice of a generation burdened with great moral struggles. As a whole, they experienced economic and physical security. Baby boomers received, by today’s standards, inexpensive and widely available education, preparing them for a thriving and open job market. Success at the beginning created a strong foundation for financial and personal success on a level the world had never known.

This led to America’s greatest asset: the middle class. So what did they do with all their good fortune? From the time the baby boomers took over, the United States has experienced an economic environment plagued with unfounded asset and real-estate bubbles and collapses. The bubbles were caused by blind greed on the part of investors, and a blind eye on the part of regulators. The baby boomers forced the financial and banking system out of relative security to high-risk systems.

The perfect example of this was the 2008 collapse of the toxic housing debt market. In government, baby boomers ballooned the defense budget beyond the point of reason. They then raided government programs to pay for their mistakes. Regarding the environment, baby boomers left the United States reliant on coal (cough, cough) while eroding the advanced nuclear energy infrastructure built by their parents. We can thank baby boomer leadership for a nation that has no sound policy on foreign affairs, the environment, energy, social welfare, human rights, terrorism, technology development, education, debt, etc. The point being, baby boomer leadership has provided America with a government that is the most partisan and self-serving the union has ever seen, and remains entirely reactive to the world around it.

Today, young adults are faced with a job market that is hyper-saturated by graduate level degrees and short on decent paying jobs. It is common for a millennial to apply for an entry level position in which a master’s degree is required and thousands upon thousands of applications are received. And when the lucky ones do find work, they are often underemployed and underpaid.

Baby boomers ruined America: Why blaming millennials is misguided — and annoying - Salon.com

[Bouncer]

In a nutshell..

Our grandparents knew real struggle and hardship. War, poverty, uncertainty, etc..

Our parents however (baby boomers) born just after the war knew nothing but a nice house with a pool in a nice suburb where everyone had a 2 car garage and a nicely manicured lawn. (This applies to most white people anyway.)

Instead of our grandparents teaching our parents the lessons they had learned in life they spoiled them blind because it was nice to be able to spoil your kids after a life of war and uncertainty.

In my experience most baby boomers have very little understanding of history or even events that took place during their lifetime. I've spoken to my mom and her friends in the past about subjects that took place during their childhood like the 13 day missile crises for example. Most of them had either no clue at all what it was or they "remember something about getting under a desk in school". I mean how fucken ignorant can you be? The 13 day missile crises is by most accounts the most dangerous 13 days in human history.

Obviously this doesn't apply to all baby boomers but as a general group I find them to be incredibly ignorant of the world in the past and the current world around them.

Our grandparents were a great generation but they were pretty shit as parents. Raising for the most part a bunch of spoiled and mindless turds who now think they know everything and look down on the younger "lazy generation".

Rant over.

[Keiser]

Baby Boomers have an issue with facts, in general.

[Scrumhalf]

Blaming Millenials and Gen Xers is stupid. In my experiemce, young people are far more educated about the environment, are far less likely to be racist or sexist, far more cosmopolitan in their outlook, etc. Soon the old turds will die out and if they haven't destroyed the world due to their stupidity, it will be a nicer place.

[Keiser]

Blaming Millenials and Gen Xers is stupid. In my experiemce, young people are far more educated about the environment, are far less likely to be racist or sexist, far more cosmopolitan in their outlook, etc. Soon the old turds will die out and if they haven't destroyed the world due to their stupidity, it will be a nicer place.

Yep. The younger generation tend to put faith in facts & science. This Trump victory was an anomaly and it happened because the dems are split between Hillary and Bernie. The Bernie crowd stayed home. Going forward, the dems will be united and the younger people WILL vote. I'm optimistic about the future, beginning 2020.

This is also happening in other countries as well. The younger generation is plugged in, connected, believe in science, and tend to make decisions based on facts and not emotions.