Yes and folks tend to BLAME US BOOMERS, yet it was the conservatives who were self centered, and many of us rejected those values in favor of justice and peace. Why we were accused of being spoiled and self centered never made any sense, we boomers have always been a divided generation, over civil rights, justice for women …
Yes and folks tend to BLAME US BOOMERS, yet it was the conservatives who were self centered, and many of us rejected those values in favor of justice and peace. Why we were accused of being spoiled and self centered never made any sense, we boomers have always been a divided generation, over civil rights, justice for women and war (Vietnam) et al. So stop blaming us. It was the other part of our generation that messed things up the Gingriches and his gang of cronies. Lindsey Graham etc.
Generational blaming is not very useful since ultimately a society is a whole, as in the end, is our species; and there is always a need for nuance. The bigger issue is the degree to which our society always has, and since Reagan even more so, pandered to the agendas of those with money. The young are not wrong that they are getting the short end of the stick, especially as living wages, and worker protections ebb, college graduation is both more demanded for decent paying jobs, and the price become more personally burdensome, and the planet burns while so many old folks fiddle.
Warnings of the dangers of CO2 pollution have been sounded for decades. Both Nixon and Carter advocated care of the environment; but enough Americans turned our backs, and each of our impacts accumulate to the point, that the future is not looking good.
Karen Hessel
Yes and folks tend to BLAME US BOOMERS, yet it was the conservatives who were self centered, and many of us rejected those values in favor of justice and peace. Why we were accused of being spoiled and self centered never made any sense, we boomers have always been a divided generation, over civil rights, justice for women and war (Vietnam) et al. So stop blaming us. It was the other part of our generation that messed things up the Gingriches and his gang of cronies. Lindsey Graham etc.
Generational blaming is not very useful since ultimately a society is a whole, as in the end, is our species; and there is always a need for nuance. The bigger issue is the degree to which our society always has, and since Reagan even more so, pandered to the agendas of those with money. The young are not wrong that they are getting the short end of the stick, especially as living wages, and worker protections ebb, college graduation is both more demanded for decent paying jobs, and the price become more personally burdensome, and the planet burns while so many old folks fiddle.
Warnings of the dangers of CO2 pollution have been sounded for decades. Both Nixon and Carter advocated care of the environment; but enough Americans turned our backs, and each of our impacts accumulate to the point, that the future is not looking good.