> "To be perfectly honest, and this is awful, but to the young, watching as the elderly over and over and over choose their own interests ahead of Climate policy kind of feels like they’re wishing us to a death they won’t have to experience. It’s a sad bit of fair play."
I find the whole generational conflict bewildering. To me, blaming "the elderly" for "the climate crisis" and "saddling us with debt" seems stupid beyond words.
I personally feel there's a sort of vicious circle going on between the social isolation of the elderly, the elderly consequently watching too much TV, then (on the whole) developing rather unfortunate political views.
The “elderly” and the “young” are not faceless masses but people with their own interests
There are more young voters than elderly voters and yet here we are still blaming previous generations
There are more female voters than male and yet not a single woman has been president
By most measures used by political scientists, that isn't really true.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/04/03/millennials...
It depends on your definition of cruelty. Maybe to some, living with in-laws that despise you and leech off of you might be cruel. It’s all a matter of perspective.
People should absolutely be taking the outbreak seriously, and I agree these young people are downplaying the severity. I just feel this article sets the stage so perfectly for a counter.