A Yale professor says America is now an 'oldigarchy'--and Boomers on LinkedIn are enraged

[walkingman]

7. I'm a boomer age 75. My impression based on my life experience is that

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the "Greatest Generation", my parents, left me and my generation a world of opportunity. Their personal struggles of growing up during the Great Depression and WWII, made them very appreciative of the changes that FDR and a Democratic Party provided for them.

Examples - Affordable education, great infrastructure advancement (interstate hwys, reliable power grid, public utilities), safety nets (Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security), taxed the wealthy to pay for post WWII debt, supported unions, pensions, fair housing laws, and the Civil Rights Act, that finally gave ALL American full participation in our political system were all attributable to this generation because they did not want their children to suffer as they did.

Thanks to my generation (Boomers) and the children we raised, we are worse off because we were not willing to make simple sacrifices. We ignored Climate Change, began to cut social programs, demonized trade unions, willingly and knowingly ran up huge debt, and even after ending the Cold War, the so-called "Peace Dividend" was squandered. Instead of cutting defense spending we increased it, went on a crusade of deregulation, pushed for globalization, and began what seems to be never-ending terrible foreign policy interventions.

However, both Millennials and Gen Z are both larger than the Boomer generation. That gives me hope. Once they realize that it is their world, and they have the power to make us a "more perfect union" by uniting it will happen. It is time for them to take charge, and I am more than ready.

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL ☮