I'm sure there would be plenty of things to blame me for, but I'm still waiting to be able to sit and do nothing while my assets grow by an order of magnitude effectively risk-free, and be able to influence local policies to protect that growth no matter the cost. Instead, it seems like the very opposite is happening, with my labor being used to subsidize boomers to this day.
> You too will grow old and then... you too will be blamed for everything.
Not so. Or at least not so much. I'm part of the group that's responsible for every atrocity, avoidable disaster and systemic failure in history. Adults.
Adults are also the cluelessly stupid group that endlessly blames teens and kids for crap.
ZIRP was mostly limited to the US tech industry no? Where as back then even any blue-collar job would allow you to support a family and buy a property outright after some years of savings.
Problem is that individuals often know what is right, but can't do the right thing because society as a whole is not collaborating. In a few years we will all be blamed for not taking action when it was clear climate change was going to cause big problems for humanity. There are many who are trying, but as a while society doesn't seem to be able to course correct, see the current disaster in Brazil.
We're not going to be able to fix the boat with a country as divided as ours. Half of us are hopelessly bailing out water instead of fixing the problems, and the other half are drilling holes in the hull with big grins on their faces.
> Not a lot to be blamed for if the ship can't be wrighted.
'Not being wrighted' means a whole lot of boomers won't be getting in-home care, or absolutely terrible minimum "care".
But this started with the Mergers and Acquisitions crisis back in the 80's, and vulture capitalism has really taken off in the last 30y.
Oh, and my SO was a in-home healthcare person. They got paid a WHOLE $14/hr, no benefits naturally. You can probably guess the type and quality of most the candidates and workers. Even a few of them did the petty and felony theft from their dementia/Alzheimer's clients. Not like they'd miss what was stolen :(
Nextgrid|3 months ago
koverstreet|3 months ago
Boomers coasted off the success of the postwar era, and now we're all poorer for it.
WarOnPrivacy|3 months ago
Not so. Or at least not so much. I'm part of the group that's responsible for every atrocity, avoidable disaster and systemic failure in history. Adults.
Adults are also the cluelessly stupid group that endlessly blames teens and kids for crap.
Der_Einzige|3 months ago
Nextgrid|3 months ago
recursivegirth|3 months ago
ako|3 months ago
ryandrake|3 months ago
mystraline|3 months ago
'Not being wrighted' means a whole lot of boomers won't be getting in-home care, or absolutely terrible minimum "care".
But this started with the Mergers and Acquisitions crisis back in the 80's, and vulture capitalism has really taken off in the last 30y.
Oh, and my SO was a in-home healthcare person. They got paid a WHOLE $14/hr, no benefits naturally. You can probably guess the type and quality of most the candidates and workers. Even a few of them did the petty and felony theft from their dementia/Alzheimer's clients. Not like they'd miss what was stolen :(