Here's a hot take: millennials and Gen Z aren't entirely right blaming boomers for wrecking everything. Some of that criticism misses the mark. But honestly? They've got a legitimate gripe when it comes to one thing—the national debt. That's the real issue worth resenting. While it's tempting to pin all societal problems on older generations, the fiscal irresponsibility that's accumulated over decades is the elephant in the room nobody can ignore. Young people entering the workforce today face the consequences of decades of deficit spending and budget mismanagement. So maybe the generational conflict should focus less on broad blame and more on the specific policy failures that created this financial mess.
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SchrodingerGas
· 2h ago
Ha, finally someone said this. Instead of passing the buck, it's better to see clearly those mountain-high deficits—these are the real on-chain evidence, written in the national debt ledger. Intergenerational conflicts are essentially a problem of game equilibrium failure, and the interaction costs at the policy level have long been shifted onto us.
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FrogInTheWell
· 2h ago
The mess of government bonds... really needs to be properly accounted for.
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EthSandwichHero
· 2h ago
Honestly, debt issues are the most frustrating; blaming others is just child's play.
Here's a hot take: millennials and Gen Z aren't entirely right blaming boomers for wrecking everything. Some of that criticism misses the mark. But honestly? They've got a legitimate gripe when it comes to one thing—the national debt. That's the real issue worth resenting. While it's tempting to pin all societal problems on older generations, the fiscal irresponsibility that's accumulated over decades is the elephant in the room nobody can ignore. Young people entering the workforce today face the consequences of decades of deficit spending and budget mismanagement. So maybe the generational conflict should focus less on broad blame and more on the specific policy failures that created this financial mess.