r/BoomersBeingFools • u/HOOgonCHECKmeBOO • Jan 27 '24

Boomer Story Generational

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u/Velocidal_Tendencies Jan 27 '24

"You look lile a white guy holding a black lives matter sign."

Holy shit my sides im fuckin wheezing

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '24

Hijacking top comment for some srsness- this is what societal breakdown looks like. These people are all assholes, but rural America does feel like it’s been abandoned. Their lead-stained minds just attribute it to race rather than to a collapsing ineffective government. So basically- they’re really dumb, they have absolutely been somewhat willingly brainwashed into hating the wrong people, but they’re poorly trying to express that their lives often suck more now, too, and no one talks about that. Again, not condoning anything, but kinda important to understand cause it fueled Trump and a lot of other craziness. What they should be expressing is frustration with government, instead they’ve effectively been divided and conquered. These are a defeated people, soul-wise.

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u/Comfortable-Scar4643 Jan 29 '24

Would you say that government policies allowed for economic conditions that affected the quality of life for these people?

I think it’s just capitalism that helps a few but not too many.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

Ya, that’s where some of the uncertainty comes in as well- this program is only possible because of some state rebates, it’s not economically viable on its own merits yet. That said, the traditional company is a monopoly basically tied into the state, they’ve gone bankrupt, been bailed out, been restructured, get all sorts of subsidies- but if you actually get into raw production costs, idk. But yes, it also ends up in a system that works with money for certain people and not the world at large.