• Assian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      We always think of boomers as retired ski doo dealership owners because that’s most of what we see in the media, but most are former working stiffs living on meager fixed social security incomes and deserve compassion.

      Lots of folks finding out the hard way that capitalism throws you to the wolves once you’re no longer useful

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        Or perhaps many of us know a bunch of boomers who were working class their whole life and yet still spent their whole life trying to kick the ladder down behind them.

        I’m not saying every boomer deserves to suffer for their consequences, but the boomers who spent their whole life proudly trying to make sure nobody else could have the success they did certainly deserve whatever they have coming to them.

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        Then again they have had their whole life to build a retirement fund when it was easy and they chose not to and now they complain about rising prices and mediocre social security checks.

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          Extremely privileged take, not easy to build retirement savings when you’re working for minimum wage. Or if you had your entire net worth wiped out by the housing collapse. Or medical bills.

          Stop blaming individuals for systemic failures.

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      My mom is in her 70s, still working full time, and she can’t make enough to save anything for retirement. It’s not just one generation that screwed everyone else, it’s a whole lot of greedy people in a lot of different age groups.