RymrgandsDaughter comments on This 81-year-old still works at Home Depot to support herself and her 90-year-old husband

[–] RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yeah well old people are the reason old people have to work like this

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

To be fair, oppression has existed in every generation. We are not immune, polling makes that very clear. As another example, the leaders of the generation that made the post world war 2 boom did everything in their power to prevent black people from benefitting. Just like the leaders of the baby boomers and silent generation decided to fuck over poor people and begin the regression to another gilded age in the 1970's.

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[–] RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

And too be fair we have the responsibility to stop our peers in our generation. And if we fail to do so or hold them accountable we've kicked the can down the road again. It is what it is

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[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

And when you're old you'll be the reason why other old people get blamed for the shit state of the world by the younger people.

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[–] RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

And it will have been my and their fault. As if the kids of billionaires and the new wealth of my generation won't continue to destroy everything. As their peer I have the responsibility to stop them. Anything else is an excuse tbfh.

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