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[–] 37 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Gen X here…. After arguing and having many disagreements with many many boomers over the years, we are not the same. While I have had similar disagreements with younger generations they are fundamentally different because we are old enough to see the mistakes the boomers made but young enough to see the world is very much different and that rampant capitalism and greed is often the blame. Case in point, student loans. I am all for all education should be free and things like crippling student debt should not be a thing. Every boomer I have talked to still thinks either education should be a privilege or that you should be able to put yourself through college and get a masters working at McDonalds or Walmart.

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    They don't even think that though. If they wanted McDonald's to pay enough for school, they wouldn't aggressively oppose any attempt to raise the wage

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    Or more likely they think school still costs $1000 a semester which is what they paid for there kids (me included… since my parents were boomers) to attend college. Not the 80k it cost to send one of my kids through school. Want proof? Go ask any boomer what college costs now.

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Some of us Gen Xers ended up more Boomer-like, and some ended up more Millennial-like.

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