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[–] BleatingZombie 30 points 8 months ago (4 children)

This points out why the idea that boomers (as a whole) caused many of our modern problems upsets me

I sincerely doubt you voted for the situation you're in now

This in-fighting and blaming does nothing but detract from the real issue of who's doing this to us (spoiler alert: it's the politicians and it always has been)

[–] buzz86us 25 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah some dude has a failed acting career, and now I have to hope my for profit insurance will cover a doctor or I'll be eating ramen for the rest of my life

[–] emmie 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

At least he didn’t fail art school in Austria

[–] buzz86us 6 points 8 months ago

Though he likely killed nearly as many.

[–] John_McMurray 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

"failed acting career" is apparently ending up the chair of the Screen Actors Guild, parlaying that into Governor of California and then the presidency, after being a known talent in the 50s.

[–] paraphrand 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Failed acting career applies to most of the current online right wing pundits spewing nonsense.

[–] John_McMurray 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah let's just pretend he wasn't talking about Reagan

[–] RizzRustbolt 4 points 8 months ago

Generational politics are bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

It’s not the politicians, they’re bought out for cheap, a low rung facilitator. A few tens of thousands is all the lobbying you need to own them.

It’s the corporations and capitalists who are to blame.