• ReallyKinda@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    I don’t think it’s envy for what the older generations have (“I wish I had that too”) so much as disgust at what they were/are willing to do to make and keep it (at politicians who don’t even intend well, at lobbying, at war mongering, at continued climate degradation, at racism, at the brutality of capitalism and the impact of it’s growth mandate, that some individuals have power way beyond their ability to take responsibility for their harm, etc).

    I think the younger generations would be quite willing to adapt to things like high density housing, trimming back consumption, reducing meat intake, etc. in the name of balance with each other and the climate, but that would cause deflation and we can’t have that.

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      8 months ago

      I also think its disgust for what older generations will believe: trump is god’s chosen moron, crime goes up every year, immigrants are illegal and invading, paying people fair wages is bad, etc.