Comments by "Joshua Mitchell" (@joshuamitchell5018) on "How the Baby Boomers Ruined Society" video.

  1. My extremely simplified summary: Boomers are a large demographic. Because they are a large demographic, they have proportionally larger voting power. Due to this, they have voted in many policies that have benefitted them over the course of their lifetimes, e.g. pensions, retirement, healthcare, social benefits/welfare. There has also been a surge of increased value in their housing due to large amounts of immigration and lack of newer and/or continued housing development. Not to mention, wage stagnation. These policies and economics have led to boomers being the most well off, fortunate, and advantaged (economically in the relatively short term) generation to have ever lived. Boomers have gamed the system so efficiently (knowingly or unknowingly), that they can’t see how they’ve affected generations to come.
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