Doesn't matter. If a system's purpose is what it does, a people's priorities are what they invest in, in aggregate. Boomers hold outsize wealth and have steered America's economic and political ship for most of the lives of the younger generations. So the current crop of Stupid Things are mostly Stupid Boomer Things (or else they wouldn't exist, as there would be no money or political will to sustain them).

Refusing to take responsibility isn't a good look, either. So is derailing with respectability gripes. Let's solve the problem at hand.

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leptons 3 days ago | parent [-]

>Refusing to take responsibility isn't a good look, either

You want me to take responsibility for how other people in my age group vote (not that I am a boomer, I'm not)? That's your argument?

Thanks but no thanks for this ridiculous comment thread.

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h2zizzle 2 days ago | parent [-]

>You want me to take responsibility for how other people in my age group vote.

Yes. Or, rather, you already are responsible, commensurate with your level of wealth/social influence.

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leptons 2 days ago | parent [-]

That's nonsense. What age group are you in? Young people voted in record numbers for fascists last time around in the US. If you're young, are you going to take responsibility for them voting for fascists? What about people in the same age group in other countries? Do you take responsibility for how they vote too since they are in the same age range? Your ageism argument is ridiculous.

	▲	h2zizzle 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>If you're young, are you going to take responsibility for them voting for fascists? Yes, I'm pretty regularly debating my conservative peers and trying to think of ways to convince them that they f*cked up and need to vote better. >What about people in the same age group in other countries? Yes, I accept that much of where my international peers find themselves and the nature of the choices they have to make were defined by US policy, including during the period that I've been able to vote. It's not our fault that Boomers were selfish and Gen-X were pathologically apathetic. Unfortunately, we have to take responsibility there, too, partly by reminding you of how much you screwed up, until you resolve to do better with the time you have left (or to at least get out of the way).