Sorry corkandsniff, the "intergenerational conflict" is chock full of valid points.

Including the GWoT along with the vast majority of our current economic dumpster fire.

The data shows quite clearly the boomers have left and are leaving a worse off world for their children and grandchildren.

Things they enjoyed like education, a sound economy, a functional government and Republic, affordable housing...all gone now as they seek to liquidate as much as they can for as much $$$ money as they can before they kick the bucket.

Obviously, there are exceptions to that.

But generationally, things are really really awful now compared to what the boomers had when they were in their peak years.

We need a yawn flag.

They're not my gen.

Thiel was born in 1967. Basically, a boomer.

Musk is an older Gen X.

In any case, that die was cast by boomers and their pulling up the economic ladder after themselves to push us down this path of runaway rabid "capitalism," which is really just unbridled greed.

The peak of our country and start of its decline was during the 80s and 90s, when boomers were starting to exert influence and electoral power. It's been downhill under the greedy eyes ever since.

Own it.

"Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people,"

Corkandsniff's usual pomposity.

Boomers were handed the world and they decided to keep it all for themselves.

That is an inescapable fact, no matter how many times you act like dismissive garbage is a sound argument.

Also, I washed dishes, lifted picture tubes 300 times a day, and paid for my own tech education.
I spent zero time whining about those -------- that created the Great Depression.

#34 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

As per usual, boomers think their relatively normal life experiences are special, as are they.

I've worked kitchens. Was a cashier at a gas station on weekends and nights as well as working in the campus bookstore to float my undergrad degree. Worked two summers at a golf course.

But here's the difference - when a boomer worked through a summer and (maybe) the school year, they made enough to actually pay for their education. In my day, that work minimized loans and provided money to live. Kids now? The same words (minimize loans and provide money to live) but as a mere shadow of the meaning.

When I graduated, getting a job wasn't a steep hill to climb and starting a career wasn't a distant dream. Now? Forget it.

Yes, I recognize Gen Xers and some Millenials have contributed to the steep decline of the middle class; however, they are a symptom of the decline begun and entrenched by boomers to recalibrate our economy to hunger games, zero sum mentality where the social contract is non-existent in the face of making every dollar one can by any means necessary.

Your attempts to obfuscate the issue seem like an intentional ignorance.

There have always been some division between the "elites" and the rest of the population. Pinning it on that constantly is lazy.

The inflection point occurred when the social contract was deemed invalid in the pursuit of wealth and power. THAT is on the boomers who exhibited that trait among elites and normies alike. Everything after has built on that basic collapse of societal responsibility and decency.

Your major shifts in thinking, management and exercise of power came during the boomer years.

That beloved stat of CEO to average worker earning? Relatively consistent through the 60s when it was the Silent Generation and tail end of the Greatest Generation running things. When things like pensions were the norm, loyalty was a two-way street and one salary could provide for a household.

But that ratio begins ticking up once the 30 and 40 something Boomers start moving into upper-level and executive management during the 70s and 80s. It only accelerates from there.

The economics of 1975 is on the Boomers?

You shorted it. On purpose, I suspect.

Changes began in the 70s but really began to move in the 80s.

When boomers were in their 30s and 40s and were moving into positions of leadership and power. They brought the breaking of the social contract with them because they thought they deserved more.

That's why they've left little to nothing for their children and grandchildren.

Corporations/Billionaires everywhere appreciate you blaming their actions on entire Gens...

Yawn.

particularly your Gen that, in your own formulation, is responsible for funding the rise Donald Trump.

Nope. Trump was primarily funded by boomers and Gen X. Even then, a small handful.

You're also intentionally ignoring things work on a continuum, not in discreet blocks of convenient facts and time.

Perhaps you'll get a promotion at the Lab.
#44 | Posted by Corky

Perhaps one day you won't be a pompous twat with zero critical thinking skills and a predilection for regurgitating what you read as your own original thoughts (BTW it's extremely easy to spot what you regurgitate vs what you think in your posts, like night and day...)

"Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households."
per Snoofy posts
Just quoting the economic facts.

Fully in line with my post.

That doesn't help your argument one bit.

"Boomers end in '64-ish. Thiel and Musk are definitely Gen X. Like Kavanaugh. They're early Gen X."
also per Snoofy posts

Also does nothing to advance your argument.

OK, I'll give you that you have excellent projection skills.

This entire post supports my assertion.

You quote facts from snoofy twice, even though it doesn't advance your argument, and then act like you've made a point...

Then you move on to babbling nonsense because you have nobody left to quote...

Check and check.

who are not avg Americans of any Gen, is as noted well above... merely childish finger-pointing.

As expected, you've got nothing. A burnt out has been clinging to stale, failed 60s mantras. 'It's always the man...man...'

What I quoted directly refuted your assertions completely...

Not even close, sport. Not even close.

Not to mention your vocabulary and crude, rudimentary attempted insults, which would embarrass most 5 year olds.

Pompous hilarity. Does your pinky stick out while typing?

The moneyed and corporate elite appreciate your support.

Hey idiot, they don't have my support. Pointing out the objectively true nature of the information in my posts isn't in any way supporting anyone.

If you had the critical thinking skills you think you have, you would know that.