G.I. Generation: “We will make a better world for our children.” Silent Generation: “We will make a better world for our children.” Boomers: “fuck you entitled brats”
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[–] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

Do you think fucking the planet is only possible by 100 people‽

100 companies are responsible for 70% of greenhouse gas emissions. Infighting isn't going to stop that.

Just 57 companies are responsible for 80 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report released by UK-based think tank InfluenceMap.

The report also reveals big producers did not reduce, but rather increased, their output of fossil fuels in the seven years after the Paris Agreement.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-05/small-cohort-of-mega-polluters-produce-most-of-greenhouse-gas/103669772

So why did I say 100, if the report says 57? It's because the figure fluctuates, and there are other reports with other figures (they always confirm that Capitalism produces a minority against the majority). The fact remains that culpable, true "I'm a billionaire getting rich from the company" isn't a majority position....

....but it needs a majority solution to stop it. You're on the wrong end of the argument, and should deescalate. This isn't a problem of all old people being evil.

Even with boomers who are millionaires owning two homes they simply are not enormously wealthy by global billionaire standards (a billion is an order of magnitude wealthier than a millionaire. Especially a low millionaire). They seem wealthy to me, and you, and probably a lot of other people on this end of the spectrum, but in the grand scheme they're not the driving force in the state of the planet today. We could say they're a voting factor, but not (generally) a lobbying factor.

EDIT: clarified my "are not wealthy" statement, because it's aimed at "compared to the top end" rather than the bottom end - the poorest (anyone reading this is wealthy compared to the barefoot poorest of the world).

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 1 day ago (11 children)

    I think you're missing my point entirely.
    The generation responsible for fucking our planet,
    are the majority now. They can easily overpower and can easily “deescalate” the 57 companies they work for.

    If you're a boomer, sabotage your company right now.
    Stop replying to me. Go on, save the planet you love so much.

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  • [–] 1 point 22 hours ago (5 children)

    Wait, you're blaming boomers for stuff but you linked to data that says the opposite of what you implied. Your first link says the biggest demographic is 15-64, and boomers are 65-80. Your second says millennials are the bulk of the workforce.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

    DarkCloud already admitted they want to continue supporting capitalism, and the oppressors. My rhetorics worked out revealing their true cause. Now, why won't boomers release their pensions?

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  • [–] 1 point 22 hours ago (3 children)

    What the fuck are you talking about? How is that even passingly relevant to what I said?

    Saying that your argument style is "say random stuff and pretend it has backing" is kind of a shitheel thing to do. Just say your opinion, don't pretend it has a citation if it doesn't.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

    My opinions have been extremely clear from the start, here, and b4 I created this post.
    We are not receiving support from our predecessors, leading exactly to what our predecessors want: our oppression.

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  • [–] 1 point 20 hours ago (1 child)

    So why are you using random nonsense to argue your point?

    Also, you're like a gen x property owner who runs a food bank. Oh, and you're Australian. The previous generations left you with a pretty sweet setup.
    I'm sorry no one died and left you their retirement account.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

    Ultimately positive action, that produces something constructive attracts more money, interest, and help than negative online criticism done purely as criticism/venting.

    I understand you just want to vent, and cope via memes that say "boomers did this to me". That's fine, go right ahead man. You do you, because what else can you do.

    It's frustrating.

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    No man, what have boomers sold you that warrants your constructive positive intersection, than solidifying with the generation struggling against their oppression, and your nieces and nephew's generation?
    I run a canteen, because I am actually political active with my community. I know how gen x, boomers, millennials, zoomers, and gen alpha behave and commune with each other. And the boomers simply refuse to intersect. They think they are entitled to keep oppressing us, with their retirement packages, sign up boni, second homes, etc..
    What boomer promised you something that they haven't relinquished to you yet?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (2 children)

    Again, you REALLY want to make this personal somehow. Okay then, hey why don't you promote your canteen? Where's the donation button?

    Weird choice of words... canteen... is that like, a cafeteria? Do you mean a cafe? Or a "food not bombs" style deal? One that feeds activists/protesters? OR just a whole foods? Or a friends-of-the-earth type deal? Or a free shop for the homeless?

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