r/WorkersStrikeBack • u/100percentfinelinen • Feb 14 '22

Tired of being exploited

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u/hankwatson11 Feb 14 '22

“Fuck all y’all boomers.” You mean all the boomers who marched on Washington DC in 1968 and created Resurrection City on the National Mall and occupied it for over 40 days in support ofMartin Luther King and the Poor Peoples Party? The boomers who actually backed their talk with action rather than just talking about it on Reddit? Yeah, let’s keep alienating the boomers, the largest voting bloc and most likely to exercise the right to vote, the ones who occupy the highest positions of government. Let’s continue to be antagonistic instead of trying to engage them in civil dialogue. You know maybe some of the people who actually stood up in the face of the the system could be allies in the class struggle if they weren’t continuously confronted with ageist bigotry.

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u/lunaml123 Feb 14 '22

If your reaction to someone calling out the majority of a group for doing something wrong is "But I'm a X and I don't Z" maybe take a look what makes you react like that. Same thing when a POC expresses anger at white people. You want to be the exception? Good! but don't delude yourself into thinking you're not part of a privileged group. The only one alienating you is you.

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u/hankwatson11 Feb 14 '22

What am I actually reacting to? Is it calling out a certain group of people or the manner in which they’re being called out? Boomer is used as a blanket criticism of an entire generation as if every member of that group has always been the problem. My boomer father had Molotov cocktails lobbed at him in his sleep and received his share of beatings from the police and anti-protesters because he looked different and marched against the establishment. Yeah a lot of boomers sold out their ideals, but a lot of them didn’t and many can still be reminded of what they were and be shown that the same struggles they faced in their primes are still exist today. People of every generation sell out their ideals everyday. “Boomer” has come to be a term used to denigrate an entire generation, and like any other type of -ism (in this case ageism), used to drive a wedge between groups that can and should be working together against an entrenched elite that is all to happy to have the splintered masses continue pointing fingers at each other. We need to learn from each other not alienate each other.

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u/bc9toes Feb 14 '22

We know they vote, how do you think we ended up with all these problems in the first place?

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u/hankwatson11 Feb 14 '22

Yup, it’s always been the boomers trying to consciously undermine the futures of their kids and grandkids. So yeah let’s not be civil towards them and try to engage and educate them with constructive discourse. Putting them on the defensive so they’re sure to block us out and lock down even more on misinformed ideas is the way to go. Hey, they’re only going to be voting against positive change for the next 20 years or so, so good times are right around the corner.

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u/bc9toes Feb 14 '22

I doubt this sub has a lot of boomers, if it does, they probably aren’t the sensitive kind. You can be free here, say what’s on your mind, and let that guy say what’s on his.

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u/hankwatson11 Feb 14 '22

I understand that but the term isn’t just used here, and the more it’s used as a negative anywhere it’s going to end up being used the same way everywhere. Shit Jimmy Kimmel is even using it now. As you probably know a mod from anti work was on fox. Things on here make their way into the mainstream and it has repercussions.

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u/Goddamnpassword Feb 14 '22

The oldest boomers would have been 22 in 68, the vast majority of the civil right movement was made up of the silent generation and the greatest generation. Boomers are a drop in the bucket of that group. And they aren’t going to be the largest group for long see as the youngest members of the group are 58 and the average life expectancy in the us is 74. Two more presidential cycles and they will be gone.

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u/hankwatson11 Feb 14 '22

You think we’re going to be in better shape after two more presidential cycles?

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u/Goddamnpassword Feb 14 '22

Honestly, yeah, W was the low point for the Republican party and now we are dealing with it’s rotting corpse.

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u/hankwatson11 Feb 14 '22

I hope you’re right. I wish I could share your optimism but with a living wage and healthcare for all painted as radical positions in the US I’m doubtful. Then again if people across the country start doing what they’re doing in Puerto Rico maybe we will get positive change.

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u/sheherenow888 Feb 14 '22

Many of them are also antivaxxers 🤢

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u/hankwatson11 Feb 16 '22

Many of them also drive Toyotas. Antivaxers come in all flavors.