• NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    I don’t fault the boomers for spending “their” money.

    I very much do fault them for, at every single step, insisting on legislature and behavior that makes the world actively a worse place from a climate and human rights perspective.

    Keep your own money. A lot of kids would benefit from “earning their own way” and the fallacious bootstraps. But don’t pull the ladder up behind you and piss on those below you.

    Boomers didn’t steal their kids money. They stole their future.

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      23 hours ago

      I’m going to take all the sacrifices my parents made to help ensure I have a successful life.

      I’m going to have no problem getting a great job with, or without education.

      I’m going to get into the housing market on a basic salary no problem.

      I’m going to bring kids into this world, and make sure they earn their own way.

      I’m going to shame them into leaving home as early as possible, make them rent for most of their life and wonder why they don’t buy a house so they can make money on their investments.

      Oh, by the way, i’ll make a ton more money on other peoples kids paying my second, third investment properties mortgage off with their rent.

      Then i’ll live a glorious retirement, fully aware that my kids retirement is probably not going to happen ever.