Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to childfree@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agoWon't someone please think of the boomers?!poptalk.scrubbles.techimagemessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up1575arrow-down129
arrow-up1546arrow-down1imageWon't someone please think of the boomers?!poptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to childfree@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agomessage-square140fedilink
minus-squareDarkSpectrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up69·14 days agoMaybe they shouldn’t horde and partition their wealth from their children and do everything possible to ensure every penny is spent before death.
minus-squareFuzzyRedPanda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·14 days agoYou’re not wrong, but this is more of a class issue than a generational issue, although in this case they certainly intersect. My boomer parents don’t have any money; they got screwed over by the 1% just like the rest of us.
Maybe they shouldn’t horde and partition their wealth from their children and do everything possible to ensure every penny is spent before death.
You’re not wrong, but this is more of a class issue than a generational issue, although in this case they certainly intersect. My boomer parents don’t have any money; they got screwed over by the 1% just like the rest of us.