“The really dark side to all of these stories about one generation (Whatever that is exactly! Why do we let ourselves be defined by being lumped into groups?) is that they are preparing us for euthanasia. If you can convince the younger generations that their parents are useless old coots who screwed them out of their future, how much easier it is to convince them to pull the plug on the oldsters in order to save money.”
No. I think killing your own babies because they are inconvenient and get in the way smooths the path for euthanasia. Boomers managed to kill 1/4 of my generation. All of us, post 1972 are the survivers of the greatest holocaust ever, committed primarily by those who would have been having children back then. Folks born in ‘45 would have been 27 in 1972.
Are boomers supposed to be absolved for all the abortions they committed?
Once again, you are damning an entire group for what some individuals have done. Leftists love this. If they can get individuals to identify themselves as being part of an aggrieved group, it is a small step to persuade them to punish their supposed oppressor.
If younger generations are in debt, it is due in large part to what older generations left them with in terms of supporting a growing government. No group of people has the corner on vice or virtue. The history of the world consists of people trying to live at the expense of others.