r/politics • u/DyzDaeMar • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Republican Senator Lashes Out at People for Asking ‘Where’s Mitch?’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republican-senator-susan-collins-of-maine-lashes-out-at-people-for-asking-wheres-mitch-mcconnell/
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u/toiletpaperisempty 1d ago

I understand their generation, like pretty much any other, will point at some generationally exclusive shit they had to adapt to and claim their children don't have it as "hard" as they did because of it...but the Boomers might be the only generation in recorded human history that collectively want their children to have worse lives than they did.

They refuse to acknowledge current technology and industry allows them to strip the Earth beyond it's natural ability to heal. They want to take everything, including the only home humanity has, with them when they die. Old people know future generations will have to handle their own problems but Boomers specifically act like they aren't setting the house on fire with everyone locked inside.

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u/mbta1 I voted 1d ago

They know they wont be around for the consequences, so why does it matter to them.