But the article has merit.
As a mid Gen X er, we were told from grade school on
1. Our standard of living was going to decline because of demographics. The Boomer generation came up in the post war era where all competition was destroyed.
2. SS will be available when we retire, but the Boomer generation will have the best retirement benefits in history
3. The generations after ours will have it worse.
Gen X dealt with it by shrugging, and doing our own thing.
Mills and Z’s are pissed. The majority have either sky high college debt or no real career prospects. Are competing with waves of illegal immigrants and AI for few and lower paying jobs, and are being called lazy for not living in a box under the over pass.
Looking at the trends, things are going to get spicy soon. The reason so many Z’s and mills REALLY WANT SOCIALISM is they can’t see a way to afford a house or pay off school debt.
Meanwhile all the boomers scream about how they are owed social security, and demand more benefits.
The base issue is everyone was lied to by people in power, and rather than go out and sort them out we are turned on each other.
The irresponsibility in overspending, overlending, incurring debt, allowing too much immigration, not enforcing laws so that life for normals is good: Both parties have a share of the blame but generally, the rat communists have been worse at it, especially lately.
Are the young in any way responsible? Yes partly, if they do not join MAGA. If they encourage the spending and Cloward-Piven to continue. If they embrace communism in any form. So insofar as the Zs and Ms vote for idiots like Biden, Obama, OC, etc., etc., they are getting what they asked for.
But remember: The intergenerational hate is yet another op on the part of the communists. It worked well in 1967 onward and it is working now. Don't play into the hands of the left.
Young people: go MAGA and reclaim your future. Things CAN be dramatically better than they are now. Watch Real America's Voice and Newsmax. Reject communism served up daily by MSNBC, ABC, NBC, etc.
“The reason so many Z’s and mills REALLY WANT SOCIALISM is”
Our problems are due to socialism. Do you really want more unkept promises?
The government has confiscated $300,000 from me via social security. I'm 67, working full time and still paying maximum social security. I expect a substantial part of that to be returned. It's not a gift. It was confiscated and the purchasing power debased by the money printing politicians.
“The majority have either sky high college debt or no real career prospects.”
Or both.
I believe the tactic is referred to as "DIVIDE and CONQUER!"
The pretty lies of socialism will not deliver those beautiful things.
Gen Z will volunteer to be enslaved in exchange for those promises. Most will never understand why their lives keep getting worse.
“boomers scream about how they are owed social security, “
It was our money to start with before “they” forced us to give it to them. We ARE “owed” Social Security, because it’s OURS.
The Baby Boom generation is aging out. Most of us will not live long enough to even get back what we paid in. Boomers such as myself paid into Social Security and Medicare since the 1960’s. Clinton taxed Social Security and DemocRAT governments have conferred benefits on people who never paid in a dime. When I kick off, any residual monies will go back to the government not my heirs, so that will solve a part of the issue.