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    7 months ago

    It’s nice, but what I feel about these generations is that they, en masse, took advantage of junior generations to enrich themselves – en masse, again. I can’t complain too much because my generation is doing the same to the younger generations, and they will do the same also. It’s crowd behavior and no one really has a control over it. I wish I could do something but I’m just a powerless individual who thus becomes an accomplice.

    Anyway, my first reaction to this kind of article is thus often “sure, enjoy your spoil, morons”. I do think my reaction is unfair, but it’s automatic and done subconsciously.

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      7 months ago

      It’s crowd behavior and no one really has a control over it.

      No it’s not. It’s like 100 guys at the top who fucked over everyone by bribing the US congress to massively lower taxes on them, give them unchecked political power, and are actively fucking over the economy of the world.

      All that missing money isn’t in the pockets of still-working seniors.

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        But I’m sure the same problem exists even in countries with higher taxes, also in socialist countries.

        The thing is that developed countries have more elder voters. Even those 100 people on the top wouldn’t have control over them even if some of them had a good intent. And there are more than 100 of them, making it even harder to control for the people with good intent.