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this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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Take heart, in 10 years the worst of the boomers in power today will be dead. In 20 years there will be almost no boomers left. Hopefully there will be enough of a country left to fix once they're all dead.
You're forgetting that there are many brainwashed younger people who totally bought the bullshit. It won't be easy.
Not so much forgetting as ignoring and downplaying for my own mental health.
I’m in the prime time of of my life, waiting 10-20yrs just sounds very depressing
waiting that long sounds worse the older you get.
In about 25 years most countries will be warzones and anyone that cant afford whatever the elite are charging for the few freshwater sources left on the planet will be dead or enslaved. anyone within twenty degrees of the equator will have fled or be dead, and anyone living above ground anywhere else will live in nonpermanent shelters due to the yearly storms that destroy standing structure.
boomers will be taking the worlds habitable range with them, and leaving us with a nightmare.
That's an excellent reason to try and live in the moment and enjoy what you have while you have it.
I remember thinking this about the WW2 generation back in the 90s. The result: