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I've never done anything that resulted in me being held at gunpoint.
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@annaroseridgway That's if we get one.
More and more it's looking as if it'll be scrapped since the system is flawed but we aren't allowed to do anything without Boomers shouting at us.
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I’m in my early 20s. By the time I approach retirement age (2070s), around 27% of the UK population will be 65+ (ONS population projections), and state pension spending is projected to reach 7.7% of GDP (OBR Fiscal Sustainability Report, 2025).
The triple lock guarantees automatic, ever-rising payments, often to pensioners who are already wealthy in assets.
My generation will probably never receive a comparable state pension, yet we are expected to pay for it through higher taxes, more debt, or cuts to other public services. This isn’t solidarity; it’s intergenerational extraction.
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There you go zoomers, you just need to become a YouTuber to survive, or do software support and development.
Well, not the latter, that industry's being destroyed by Indians and AI, but a YouTuber. I'm sure there's room for 15 million YouTubers making money in Britain.
ianboydsnr@ianboydsnr
@hector_drummond It’s you that are deluded, there’s many ways to earn a living on the internet, YouTube creator, software support and development, nearly everyone worked from home during the pandemic, all jobs that you couldn’t do 30 years ago.
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Facts I've discovered from Boomers on X
The Government ruined the Country post WW2 but none of the Boomers ever voted for them
Every issue is caused by young people regardless of if they existed at that time
They are flawless and superior to any Generation past and present
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@ChiefPieEater @hector_drummond Who voted for them?
Cause it wasn't the Millennials or Gen Z that Boomers like to claim are ruining things.
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@hector_drummond Speak for yourself, this country went to shit thanks to Blair and Brown.
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When are boomers going to take responsibility for the awful world they've created? As a Gen Xer, I admit we screwed up terribly, and we badly need to reverse a lot of what we did.
Foggy Mountain Dave@foggydave
To what end are these people demonising their parents? When are going to take responsibility for their own destinies? Who will they blame for their failures at life when the boomers are all dead?
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@hector_drummond "It's all these terrible Governments that ruined the country"
Who voted for them?
"It's all those teachers who created snowflakes"
Who were those teachers?
Boomers honestly think some magical pixies turned up to do all these things instead of accept the truth.
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I'm pretty sure the Boomers are the WORST generation to help with childcare in relation to their grandchildren and this is a huge reason in families struggling for childcare
Jen k 🇬🇧🏴@Jenny_1884
Just remember after pensioners finished working hard all their working lives in order to receive a paltry small pension, these same pensioners are now helping to look after their own grandchildren free of charge so their children can work & not have to pay for childcare. Also these same pensioners are helping to look after their own elderly parents as they are living much longer. So to all these people out there that keep moaning about pensioners, they are still doing their bit to keep this country going.
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The Boomers called me a Nazi last week for supporting Restore and now calls me a Lefty for saying the Pension system is flawed.
I start to realise they just hate me like they hate every generation past and present who didn't agree with them 100%
Anna Ridgway@annaroseridgway
What fascinates me about the online debate around the triple lock is the strange coalitions it creates. I’m fairly libertarian and fiscally conservative, yet the moment I question giving an ever-rising universal benefit to millionaire pensioners, I’m called a “lefty”. At the same time, many people on the left agree with my position, as do many on the right. I think this is exactly what Steve Davies means by the “great realignment”: the old left/right divide has broken down. The argument is no longer really about economics. It is about identity, age, and status. Questioning whether a heavily indebted country should keep transferring more to one of its wealthiest age groups is not socialism. It is simply asking who pays, who benefits, and whether the system still makes sense.
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@MrGeraldRoland You mean the generation that can't comprehend they were the generation that created the "snowflake" environment in schools and allowed all the political correctness to appear?
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the cognitive dissonance of boomers is remarkable.
theyll say shit like "oh the country was better and used to be ran better when i was a kid" and then theyll pretend to fail to connect the dots that theyre the ones who've been running the bloody country.
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@SeanMcwill57664 @BeithirMax @rising_alba Exactly but supposedly no Boomer ever voted for her but somehow she won?
They will never admit they voted in the issues themselves and will blame the younger generation
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@AtkinHaydn @BeithirMax @rising_alba Thatchers neo Liberalism and deindustrialization caused massive problems.
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Reform is going to put White boomers first. The Green party is going to put young brown people first.
Only Restore will put young White people first.
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@SeanMcwill57664 @BeithirMax @rising_alba You'll find these sort of people never admit issues arose because of themselves.
Remember none of them voted for Thatcher cause they all hated her but she won 3 elections somehow.
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@BeithirMax @rising_alba Mass migration began in the 90s before I was born what are you talking about
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@rising_alba This is true
Both Reform/Greens are fighting over the non working blocs who just wants gibs
Neither have a plan to save and rebuild the nation
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This is why I say Dragon Age was never "Always Woke"
Because the second people with that ideology took control they removed EVERYTHING from the series and turned every Faction, Character and Piece of Lore into a 2020s Californian Starbucks
God Empress of Mankind@nuhre_
Remember when the Tevinter Imperium was a mage-ruled society where magisters held absolute power, slavery was institutionalized and openly practiced, and blood magic wasn’t taboo but political currency? And in Veilguard it’s getting framed like some misunderstood, slightly corrupt democracy where the problem isn’t systemic oppression, it’s just a few bad actors, and the “slaves” are basically people under harsh contracts?
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@LemanWalters Because it isn't about the pension.
It's the fact the younger generation dared insinuate that Boomers aren't flawless and that the system they propped up since post WW2 has actually ruined society.
This is why you see the unhinged responses.
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I’m sure there’s selection bias going on because of the kind of baby boomer who likes sitting on Twitter but there really is a shocking knee-jerk defensiveness when it comes to this stuff. The original post isn’t even that ornery.
Rosie@rosie_eats
My only response to boomer housing discourse is that my nan on her final salary teachers pension gets the same monthly income I get as a teacher on the inner London pay scale
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Boomers aren't angry at the younger generation for wanting to alter pensions
They are angry that the younger generation has dared insinuate that Boomers weren't flawless and that the "superior" system they created is actually destroying things.
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@Rab_Dickson1 They were never told no Rab. They were told they were special. They weren’t. They are the participation medal generation. Must be hard now as an adult to realise you’re just one of 8 billion and no-one thinks you’re different.
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@Landeur Because it's not about the pension anymore.
You've criticised a system the Boomer believes is theirs and that has bruised their ego.
Boomers believe they are the flawless pinnacle of humanity and everything they did/created/supported is perfect and above criticism.
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Means-test pensions at £1,000,000 assets and remove the triple lock. Tie pension increases to inflation only.
This is perfectly reasonable, but if you dare to suggest it then people will comment suggesting you should be sent to Ukraine and die in a trench.
James Baxter@Bax31James
@Landeur I think pensions have to maintained for those who already paid into the scheme in full …which went out the door to pay pensions to those already in receipt. We can’t just declare it can’t be paid! We need to fix the broad public purse first then it becomes affordable.
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The reason Boomers are so defensive of the pension system (and the post ww2 liberal system in general) is because to admit there is fault with it would require them to admit they weren't the flawless pinnacle they believe they are.
This is why the debate turns venomous.
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@Landeur It's because you've assumed the Boomer is flawed and not the pinnacle of humanity.
The pension must continue because otherwise it would mean it's faulty and would require the Boomer reevaluate the whole system they propped up.
This is why they become unhinged loons.
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You are one of the least patriotic people I've ever spoken to.
You are now salivating over condemning your grand children to 'five prayers per day' because some people dared to question the current pension system.
Completely unhinged.
Tinebob@Tinebobagain
@RClolwat They will. I tell you why. Restore’s little morons are alienating the older vote. People won’t vote for a party that hates them. That’s how they are seeing it. 15 million votes, gone. Bravo. Enjoy your prayers 5 times a day. Idiots.
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It's not that Boomers hate data.
Boomers hate the idea they aren't flawless.
Listen to how they describe themselves and the describe their parents/children.
They are the pinnacle whilst everyone else is/was useless or lazy.
That's the real battle in this discussion.
Joe Reeve - 🇬🇧/acc@isnit0
Boomers really hate data, huh
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This is part of the issue.
They think their parents were backwards idiots and their kids are lazy idiots.
The next part of the issue is they think they are flawless so will never admit any issues which arose was because of them or their actions.
Pelicanidae2@pelicanidae2
@drgerke1 A lot of older people simply believe that they had it worse than anyone else has ever had it, and will never believe otherwise. You could show them a picture of a Victorian workhouse and they'd claim they spent time in it.
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