A Generation Of Sociopaths: How The Baby Boomers Betrayed America

[Slartibartfast]

Security. You claimed to make 50k the other day; but, you are concerned about security if you state your age. BTW, if you are 53+, you are in the boomer age bracket.

Yes, I am concerned about exposing my identity. This is normal.

I am not however a US (borderline) boomer and self-criticism is something my family and society reveled in as a way to develop depth. You should try it.

When I was 18 the country I lived in was in a depression cycle. Adult men were getting all the jobs normally given to kids (burgers, gas, supermarkets). Like many of the millennials seeing little chance of employment, I took refuge in further education.

 

[Slartibartfast]

I would also like to address the possibility of younger people getting screwed out of social security. First, if you had asked me at age 30 if I thought I'd ever collect a SS check I'd have laughed and said no, yet here I am with money deposited in my bank every month, so who the hell knows where it goes in the future. What I do know is that any short fall is entirely due to the 2nd greatest financial heist ever pulled off. Congress stole all the money through the general fund scam. While this scam was originated under a democratic administration, the republicans were only too eager to get their greedy hands on it. Now we're told the fund is going broke and benefits may have to be cut and the eligibility age increased. Lets be clear. Had our criminally corrupt congress not embezzled all the money, we could be INCREASING benefits and LOWERING the eligibility age. As I keep harping on, congress is, was, and will continue to be the main source of all our problems.

I agree in parts however politicians come from the people and are elected by the people. The 80s created 'greed is good' when before this would have been put down. The author of the book is not blaming individuals I believe he is saying people in the US got sociopathic as a consequence of an easy ride.

 

[Tom B]

Yes, I am concerned about exposing my identity. This is normal.

I am not however a US (borderline) boomer and self-criticism is something my family and society reveled in as a way to develop depth. You should try it.

When I was 18 the country I lived in was in a depression cycle. Adult men were getting all the jobs normally given to kids (burgers, gas, supermarkets). Like many of the millennials seeing little chance of employment, I took refuge in further education.

Once again, you missed the point.

 

[Slartibartfast]

I don’t think these guys can handle indexing.


You make an interesting point there.

The baby boomer generation has no problem making their kids work for less and putting the burden of government funding on them either. Which is completely ironic considering American worker productivity has never been higher but their bosses aren’t profit sharing with the workers.

In truth I don’t think they truly ever understood what they were getting with trickle down anyway. They were sold voodoo economics and now we have a giant mess where people think it is against their religion to tax the wealthy fairly.

I am trying to avoid liking posts here as it ruins discussion sometimes

Government run social projects can be a drain or they can provide an incubation ground for the next generation. Again, I thing a lot of the political mitosis started with the boomers, maybe just ahead. When people become self-absorbed they start to vote for the guy who pleases them on an emotional level.

Its not that it started that interest me, why did it not stop?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-our-divided-congress/?utm_term=.14c2b0348eff

A stunning visualization of our divided Congress

 

[Slartibartfast]

Once again, you missed the point.

Tom B, I see a lot of possible points you might have been making. I read once "There are no gotcha questions, just gotcha people". Your one-liner pouncing is nearly meaningless, it just provides some Punch and Judy sport. Say what you mean here, please?

 

[Tom B]

Tom B, I see a lot of possible points you might have been making. I read once "There are no gotcha questions, just gotcha people". Your one-liner pouncing is nearly meaningless, it just provides some Punch and Judy sport. Say what you mean here, please?

My point was very straightforward. Even a 10-year-old would understand. As long as the 10-year-old wasn't you. Seek help.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Seek help.

Another great example of a sociopath here. I started picking on Tom B because of his tenancy to hit an run attack. He likes to stroke his sense of superiority but becomes obsessed by someone mention in passing, when in a happy mood that they had a good day.

I make a lot of money Tom B, I started as a futures trader.

 

[Slartibartfast]

You’re smart.

Pretty good, I like it.

You don't have to be smart to trade Futures, just an iron colon.

 

[jem]

I used to blame baby boomers also.
but then I realized we have 60 million more immigrants and anchor babies in the last 30 to 40 years. most of them democrat.

In short there may be no discussion about mal wealth distribution and selfishness and bad voters... enabling bad policy makers without understanding how the baby boomer vote has been diluted.

Without 60 million democrats pushing for who for all sorts of crazy leftest ideas we have no idea what America would like like today.

It could be a low tax big freedom well educated economic powerhouse helping people all over the world in their home country.

But, really could the party of JFK and the party who protested the man and was pro liberty and constitutional rights really vote for this silicon valley banker pre fascism?

 

[Slartibartfast]

I used to blame baby boomers also.
but then I realized we have 60 million more immigrants and anchor babies in the last 30 to 40 years. most of them democrat.

In short there may be no discussion about mal wealth distribution and selfishness and bad voters... enabling bad policy makers without understanding how the baby boomer vote has been diluted.

Without 60 million democrats pushing for who for all sorts of crazy leftest ideas we have no idea what America would like like today.

It could be a low tax big freedom well educated economic powerhouse helping people all over the world in their home country.

But, really could the party of JFK and the party who protested the man and was pro liberty and constitutional rights really vote for this silicon valley banker pre fascism?

That is an angle to be added to the pot. This concept of its the democrats is usual fare of blaming the other team when the blame lies in those who did not stir the political pot. All countries have left and right leaners, it is hard wired into the brain. Ask a random European from most countries are you left or right political spectrum and they would not really know, they don't wear the label.

If you look back at this fairly fascinating diagram again of who voted with who, it split with Reagan.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-our-divided-congress/?utm_term=.14c2b0348eff

Perhaps Reagan was a round peg in a round hole for the time, a voting populace stocked with selfish and self-absorbed white people.

I shall look again factoring in the influx if voting immigrants. I know that the 1965 Immigration Act was largely responsible for a major shift.

I guess as more diversity arrived it would have pressed conservative racism buttons (just being realistic, it will have bothered the conservatives most).