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Are you millennials? Because if so, welcome to the generation of older folks complaining about the younger folks.

One can go back to the ancient Greeks to find that pattern, but does it hold?

If one subscribes to the theory that culture moves in cycles (hedonistic Weimar Republic, WW2, conservative backlash in the 1950s, left backlash in the 1960s, conservative backlash in the 1980s/1990s, woke backlash in the late 2000s), then sometimes the complaints are valid.

Gen-Z has an unprecedented cancel power, anonymous reports, controlling speech of Gen-X. It has never been like this before.

Certainly Gen-X disliked their older generations, too, but they didn't have the tools or the self-righteousness to openly intrigue against them.

Gen-X is too soft to fight back, to the detriment of our society.

I find this bizarre. Nearly all of the systemic issues faced by Millennials are because Boomers feel entitled to a house that appreciates massively, and retirement account that only goes in one direction, etc.

Boomers have massive economic entitlement. Gen Z have massive social entitlement. And Millennials are caught somewhere in the middle not feeling entitled to either, but struggling nonetheless.

The only difference between Boomers and Millennials is chronological.

They both have the same sense of entitlement. They both have the same obsession with money. They both have the same persecution complex.

And they love to blame each other for everything rather than face up to the fact that life isn't fair.

No, there are other, objective differences. Boomers, at the same age as millennials now, commanded a much, much larger proportion of the national wealth than millennials do now. This has been true, at the varying ages over time, of Boomers since they hit working age all the way through now to retirement age. If you don’t recognize the impact this has on both groups’ psyches, then I’m not sure what to say.

Boomers, at the same age as millennials now, commanded a much, much larger proportion of the national wealth than millennials do now.

There's that obsession with money I mentioned. Moreover, Who cares? Lots of generations had less money than Millennials do now and still did great things.

Are you under the impression that Millennials are entitled to a certain amount of money? There's that entitlement complex.

Who told you that life is fair?

> Are you under the impression that Millennials are entitled to a certain amount of money? There's that entitlement complex. > Who told you that life is fair?

All I said was that these facts have an impact on each group’s psyche and world outlook. Is that controversial to you?

Attributing attitudes with feelings of entitlement, money obsession and persecution complex to millions of people in either group surely demands some evidence. Does this exist in some reasonably objective survey or is it assumed that if you're a Boomer or Millennial, you inevitably carry such baggage with you? It reads well but is it in fact valid to talk about internal states of mind in this way on the part of so many?

LOL, older people complain about the younger generation… and the younger generation complains about the older generation.

You should realize: your problem with boomers is that they exist and act like human beings. It might be time to let this one go.

OK boomer

;)

>You should realize: your problem with boomers is that they exist and act like human beings. It might be time to let this one go

Hope you don’t mind, but I am saving this lovely little nugget of wisdom.

The problem is mostly housing: https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-housing-theory-of-e...

Well as one of the last (meaning youngest) millenials, I grew up constantly being told MY generation was the entitled one. Participation trophies being the gold standard strawman argument, which was ironic given they were thrust upon us by the accusers.

To turn around and now call Gen Z the entitled one seems stupidly forgetful.

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