'Boomers' and millennials

Lately, a narrative has been circulating in discussions and some books that contrasts those born during the post-war population boom with the newer generations. According to this discourse, the well-being of the former is mortgaging or conditioning the future of the latter. But this idea, rather than being the result of rigorous analysis, is a simplistic fallacy that obscures the real causes of current inequalities and tensions, which are certainly worrying.

TheboomersThey didn't grow up in a world of abundance, but in societies emerging from poverty, dictatorships, or wars. They have lived through and played a leading role in profound social transformations: widespread access to education and healthcare, the consolidation of labor rights, and the development of the welfare state. None of this has fallen from the sky: it has been the result of demands, hard work, sacrifices, and collective commitments.

It is true that many young people today face an uncertain and unstable job market, speculatively rising housing prices, and a worrying environmental future. But blaming an entire previous generation is to completely misunderstand the cause. The current difficulties stem from a global economic and political model that, with a certain degree of passivity from everyone, has been dismantling the mechanisms of redistribution and social protection that, precisely, they...boomersThey helped to build it. It is up to all citizens to confront these global trends that seek, precisely, confrontation and division, in order to favor autocratic regimes sustained by the insatiable greed of the wealthy.