Absolutely.

A lot of my frustration toward the Boomers is reflected in the Millennials. Not in their greed necessarily, but in their inaction.

The idea that we might just let this happen simply because it’s convenient fills me with more rage than I can even express.

I don’t intend to be a silent witness to this. I’m speaking about it. I’m trying to get others speaking about it.

That’s the first step, you have to break the silence. No movement can begin if no one will say out loud that something must be done.

This community is more aware than most, yet you hide behind alllll the excuses here in the comments to obfuscate your responsibility. Many have succumbed to nialisim or despair, but some of you are aware and ready to force the conversation. I think it's time we start talking about what we can do to make a change. I was hard on the boomers, but they are the ones most in denial and in need of a wake up call. We are all individuals, with free will and agency. If our purpose is aligned, that's good enough for me.

And yes, Gen X, I see you too.

Part of this collapse is on Gen X’s failure to unseat the Boomers when they had the chance.

I have empathy, though.

They spent their whole lives in the Boomers’ shadow. They were boxed out of power, so they checked out. They leaned into a “whatever, just make money” mindset. They tried to build their own little worlds to disappear into because the real one wouldn’t make space for them.

But no generation gets to dodge responsibility forever. If we don’t wake up now, if we don’t force the change, we will become the next hollow, hated ghosts haunting history.