Highlights From The Comments On Boomers

<p>[original post: <a href= "https://readscottalexander.com/posts/acx-against-against-boomers">Against Against Boomers</a>]</p> <p>Before getting started:</p> <p>First, I wish I'd been more careful to differentiate the following claims:</p> <ol> <li>Boomers had it much easier than later generations.</li> <li>The political system unfairly prioritizes Boomers over other generations.</li> <li>Boomers are uniquely bad on some axis like narcissism, selfishness, short-termism, or willingness to defect on the social contract.</li> </ol> <p>Anti-Boomerism conflates all three of these positions, and in arguing against it, I tried to argue against all three of …