Re:Tim Cook’s Message to 2019 Graduates: ‘My Generation Has ...
by bsder on Monday May 20, 2019 @07:37PM
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> I would've asked them to not have allowed private companies to run rampant in healthcare, economically devastating anyone who has chronic health issues or doesn't have a cush employer provided healthcare plan, and then having the audacity of shouting "Socialism!" when healthcare systems working in every other first world country are proposed.
"Boomers" didn't really do this--a small cadre of the ultra-wealthy did this with the help of a lot of stupid people.
"Boomers", in fact, were probably the last generation to engage in successful large-scale labor actions.
The fight isn't between generations--the fight is against the concentration of wealth.
But here we are, so I suppose we'll just clean up the mess the Worst Generation left us all with. It's just a shame they squandered so much for so little; the time for asking anything of them has passed [1].
[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/04/03/millennials... (Millennials approach Baby Boomers as America’s largest generation in the electorate [Note: As of 2019, Millenials will have surpassed Boomers as the largest electorate])