Probably worthwhile to separate that span into smaller chunks.

We blame boomers not for what happened in the 50s or 60s, we blame them for voting in and supporting Ronald fckng Reagan and all the bullshit his policies have affected since his presidency.

See: https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/why-almost-everything-is...

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jibal 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Blaming boomers is stupid ... it conflates many different and different kinds of people. I'm a boomer who helped develop the ARPANET (so I'm not technically illiterate ... that's my parents' generation) and I'm a democratic socialist who protested vehemently against Nixon and Reagan (who many in my parents' generation supported). The people to really blame are right wingers and corporations and the uber rich who create bogeymen and false targets like "boomers" for gullible people to be distracted and deflected by.

	▲	card_zero 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Oh I see, all our bogeymen are created by a shadowy conspiracy of very rich bogeymen.
	▲	boston_clone 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah, like I said, we blame boomers who voted for and supported Reagan. I’m very aware that a healthy minority opposed him and his policies. Thank you for your work on ARPANET and remaining a proud socialist! Computer networking is what drew me in to the technology space (not programming like most folks here, I presume), and socialism just might finally be having its due time here in the US (e.g., Mamdani, Katie Wilson).