DISASTER Matt Bracken: Baby Boomers Better Beware

[TFergeson]

Baby Boomers Better Beware​

A geronticidal fury is building to the boiling point​

Matt Bracken
Apr 20, 2025

Folks in the post-war generation born between 1946 and 1964 are now sixty or older. Scanning social media, it’s hard to miss the anger building against Baby Boomers. Those born after them are increasingly placing the blame for their woes on the unrelenting greed of the Baby Boomer generation. They believe that the Boomers had the sheer luck to be born when America was in its ascendency, and so they accumulated all the wealth, and now they are determined to take it all with them to the grave, not sharing a penny with the generations which came after.

[DISCLAIMER: This post about growing PERCEPTIONS of Boomers. It’s not about how I feel, it’s about the growing anger toward older Americans, deserved or not.]

The image posted on this Twitter / X thread sums up the situation.


The picture of an older man giving two middle fingers to the camera unleashed a torrent of generational rage.




And it’s not just a few random posts I’ve cherry picked from social media. It’s everywhere. Any search will bring up results like these below:


So add anger toward the Baby Boomer generation to the anger of Blacks against Whites, the poor against the rich, socialists against capitalists, Democrats against Trump Republicans, and a witch’s brew of social anger is being stirred with more and more fire building under the bubbling pot.

Our social contract is so frayed that when riots begin the withheld anger boils over.



White Baby Boomers living in single-family homes in affluent suburbs will be at the greatest risk of any demographic. The anger toward them will be come from several social vectors at the same time. People displaced from urban cores by rampant criminality will have no compunction at all against invading the homes of empty-nest Baby Boomers. Their lives will be taken in the first minutes if they are fortunate. If not, their prolonged abuse and torture will serve to amuse the new tenants. Read up on what happens to farmers in South Africa when their homes are attacked if you think I’m being hyperbolic. This is one screen capture, I could post pages and pages.


Do you think that the people who live in nice suburbs like the one shown below are ready for the hellscape and shitstorm that will ensue if and when America suffers a social breakdown, one that can result from any of the maladies now simmering in that witch’s cauldron? We could experience a financial collapse of our own creation, or a cyber attack by our enemies, or a direct kinetic attack against our exposed and undefended power grid.

Will the folks living on these leafy suburban streets be ready for armed, organized and mobile bands of desperate urban poor who are looking to relocate and upgrade their crib at the same time? In third-world countries, these homes would at least have walls around them. In our current “high trust” society, these homes can be approached from all directions, without as much as a security guard in sight. And you can take it at as given fact that there will be no official police making house calls, and your desperate calls to 911 will only get a busy signal, or a taped “please hold” message. If even that.


In my last novel, Doomsday Reef, a character tells the story of what happened in Charleston, South Carolina, after a prolonged regional power grid failure which led to a breakdown of supply chains, no food or water, and a total collapse of social cohesion. In this scenario, White Baby Boomers living in unprotected suburban neighborhoods will be the juiciest of low-hanging fruit.


The entire chapter from which the above excerpt is drawn can be read at one of my previous Substacks, Cannibalism in Carolina.


So what can Baby Boomers who live in those wonderful, paid-off suburban homes do to increase their survivability in the event of a social collapse? Just hope that you pass away before it happens, and avoid the unpleasantness?

One idea might be to invite a few of your struggling younger relatives to come back into the empty nest. Kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews. Look at them not as extra mouths to feed, but as extra guards, lookouts and shooters if TSHTF. A lesson from other social breakdowns is that loners and old couples don’t make it on their own. Folks need to gather together and “fort up.” Extra hands are also useful for foraging, scrounging, or garden work. They also give the outward perception that a house is fully manned up, and not easy pickings. The extra hands can also be used to help stand watch and protect the entire neighborhood, and not only your house.

Okay, the below photo is meant to be funny, but it also makes a serious point.


The younger folks sharing your domicile will also be grateful for the chance to stop paying rent, and maybe save up enough for their own down payment. A lot of the anger toward Boomers is based on the perception by the young that they are locked out of the housing market, and are being forced to be rent slaves, and will never be able to own a home. Turn some of that resentment into gratitude.

Sure, it may be wonderful enjoying the house all by yourselves, after 30 years of paying the monthly mortgage, but it also makes you the easiest of pickings in the event of social disorder. An older couple or single person cannot possibly defend a home in the suburbs, even if they are armed to the teeth. It just can’t be done, not against an armed mob willing to turn your home into bullet-ridden Swiss cheese, a mob who are ready to fire-bomb your home if they can’t capture it intact.

Voluntarily downsizing your personal living space in your own home by sharing it with some of your own kin now, will be preferable to having it taken from you forcibly, and in the ugliest ways imaginable. See South Africa for examples. And your younger kin who might have helped to protect your home will also be lost and adrift in the chaos and mayhem, and with no family home left to return to.

At least float the idea of them coming back to the nest in the event of a social breakdown. Offer up the idea of “the family home” as their refuge in times of peril.

I’d also suggest getting Jack Lawson’s books on surviving through “a failure of civility.” A single-family home inhabited by one or two Baby Boomers in a typical American suburb is only defensible if all the neighbors organize in advance and have a plan to defend their entire subdivision from outside attack. Lawson’s Civil Defense Manuals provide the blueprint for effective neighborhood self defense and survival through a grid-down period, when society will go completely off the rails.


For an in depth look at what complete social breakdown will look like, you can also read two of my other previous Substacks,

When The Music Stops – How America’s Cities Will Explode In Violence

Baby Boomers Better Beware

A geronticidal fury is building to the boiling point

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[KFhunter]

This is why Canada created MAID, but it isn’t the only country looking to get rid of boomers.

 

[Southside]

Just another reason to get passport #2. The Spanish speaking people adore their elders.
Do I think that means me? of course not. It does, though, go a long way to show their overall respect.

And just because it is bad here, doesn't mean it'll be bad everywhere.

 

[KFhunter]

Just another reason to get passport #2. The Spanish speaking people adore their elders.
Do I think that means me? of course not. It does, though, go a long way to show their overall respect.

And just because it is bad here, doesn't mean it'll be bad everywhere.

I’d look at South Asia

You can buy a Philippina or Thai for chump change with your kids’ inheritance

(sarc) sorta, many are doing it

They want about $60,000 USD in your bank and they give you visa, that put you at the top 1% for wealth.

 

[tech]

That's the long way around to saying "Buy my books"

 

[Plain Jane]

I haven't seen it in my personal life but the podcast world is full of Boomer hatred. Or the euphemism, "Fox News audience" if the podcast is talking about the Iran war.

 

[Millwright]

Bracken should know, he's solidly in the boomer years.

His contact info is widely available if someone wants to tell him how the Boomer Cow ate the cabbage.

 

[FREEBIRD]

This is why Canada created MAID, but it isn’t the only country looking to get rid of boomers.

I agree.

 

[blindhog]

Dang
Targeted cause o' me age

 

[TerriHaute]

I am an authentic Boomer, born in 1952. I have been noticing this increasing hostility toward the Boomer generation and frankly am completely puzzled by it. Why do the younger generations think the Boomers should just hand them their hard-earned assets? My parents were members of the Greatest Generation and they certainly did not hand us anything nor did we expect or ask for it. My mindset as a Boomer was to be in a financial position in my senior years where I would not burden my children, a lesson learned from my parents.

We worked hard, lived frugally, helped my three children as we could through college, eliminated debt, put money into 401k, and paid off the house all in readiness for our retirement years. Our retirement plan IS our paid-off house and 401k savings that we worked so hard for and we are entitled to use them. It's not greed to carefully plan your future and have it all work out right.

BTW, my Gen-X children all have more money than we ever did, they will not need our help unless something unexpected happens. All three went to college and chose majors and careers that actually give them a nice standard of living: physician, veterinarian, and CEO. My Gen-Z grandchildren in college so far are heading to law school, aviation, and medical school. I think they'll be OK.

 

[Southside]

I’d look at South Asia

You can buy a Philippina or Thai for chump change with your kids’ inheritance

(sarc) sorta, many are doing it

They want about $60,000 USD in your bank and they give you visa, that put you at the top 1% for wealth.

My DW would not be amused. Yes, Vietnam is quite beautiful. I have been to Nepal, Thailand and Korea(Stop-over)
Thailand is flat-out hot.

 

[Countrymouse]

THIS is what I was aware of, regarding this term. That is why I react to it.

Some young people equate us with the "Corporate" America economy, which they see as totally oppressive, and that WE had advancement opportunities that corporate America does NOT any longer offer to employees--they are ALL just 'cogs in a wheel.'

Thing is--from what I've seen--the people running "Corporate America" are NOT the Baby Boomers---they are already retired---they are the NEXT generation, in their 50's and 40's.

But the younger people are VERY bitter against these corporations, and feel they will never have the opportunities WE had, and feel the unfairness of that.

To an extent, they have a point.

But since the 60's, every generation has blamed the older one for "the world we inherited from you."

I am sadly hearing it from one of my sons (the one who is also most anti-Israel--very very concerning to me, since I see the issues as related--rejection of parental authority/rejection of Biblical authority)--and see it on his social media (when I bother to look at it; it's very discouraging, their views on many things)--he and his friends are violently angry at the "Boomers"--

even though they know their grandparents (my parents) and his dad and I worked hard all our lives for what we have......even though we did all we could to make sure our sons got a good education (and encouraged our sons to get scholarships, work jobs, whatever they had to do, plus helping them out as God enabled us) so that none of them is saddled with college-loan debt, and even though we've never had the attitude of "we got ours, now you get yours", but on the contrary are constantly open with anything necessary to help them with legitimate expenses (but thankfully, all of them are responsible adults and none of them has needed that help).

And this is why I see the use of the term "Boomer"---rather than "Baby Boomer"--as a totally disrespectful and derogative term---not just a designation of what "generation" someone belongs to.

 

[Countrymouse]

I am an authentic Boomer, born in 1952. I have been noticing this increasing hostility toward the Boomer generation and frankly am completely puzzled by it. Why do the younger generations think the Boomers should just hand them their hard-earned assets? My parents were members of the Greatest Generation and they certainly did not hand us anything nor did we expect or ask for it. My mindset as a Boomer was to be in a financial position in my senior years where I would not burden my children, a lesson learned from my parents.

We worked hard, lived frugally, helped my three children as we could through college, eliminated debt, put money into 401k, and paid off the house all in readiness for our retirement years. Our retirement plan IS our paid-off house and 401k savings that we worked so hard for and we are entitled to use them. It's not greed to carefully plan your future and have it all work out right.

BTW, my Gen-X children all have more money than we ever did, they will not need our help unless something unexpected happens. All three went to college and chose majors and careers that actually give them a nice standard of living: physician, veterinarian, and CEO. My Gen-Z grandchildren in college so far are heading to law school, aviation, and medical school. I think they'll be OK.

I think much of it comes from a general attitude of rejecting authority---"boomers" is a dismissive way to refer to us, our knowledge-base, our experience, etc.

Sign of the times.

 

[Southside]

I am an authentic Boomer, born in 1952. I have been noticing this increasing hostility toward the Boomer generation and frankly am completely puzzled by it. Why do the younger generations think the Boomers should just hand them their hard-earned assets? My parents were members of the Greatest Generation and they certainly did not hand us anything nor did we expect or ask for it. My mindset as a Boomer was to be in a financial position in my senior years where I would not burden my children, a lesson learned from my parents.

We worked hard, lived frugally, helped my three children as we could through college, eliminated debt, put money into 401k, and paid off the house all in readiness for our retirement years. Our retirement plan IS our paid-off house and 401k savings that we worked so hard for and we are entitled to use them. It's not greed to carefully plan your future and have it all work out right.

BTW, my Gen-X children all have more money than we ever did, they will not need our help unless something unexpected happens. All three went to college and chose majors and careers that actually give them a nice standard of living: physician, veterinarian, and CEO. My Gen-Z grandchildren in college so far are heading to law school, aviation, and medical school. I think they'll be OK.

You did well.
My son will be wealthier than I, also.
But, unlike the previous generation, I will give him a bunch before I pass. Oh and a lot of paid-for adventure travel to boot!

 

[Hognutz]

I for one ain’t pissed at the Boomers for their wealth.

But am downright shitting with everyone who gave us the Civil Rights act and especially Hart Celler……

 

[Doc1]

Just another reason to get passport #2. The Spanish speaking people adore their elders.
Do I think that means me? of course not. It does, though, go a long way to show their overall respect.

And just because it is bad here, doesn't mean it'll be bad everywhere.

Beware of looking to Spanish-speaking countries to find safety and salvation. I have friends who've done that and have read reports by others who've done it and their reports are similar: They'll tolerate you and even be friendly as long as you have money and are spending it locally. If and when your money is restricted, so is their treatment of you.

Understand that the above is in good times, with no wars or shortages. In dangerous times, I would expect that dislike of the Gringos would manifest itself almost immediately and possibly fatally. You might have better luck much farther south in Argentina or other countries where the populations are generally European (White).

Wherever you go, the greatest insurance policy you can possibly have is to learn the local language and establish relationships with the local residents. This will take months to years before you are (mostly) accepted. IMHO the idea of buying a place in Latin America and hiring a caretaker to look after the place, just so you can use it as a bolt hole when the TSHTF is extremely wrong-headed.

Best
Doc

 

[TFergeson]

A lot of it comes from the current financial situation of the younger generations, and the boomer attitudes towards it. Something that I have heard discussed is the "evangelical boomers" who are more than happy to criticize their offspring for not following the bible, but then in the same hand reject the biblical advice of using your wealth to create generational wealth for your posterity (Proverbs 13:22: “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.”) From the financial standpoint, this is usually met with what seems to be the boomer attitude of "screw you entitled brats, I earned mine myself, you go out and do the same. I'm spending to zero."

There is also the non financial discussion of inheritance. What was the America the boomers inherited? Through their stewardship, what country are we (the next generations) inheriting?

Couple that with the other issues boomer's are seen as responsible for, or voting for that are directly negatively affecting the current generations (social security, medicare, and the Iran war to name a few), and it is not so head scratching to figure out why there is such animosity towards the generation.

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[Millwright]

Dang
Targeted cause o' me age

Technically, I'm a boomer...64 model.

In all reality, I'm Generation Jones, that small group between boomers & gen-x.

Raised on hose water and neglect, adulting since grade school

We hate everybody.

 

[TFergeson]

I for one ain’t pissed at the Boomers for their wealth.

But am downright shitting with everyone who gave us the Civil Rights act and especially Hart Celler……

Indeed. "The American Dream" as boomers knew it is dead. Anything even close to it is unavailable to the current generations.

 

[King Samson]

Scanning social media, it’s hard to miss the anger building against Baby Boomers. Those born after them are increasingly placing the blame for their woes on the unrelenting greed of the Baby Boomer generation. They believe that the Boomers had the sheer luck to be born when America was in its ascendency, and so they accumulated all the wealth, and now they are determined to take it all with them to the grave, not sharing a penny with the generations which came after.

Interesting, coming from Bracken, who's a Boomer himself.

The part he's missing is that the Millennial generation (the Boomer's kids), are the MOST entitled generation going. They don't want to lift a finger, or put in hardly any effort, but want to be paid 6 figures for an entry level job. They also expect or feel entitled, that their FIRST home be 2500 sq. ft, with 4 bedrooms, just like mom and dad have NOW... starter home of 1000 sq ft..... nope.... then they cry that they can't afford a 2500 sq ft home.

I've read multiple business articles, and when they ask Millennials what their savings plan is for retirement... they have none... Their retirement plan is to inherit mom and dad's wealth and house, that mom and dad worked hard for, for 45 years.

Sorry Millennials, here's OUR plan... good luck!

 

[TFergeson]

Interesting, coming from Bracken, who's a Boomer himself.

The part he's missing is that the Millennial generation (the Boomer's kids), are the MOST entitled generation going. They don't want to lift a finger, or put in hardly any effort, but want to be paid 6 figures for an entry level job. They also expect or feel entitled, that their FIRST home be 2500 sq. ft, with 4 bedrooms, just like mom and dad have NOW... starter home of 1000 sq ft..... nope.... then they cry that they can't afford a 2500 sq ft home.

I've read multiple business articles, and when they ask Millennials what their savings plan is for retirement... they have none... Their retirement plan is to inherit mom and dad's wealth and house, that mom and dad worked hard for, for 45 years.

Sorry Millennials, here's OUR plan... good luck!

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This is a perfect encapsulation of Bracken's point.

 

[Hognutz]

Indeed. "The American Dream" as boomers knew it is dead. Anything even close to it is unavailable to the current generations.

R/T 50 sec.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2040203089840378341

View: https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/2040203089840378341?s=61



Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, turned off their replies because they accidentally put out an ad for MASS DEPORTATIONS

THIS is the America we’re fighting to get back.

America before the third world invasion was the GOLDEN AGE of human civilization.

BRING IT BACK!

 

[Southside]

Beware of looking to Spanish-speaking countries to find safety and salvation. I have friends who've done that and have read reports by others who've done it and their reports are similar: They'll tolerate you and even be friendly as long as you have money and are spending it locally. If and when your money is restricted, so is their treatment of you.

Understand that the above is in good times, with no wars or shortages. In dangerous times, I would expect that dislike of the Gringos would manifest itself almost immediately and possibly fatally. You might have better luck much farther south in Argentina or other countries where the populations are generally European (White).

Wherever you go, the greatest insurance policy you can possibly have is to learn the local language and establish relationships with the local residents. This will take months to years before you are (mostly) accepted. IMHO the idea of buying a place in Latin America and hiring a caretaker to look after the place, just so you can use it as a bolt hole when the TSHTF is extremely wrong-headed.

Best
Doc

I have quite a few friends in the S. Chile/Argentina area.
You know, where all the Nazi's and Facists went after WW2, and the people from mostly Italy and Germany populated between the wars. It is heavily German & Italian in the southern areas of South America. The big city in the area is Bariloche
Sounds really Spanish, no? It is absolutely beautiful down there.

 

[Meemur]

All the more reason to look poor: dress plainly, drive an older car, and live in a modest home. Looking wealthy makes one a target in 2026.

 

[King Samson]

From the financial standpoint, this is usually met with what seems to be the boomer attitude of "screw you entitled brats, I earned mine myself, you go out and do the same. I'm spending to zero."

The job of a Boomer parent, was to prepare their kids to fend for themselves, and teach the kids to be self-sufficient, and earn their keep. Sadly, the majority of Boomer parents failed in that primary job.

Which is why such a LARGE group of Millennial kids wander around with their heads up their butts, expecting mommy and daddy to keep bailing them out and paying their bills. These Boomer parents enabled this.

 

[TFergeson]

The job of a Boomer parent, was to prepare their kids to fend for themselves, and teach the kids to be self-sufficient, and earn their keep. Sadly, the majority of Boomer parents failed in that primary job.

Which is why such a LARGE group of Millennial kids wander around with their heads up their butts, expecting mommy and daddy to keep bailing them out and paying their bills. These Boomer parents enabled this.

Of this, we are in 100% agreement.

 

[Millwright]

The job of a Boomer parent, was to prepare their kids to fend for themselves, and teach the kids to be self-sufficient, and earn their keep. Sadly, the majority of Boomer parents failed in that primary job.

Which is why such a LARGE group of Millennial kids wander around with their heads up their butts, expecting mommy and daddy to keep bailing them out and paying their bills. These Boomer parents enabled this.

So, what you are trying to say is that boomers failed to raise their Gen-X kids right and their kids (millennials) are screwed up because of boomers?

 

[Southside]

The job of a Boomer parent, was to prepare their kids to fend for themselves, and teach the kids to be self-sufficient, and earn their keep. Sadly, the majority of Boomer parents failed in that primary job.

Which is why such a LARGE group of Millennial kids wander around with their heads up their butts, expecting mommy and daddy to keep bailing them out and paying their bills. These Boomer parents enabled this.

QFT!

 

[WildDaisy]

I am an authentic Boomer, born in 1952. I have been noticing this increasing hostility toward the Boomer generation and frankly am completely puzzled by it. Why do the younger generations think the Boomers should just hand them their hard-earned assets? My parents were members of the Greatest Generation and they certainly did not hand us anything nor did we expect or ask for it. My mindset as a Boomer was to be in a financial position in my senior years where I would not burden my children, a lesson learned from my parents.

We worked hard, lived frugally, helped my three children as we could through college, eliminated debt, put money into 401k, and paid off the house all in readiness for our retirement years. Our retirement plan IS our paid-off house and 401k savings that we worked so hard for and we are entitled to use them. It's not greed to carefully plan your future and have it all work out right.

BTW, my Gen-X children all have more money than we ever did, they will not need our help unless something unexpected happens. All three went to college and chose majors and careers that actually give them a nice standard of living: physician, veterinarian, and CEO. My Gen-Z grandchildren in college so far are heading to law school, aviation, and medical school. I think they'll be OK.

I think we are the target, not because we did or didnt do anything, but because they dont realize every generation has a struggle. For them, it is the American dream is not attainable for them. The average Gen Zer cannot ever afford a home. When we were newlywed age, the price of a home was about 1.5 - 3x our annual salary. We bought homes for around $40K - 200K. Gen Z today faces homes that start at $400K for a fixer upper. The first time home buyer in our generation was about 20. Today they cannot afford that until about 40 if ever. Meaning the rest of the "rites of passage" are delayed like marriage and children.

For them - a nice home with a white picket fence, 2.5 children, a nice car isn't attainable.

Income has not kept pace with the explosive growth of home prices. They were more in line when we were starting out. It was hard, but not impossible. It is impossible for them.

They are mad at us out of envy/jealousy. Not always in a malicious way, but in a way that you are faced with the fact that the markers by which traditionally men and women are measured of success are the things that are no longer attainable for them - college - nice job for lifetime - marriage - home - children.

 

[TFergeson]

So, what you are trying to say is that boomers failed to raise their Gen-X kids right and their kids (millennials) are screwed up because of boomers?

That distinction is what is confusing, as boomer's had both Gen-X and Millenial kids depending on how late in life they had them. My parents waited until later in life to have me and I am a Millenial. My neighbors on the other hand have parents the same as age mine, but they are Gen-X because their parents had them early.

Then there are the millenials with Gen-X parents.

I wonder if there is a correlation of some kind. It would be interesting to see the data on the breakdowns.

 

[Firebird]

Good ole communist playbook tactic, divide and conquer.

 

[King Samson]

So, what you are trying to say is that boomers failed to raise their Gen-X kids right and their kids (millennials) are screwed up because of boomers?

Most Boomers have Millennial kids.

 

[Firebird]

Most Boomers have Millennial kids.

Yep, but I raised my millennial kids to be hard workers and not basement dwelling complainers. That's why both of them have good jobs, and both bought their 1st homes in their mid 20's. It's amazing what can be accomplished when you aren't whining and complaining.

 

[Millwright]

 

[King Samson]

Another point that the whiner Millennials don't understand, is that the Boomer parents were the first generation where many of the moms went to work too. Many of the Boomer parents had stay at home moms as well with many of the Gen Xers.

So, with both of the Boomer parents working, it gave them more wealth to spend, or helped them grow their wealth, get bigger houses, drive SUVs, save more in their retirement accounts, nice vacations, etc.

It also made the Boomer mom's compensate for not being home, so they bought and gave their Millennial kids everything they wanted, because mom felt guilty not being there...

And that's how we have the current Millennial entitled generation... which, by the numbers, is the largest population group in the country.

 

[Hognutz]

I think we are the target, not because we did or didnt do anything, but because they dont realize every generation has a struggle. For them, it is the American dream is not attainable for them. The average Gen Zer cannot ever afford a home. When we were newlywed age, the price of a home was about 1.5 - 3x our annual salary. We bought homes for around $40K - 200K. Gen Z today faces homes that start at $400K for a fixer upper. The first time home buyer in our generation was about 20. Today they cannot afford that until about 40 if ever. Meaning the rest of the "rites of passage" are delayed like marriage and children.

For them - a nice home with a white picket fence, 2.5 children, a nice car isn't attainable.

Income has not kept pace with the explosive growth of home prices. They were more in line when we were starting out. It was hard, but not impossible. It is impossible for them.

They are mad at us out of envy/jealousy. Not always in a malicious way, but in a way that you are faced with the fact that the markers by which traditionally men and women are measured of success are the things that are no longer attainable for them - college - nice job for lifetime - marriage - home - children.

Remember not to long ago even Trump said if housing prices was to come down it would destroy older folks accumulated wealth…..

 

[KFhunter]

Dang
Targeted cause o' me age

MAID
The final solution…

 

[King Samson]

Yep, but I raised my millennial kids to be hard workers and not basement dwelling complainers. That's why both of them have good jobs, and both bought their 1st homes in their mid 20's. It's amazing what can be accomplished when you aren't whining and complaining.

There it is..... that's how parents make their kids successful.

We did the same thing with our three. We taught them, if they want something, they have to work for it, just like we did. It's simple lessons like that, that they carry for the rest of their lives, as they continue to accomplish new goals.

 

[Plain Jane]

I for one ain’t pissed at the Boomers for their wealth.

But am downright shitting with everyone who gave us the Civil Rights act and especially Hart Celler……

The oldest Boomers had just turned 20 and were being drafted to fight in Vietnam. Boomers at the time couldn't vote until they were 21. I am in the first wave of Boomers that could vote and that was 1972, about 6 years later. I was born in 1954, on the cusp of Generation Jones. They were hit the hardest by deindustrialization and the resulting "deaths of despair" from 1998-2014.

But I can see where some of the hostility comes from. The No Kings protests are populated mostly by Boomers. And I see in some of my fellow Boomers this smugness due to a supposed moral superiority.

 

[King Samson]

Remember not to long ago even Trump said if housing prices was to come down it would destroy older folks accumulated wealth…..

Housing only went nuts the last handful of years, since Covid. If old folks, losing the accumulated wealth they gained from houses the last few years, hurts them, then their retirement plan wasn't that good to start with.