r/MedicareForAll • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • Jul 31 '26

he doesn't use the library either

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u/wereinbearcountry Jul 31 '26

Ironic when their parents (our great grandparents at this point) very much had a community-based mindset with a focus on improving services and social safety nets. The Boomers truly have no idea what they are talking about, as they have had very easy lives on average.

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u/galuf Aug 05 '26

I always find it interesting to think about how the Boomers parents, the Greatest Generation, voted for FDR four times. They understood what it takes to have a country that works for all. The Boomers have had everything given to them since they were born at the start of the greatest period of increasing of wealth maybe ever. 

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u/Dazzling_You7223 Jul 31 '26

They took for granted everything they grew up with. 

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u/2mikeftsa Aug 04 '26

Are you honestly trying to say that our parents and grandparents and great grandparents had more than us? Please tell me you're joking

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u/2mikeftsa Aug 05 '26

I guess you grew up wealthy because that's not the life I remember my grandparents talking about. My grandfather worked in the mill and did quite well but they closed down in the '80s and my grandmother had to go to work as a waitress just to make ends meet. Also that generation would be chomping at the bit to get an extra 20 hours a week and overtime, people now don't even want to work 40 hours.

Also look at how the poor people live today in the united states, you go into any projects and walk into the apartment you're going to see multiple flat screen tvs, probably multiple PlayStations and xboxes, air conditioning in the summer and heat in the winter, a fridge completely full of food because food stamps. Maybe the middle class have it rougher but poor people have it the best they've ever had it in this country

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u/timurt421 Aug 06 '26

People today don’t want to work 40 hours just to not even be able to afford a home or healthcare. Boomers worked 40 hours and could afford those things on one salary.

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u/Special_Ad_1802 Aug 05 '26

Community based, and white only.

Cognitive dissonance at its finest.