“There’s this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.

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    468 months ago

    I agree. I still think they were lucky insofar as they were born in the right place at the right time to benefit massively over future generations.

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        68 months ago

        America was basically the only industrialized country that hadn’t been bombed to fuck. You had to be a clown to not succeed in that environment (or systemically oppressed, since opportunity in the US is always only for white people). Boomers took quality jobs making reliable products and moved those to low wage jobs making disposable products in China.

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        68 months ago

        Ah, but the USA post-WWIII will be even better! Or at least growth capitalism suggests it will.

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        Boomers Now: “hey if we blow up half the world again maybe it will help the economy, also I’m way too old to be drafted”