this article is just pure infantilization of her children’s political beliefs, equating the Communist Manifesto to kindergarten crayon art.
You get that a lot from boomers who can't accept that their kids may be downwardly mobile. A youthful rebellious phase that will pass as time goes on and they see how the world "really" works. Hell, the kids might think of it that way too eventually, if they end up buying houses or inheriting a lot of money.
Even boomers who say "when you're young you're a socialist, and when you're old you're conservative" realize that the difference is the housing market and marketized housing.
Turning the only valuable asset that most people will ever own into a speculative commodity makes people more self interested and blind to the system they participate in.
When your ability to retire or live comfortably it's linked directly to the market price of your home, you will align your interests with whatever actions are needed to increase there value of that home.
Straight up, parents don't want to be told how shit works by their kids, boomers or not. Doesn't matter how right they are or how wrong the parent is, a kid will always be fighting an uphill battle to try and change their parents' mind about anything - which is why its best to just kinda throw ideas out there and try to get your parents to investigate them on their own.
You get that a lot from boomers who can't accept that their kids may be downwardly mobile. A youthful rebellious phase that will pass as time goes on and they see how the world "really" works. Hell, the kids might think of it that way too eventually, if they end up buying houses or inheriting a lot of money.
the article literally says she's waiting for them to buy a house for them to come around to her way of being
Even boomers who say "when you're young you're a socialist, and when you're old you're conservative" realize that the difference is the housing market and marketized housing.
Turning the only valuable asset that most people will ever own into a speculative commodity makes people more self interested and blind to the system they participate in.
When your ability to retire or live comfortably it's linked directly to the market price of your home, you will align your interests with whatever actions are needed to increase there value of that home.
Straight up, parents don't want to be told how shit works by their kids, boomers or not. Doesn't matter how right they are or how wrong the parent is, a kid will always be fighting an uphill battle to try and change their parents' mind about anything - which is why its best to just kinda throw ideas out there and try to get your parents to investigate them on their own.
"Okay, so you are not allowed to see your grandchildren until you've read these 3 books and give me a 5 page essay on each"