I personally don't like the anti boomer sentiment. What they're doing and saying is retarded yes, but for the average boomer it's really not their fault.
I actually think both the zoomers and the boomers they hate should die. But I get it, there is room for nuance. For example, older women who oppose feminism and sexual degeneracy can often be based and offer words of wisdom. JK Rowling, in her own little way, could be considered based on the Trans question.
But recently, I have been radicalized against boomers by Asmongold.
Asmongold made the observation that the source of the world's problems can often be blamed on 2 groups: incels and karens (who are often boomers). There were 2 incidents that radicalized me against boomers.
In early April, immediately after Trump announced his worldwide tariffs, the stock market as well as people's 401k accounts dropped by 15-20%. Which group is most likely to have 401k accounts and to have spare cash to put into the stock market? Boomers.
I don't remember the anti-Tesla/anti-Elon protest timeline so maybe they were already happening but the stock market drop incited people to protest even more against Elon (as a proxy for Trump). Asmongold made this observation: The anti-Elon protesters are all old fucks. Which makes sense. Young people don't have too much money in their stock or retirement accounts so this market drop didn't really affect them. Asmongold also made the observation: Old people hate technology (Elon Musk is the face of technology).
Then there was the recent Canadian elections. A poll was done asking the various generations which issue was most important to them. For most demographics the most important issues (in various orders) were the cost of living, the housing prices, better standards of living etc. With one exception: the boomers (65+) most important issue was opposing Trump and their least important issue were house prices! (which makes sense, they've already paid off their house).
Not only are boomers incapable of learning new things, but they're also greedy and selfish to an unreasonable degree despite their age. How much more money do they need and what do they want to spend it on with the time they have left in this world?
They grew up in a world that made sense. They're simply not equipped to understand the current one. This happens to all people who age, but i think it's particularly bad with boomers due to the internet split and the fact that they still assume the news has any incentive to be objective because it did when they were our age.
I don't think zoomers and boomers are too different. They're both susceptible to propaganda and they believe everything the mainstream media tells them. Boomers believe the propaganda because they are slow and dumb. Zoomers believe the propaganda because "I'm too smart to be fooled by propaganda!"
Ironically, neither zoomers and boomers understand technology or computers. Boomers because they're behind the times and find it hard to learn and adapt. Zoomers because Apple makes technology idiot-proof to the point where zoomers don't understand basic things like the file and folder system. It's all hidden behind colorful icons and "the cloud" It's the generation in the middle (millennials and GenXers that have a better grasp of technology.
