Experts have dubbed it a “silver tsunami.”

I wish I could feel sympathy, but I don't. The Reagan generation did this to themselves, and the rest of us have to suffer with them.

  • Maoo [none/use name]67•9 months ago

    Generational fights are mostly incorrect. It is rarely one generation oppressing another or even themselves, it is class(es) oppressing others. It's annoying when another generation is out of touch, though. Boomers are often, but not always, guilty of that.

    The homeless are generally the least to blame, they are the poorest of the poor in a capitalist hellscape. Their mistreatment at the hands of our economically-carved society also serves a function for the ruling class: it's what will happen to you if you (allegedly) don't accept that shit job for that subsistence pay.

    Rather than directing your frustrations at generations or the poorest and least powerful, get organized to fight the ongoing class war. The ruling class is always fighting it whether you join or not.

    • Awoo [she/her]25•9 months ago

      It's annoying when another generation is out of touch, though. Boomers are often, but not always, guilty of that.

      I'm starting to see their being out of touch as partly because they only engage within their generation. If we want to put a stop to generational shit what we need to do is build more cross-generation communication. Arguably social media is doing this already though.

        • bigboopballs [he/him]6•9 months ago

          and the younger generations get absolutely 0 third spaces or anywhere IRL to hang out and make friends sadness-abysmal

          • Maoo [none/use name]1•9 months ago

            It's where you set up a little table, usually with some pamphlets or something, and set up where there's lots of foot traffic. It's handy for getting petitions signed, collecting money for whatever, or just talking to people about a cause to build community support.