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Re:France comes to standstill livid workers protest plan to ... by game_the0ry on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @06:21PM (#35062809)
> As populations age into a higher percentage of retirees, the system is forced to cope with a more people who are purely consumers, but contribute nothing to the system.

Sort of off topic, but I do agree that the older generations in the western world, particularly the american baby boomers, act sociopathic as a group. There is a good book about this: A generation of sociopaths. [1]

Sad to watch an entire generation hate their children and grandchildren (if they even have them). Believe me, I do not enjoy painting an entire group of people with a shit-stained brush, but it is what it is and it should be called out.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Generation-Sociopaths-Boomers-Betraye...

Re:France comes to standstill livid workers protest plan to ... by nonethewiser on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @06:25PM (#35062850)
If we’re playing that game, then this diagnosis is coming from a group with severe anxiety.
Re:France comes to standstill livid workers protest plan to ... by KyeRussell on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @06:44PM (#35063066)
This being any sort of ‘tit-for-tat’ response is coincidentally a pretty ‘boomer’ take on mental health.

Anxiety can be (and is often) situational, and anxious situations can be a catalyst for general anxiety disorder, etc. I’m not gonna sit here and pretend to know what it’s like to be an average income earning millennial, even though I am a millennial. But the fact that I’m sitting here on my nice fat tech worker salary (after still finding it quite hard to buy a house), supporting my partner who is studying and working part-time, and am still feeling the pinch of inflation, makes me completely sympathise with those earning less than me that are surely freaking the fuck out.

Re:France comes to standstill livid workers protest plan to ... by nonethewiser on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:27PM (#35063502)
What about observing a trend is a boomer take?
Re:France comes to standstill livid workers protest plan to ... by justinclift on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:24PM (#35063465)
> ... from a group with severe anxiety.

Maybe they have a good reason for it, which is the point? :p

Re:France comes to standstill livid workers protest plan to ... by nonethewiser on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:28PM (#35063507)
Doesn’t remove the anxiety, however justified
Re:France comes to standstill livid workers protest plan to ... by justinclift on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:39PM (#35063609)
Um, why would that be expected?