prenevikdale

I actually thought the article was narcissistic and shallow, and I didn't find the author to have anywhere near the experiences or qualifications to make the judgments in his article. The contributions in this thread have been orders of magnitude more interesting than the OP.

I wonder if elder abuse is correlated with younger people "having their lives to live".

I would hope that liberal young people (and we millennials) wouldn't be against paying for old people's health insurance at all. The hardest part of believing in a principle is doing so when you aren't benefitting from it.

While I have little patience for Fox News lemmings of any age, I have noticed that the relative lack of older folks in our daily "internet trenches" has caused the digital zeitgeist to take on a distinct anti-elderly tone. From lighter- hearted mockery, to blaming a nebulous organized "boomer" class for birthing every modern sin of civilization, and everything in between.

In any event, as more internet literate adults experience the full lifespan, it may create a corrective trend.

By the way, nearly every reply in this thread has been more informative and thought-provoking than the original article on Substack. A really interesting thread to follow, thanks to the contributors.