It is time to stop stereotyping the younger generations. When we call a millennial “entitled” or a Gen Z naive we are guilty of the same ageism that lives in “OK Boomer”.
The generations that follow mine (boomer) and Gen X has unprecedented challenges. They are living in a world in decline, not just in America but globally.
They will pay the price for the ecocide. A thing no sane culture would lay on its own children and grandchildren. The rage is understandable. And misdirected.
Boomers are not a monolith. I did not bring the ecocide nor did millions of my contemporaries.
It is important to understand that this is not an inter-generational skirmish, but rather a CLASS WAR.
It is the ruling class that is sawing off the branch of the tree of life that we all depend upon so they can saw it up and do what? Use it as fuel for their fantasy colonization of Mars?
I am often in awe of the under 40 crowd. They are they only future we have and some of them will have to be heroic in ways not seen in our lifetime if humanity is to survive past our great grandchildren.
I don’t accept the stereotyping of the young anymore than I accept ageism. Both are stupid.
Let’s reframe our prejudice and re-apply our attention to the ones actually doing the crime.