theHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL: American Boomers are The Most Selfish Parents on the Planetmedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1416arrow-down130
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minus-squareTeamAssimilation@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·edit-23 days agoIt’s not even generational. People with little money want money, people with more money want to keep it. There’s dirt poor boomers and greedy yuppies. As other have said, it’s about socioeconomic classes, not age. Age is the distraction. In fact, when a problem is presented as a us-vs-them dichotomy, it’s almost sure it’s oversimplified, and probably dishonest.
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoIDK, as I’ve become older and wealthier, I’ve only become more and more liberal.
minus-squareCatsGoMOW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoAgreed - and have been donating a lot more because I’m fortunate enough to be able to.
It’s not even generational. People with little money want money, people with more money want to keep it. There’s dirt poor boomers and greedy yuppies.
As other have said, it’s about socioeconomic classes, not age. Age is the distraction.
In fact, when a problem is presented as a us-vs-them dichotomy, it’s almost sure it’s oversimplified, and probably dishonest.
IDK, as I’ve become older and wealthier, I’ve only become more and more liberal.
Agreed - and have been donating a lot more because I’m fortunate enough to be able to.