• prole@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    It’s not ageism, it’s specific to the generation in question: boomers. It’s the selfishness and hypocrisy that we’ve been dealing with for our entire lives and we’re over it.

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      11 months ago

      You’re acting as if there’s not a plurality of opinion in that cohort. And it’s also about Gen X who is about to hit that retirement cliff being discussed. It’s also about class and questions of forced retirement because bodies no longer allow folks to work that allegedly claim they would if they could.

      And if we are making morale arguments about human dignity and what society should do, that applies to these older generations as well despite their previous political contributions.