Much of this is contrived. The previous generation said GenX were slackers too. It's just something to sell ads.
I think global warming makes this a little different then calling young people slackers.
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#12The idea that climate change and financial inequality concerns are generational divided is ludicrous. To me this framing reeks as just another divisional front the promoters of identity politics, who btw are also not generational divided, would like to inflict on us all.
P.S. I'm not Gen Z by a long shot and deeply concerned about climate change and financial inequality.
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#13“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” ― Anonymous Greek Proverb
And it feels that instead, old men have been demanding that young people cut down the trees for the old men to burn.
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#14Much of this is contrived. The previous generation said GenX were slackers too. It's just something to sell ads.
I think global warming makes this a little different then calling young people slackers.
Do you really believe the article's premise that boomers don't believe in global warming? If so, is it all of them, or just some of them?
Of course another purpose of this "culture war," is to take the blame off the politicians who had a chance actually make the regulations and laws and lay it on a generation of citizens.
What has Generation Y and Z actually done to stop global warming? I don't see anything but talk. Does that mean Generation Y and Z doesn't care about global warming, or maybe it's back to the politicians who are in a position to pass regulations and laws.
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#15This is silly. The only party here marking the end of "friendly generational relations" is the NY Times itself.
Drawing lines through society is the cheapest and easiest way to look wise without making any meaningful comment.
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#17“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” ― Anonymous Greek Proverb
And it feels that instead, old men have been demanding that young people cut down the trees for the old men to burn.
There are old people who've been arrested for pro climate actions, there are young people who are in charge of cutting down the rainforest. It's complicated, and reducing it to old men vs. young people only removes focus from the actual problems at hand.
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#18The good boomer is the dead boomer.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think they are referring to how previous generations had "respect for elders"
People have complained about disrespectful, selfish youth since at least ancient Greece. Likely far longer, but Aristotle's on record about it.
Are you referring to "The children now love luxury...", which is often misattributed to Socrates? https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Socrates#Misattributed
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#20Really? i thought i ended when everyone was talking about how millennials are ruining companies by not buying affordable products.
Or saying millennials are poor because they like avocados. Or saying millennials are entitled for demanding a living wage.