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Overwhelming majority of young Americans worry about climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (6 children)

Blaming generations misses the point in some ways (the rich not boomers being the issue, we definitely need to keep our eye on the ball with that one) but also I can't fucking stand how little most boomers care. Sometimes in the US it feels like it they are a generation of children that never had to grow up and now mostly just scold young people for being the adults in the room when they try to fix things.

It is just so pathetic and I feel robbed of the experience of having elders I can trust. All my elders are deeply sick and cannot let go of lifestyles that foreclose our future, nor do they take the consequences of destroying our only home seriously by and large, it feels like (well it really is) a betrayal of the largest order.

I wanted to live a life where I could look up to older generations and learn wisdom from them throughout my life, instead of feeling disgusted by their childlike lack of caring about future consequences.

These statistics are heartening that the sickness was not passed onto younger generations, but it is heart breaking all the same.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

how little most boomers care

That's precisely the conflict part. Carelessness and apathy sustain the violence. What's that recent movie... The Zone Of Interest (2023) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-vfg3KkV54

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