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  You can control the future to a substantial degree. The fuck are ya talking about.
  People who study the worlds problems do not take seriously any discussion of intergenerational warfare. They talk about neoliberalism, structural adjustment programs, globalization, the FIRE economy, desertification, the world energy outlook and other shit like that.
  Kindness isn't enough to make the world a better place.
context: There's nothing wrong with your average Boomer citizen taking advantage of the economic circumstances of the time, getting that house and family and car with one factory job. But the cardinal sin of theirs is accusing the younger generations of some inherent laziness while completely discounting the radically different world we now live in. 
  It's interesting because the banal saying "Things were better back then." is true in so many ways Boomers won't admit to. But when they do use that saying it's for things that aren't true like crime, morality, etc like in the 70s. >
  
  Every generation calls the next generation lazy its
  Part of life, you will be there soon enough.
  I'm gen x, so I've perspective from both sides. >
  
  I’m Gen X. I don’t blame millennials for being “lazy”. They watched the parents get laid off after years of dedication. Work life balance didn’t exist for their parents as time went on. They’ve watched CEO salaries explode, while worker wages stagnate. They, much like late Gen Xers like myself have watched Boomers refuse to retire, which has caused many to be unable to move forward with their careers, while being told an expensive education was the way to go. Just kidding, you needed to get a trade, while they have been told trades are no good all their life. They’ve endured more economic manipulation by the ultra wealthy, via the stock market, non-existent taxes being paid by the ultra wealthy. No have to deal with the proverbial economic can that just keep getting kicked further down the road…
  I mean shall I go on? >
  
  Fellow gen x here. Don't you think it's weird how gen x is largely ignored? >
  
  What is gen x? >
  
  Between millennial and gen z. So late 90s to early 00s age >
  
  No Gen X is after boomers and before millennials. So late 60s to early 80s. >
  
  Oops. Sorry about that. I always thought that was Gen X >
  
  You can definitely blame boomers for being fucking hypocrites.  They were handed the best economy our country (USA) has ever seen and then have the gall to tell younger generations that all they need to do in order to buy a house/afford a family/retire is save a little and work hard.   That ship sailed decades ago and they still think people should be happy for $15 an hour when that's less than half of what their minimum wage was. >
  
  Well if you just stopped buying AvOcAdO tOaSt >
  
  I can only imagine how sanitary the conditions are where the avo toast is made. >
  
  My kitchen? Are you saying avo toast is made in factories or smth cuz it’s made at home? In a kitchen? >
  
  Was thinking places like dunkin. My bad >
  
  Yup, my dad didn't join the air force to be patriotic wrapped in a flag un-killable so-of-a-bitch.  It was a great opportunity and free college and to get the hell away from his meany mcmeano parents.
  Learned amazing things, became well read, and went to UCONN all the way to his Masters on the GI bill.
  Despite being such a bad-ass and providing for us like a daddy-warbucks he understood completely that my generation can't just duplicate what they did - sometimes it's really just timing and opportunity that lands right. >
  
  Great post, but that's not what "anyone" wants. Most people in power don't want that. We're fucked.