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The older generations have been seriously exposed to climate change for about the same amount of time that millennials have. If you are going to pick on them, why not pick on fiscal policies :)

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Well they were adults during the whole process. Climate change was starting to get some attention back in the 80's at least, and there were definitely warnings in the 90's. Not nearly as severe or conclusive ones, but still.

Millennials were children at the time.

Yes, but the adults were busy rejoicing that the previous climate scare had been debunked:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling

1988 is the beginning of the "modern" era. However, I would like to make the baseless claim that climate change didn't become a hot-button issue until the 2000s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_scie...

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