shawn1122

When home is relatively cold and only borderline habitable, taking your chances with going out to sea is an understandable instinct.

Capitalism is important but it is a downstream effect of a society that does not prioritize egalitarian values.

A lot of the issues that hyper capitalism has caused can trace their nexus back to Reagan, who had majority support from Boomers at the time and whose policies have disproportionately enriched Boomers at the expense of future generations.

Even more recently a majority of Boomers have supported Trump, who appears to be accelerating the "sell out the public's future for private riches now" ideology.

Unfortunately for us and them, this will be their legacy. Many of us are waiting eagerly for them to step away from positions of prominence in key institutions so that the rebuilding process can begin, if it's not already too late.

I'm aware. In ancient hunter gatherer societies elders often accepted death gracefully once their care needs became a burden on the tribe. They knew that their final purpose was to look out for the greater good.

Things changed with the advent of civilization and especially modern medicine. Modern society has minimal if any comfort with death. If anything it fights it to the point of embracing the unnatural.

Boomers have been a burden for some time now. That doesn't mean they have to disappear nor are they the only generation in human history that has had a negative impact. But it's notable to the point that an asterisk will be put next to their era. They inherited, in many ways, a world of plenty (relative peace and abundance) and have left us with a world of scarcity (whether artificial or real).

That does not mean there aren't absolutely incredible people that are a part of this generation. But collectively, they have either actively or passively allowed institutions to be steered towards complicity with mass suffering and that will not be soon forgotten.

I think Millenials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha are or will be better, especially with regard to parenting self awareness, but the reality is boomers have left us with a world where having children is financially unfeasible so it won't matter. But we can follow up in a few decades and see where things are at. I think Boomers will certainly be remembered a certain way (collectively).

Doubtful. The boomers are uniquely self serving as a group and have a sort of cruelty brain rot bug that may or may not be lead poisoning.

Many are obsessed with entrenching themselves within institutions, creating a poor work life balance (while blaming the rest of us for not sacrificing as much) leading to fragile interpersonal relationships that are centered around 'keeping up with the Joneses' rather than creating a meaningful sense of community.

Most younger generations blame boomers for having a good life and then promptly shutting the door in their children's faces.

We have survived 500,000 years as a species because past generations cared about the world they left behind for their descendants. Boomers, instead, are collectively focussed on enriching themselves by putting our future at risk as collateral.

As a generation, they will not be remembered well. Many of us wish they would simply step aside so we can fix the mess they've propogated.

Tl;dr: There is more to this than the usual young vs old dynamic.

Perhaps there is an element of that but I think many people are bracing for a repeat of the Iraq weapons of mass destruction scenario so they're starting early with using humor as a coping mechanism.

Many also feel that Israel's current government is a fascist genocidal regime that very likely will be the instigator of WW3. Which should be a lesson to humanity in general on fascism as those that face the greatest trauma (as they did in WW2) are often more open to the extremes of nationalism and ethnic cleansing.

While it is a subset of imperialism, colonialism and the extractionary systems it created in the global south in order to bankroll the industrial revolution is deserving of a special shout out.

Yes, it starts with civilization in general. But Christian imperialism sure sent it into overdrive.

With the advent of agriculture and domestication of animals, humans began to believe that they hold dominion over nature. Perhaps that was inevitable. But it's that worldview that has us hurling down a path of irreversible climate change that may lead to our (and others) extinction.

Rare to come across someone who has an understanding of the indigineous / the original way that our ancestors saw our relationship with life on Earth.

I'm not at all shocked that a lot of men now feel lost under the dominant world view. Since the industrial revolution, masculinity has become defined as taking more than you need at a cost that your descendants will need to pay (through harm that you bring to the Earth). That type of imbalance will inevitably promote a lack of purpose.

This applies mostly to WASPs and Catholic imperialists, wouldn't say all Christians feel that way.

When a large part of your origin story is being the number one weapons dealer in WW2 with geography conveniently placing you out of range for major infrastructure loss... We really can't be suprised.

Where did this guy get his math from?

India has 265 million English speakers and Nigeria has 125 million.

297 million > 265 + 125 million?

India will likely have more English speakers than the US within this decade.