Boomers Think It’s OUR Fault That We’re Broke
Summary
An anonymous rider flips the script on generational wealth complaints, arguing that young people need to actively push out older workers instead of waiting for opportunities to appear. "You have to come and take our jobs," they tell Kareem, using their own position as an art critic for New York Magazine as an example. It's a surprisingly confrontational take. The rider insists the next generation shouldn't be asking for good jobs and real estate but claiming them by forcing the current establishment aside. The conversation challenges the usual narrative about boomers hoarding resources, suggesting younger people bear some responsibility for not being aggressive enough in demanding what they want.
Full Transcript
You have to come and take our jobs. I, of course, should no longer be an art critic for New York Magazine. I don't know what I'm talking about anymore.
Your word is not ours, but—but it's the next generation's jobs to write me out of those jobs. Not to say we want the good real estate, we want the good jobs. We want this.