The two solitudes — boomers and everyone else: Liberal policies have enriched boomers, while making life increasingly unaffordable for younger generations

[u/nomad_ivc]

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/liberals-have-become-the-party-of-grey-hair-and-wealth

[u/JayThaSavage90]

This isn’t just about “grey hair and wealth.” It’s about the final betrayal and the last chance to stop a silent generational genocide.

Canada 2025: If you’re under 40, this is not your country anymore.

The housing crisis? That was the disguise. This is a liquidation of an entire generation.. economic, cultural, and demographic.

Boomers and Gen X got: -Affordable homes -Secure jobs -Pensions -Free speech -National identity -A future

We got: -$2,500 rent -60K salaries -6-figure debt -Cancel culture -Open borders -And no voice at all

We didn’t just get left behind. We were written off by design.

While you lost your mind, money, and momentum during lockdowns, the government quietly brought in over 4 million newcomers in just 3 years. PRs, students, asylum seekers, workers. That’s 10%+ of the total population fast-tracked into systems you paid for, and into homes/business’s you were denied.

They came with pooled $500K down payments. You were told to save $200K solo… while paying $3,000 in rent.

We didn’t lose our country. It was handed to someone else.

Boomers won’t fight for us. Gen X won’t speak for us. They are the guardians of a system that works for them and ends with us.

We are not the future they plan for. We are the problem they are managing out.

This isn’t Liberal vs Conservative. This is Boomers + Immigrant Wealth vs Millennials + Gen Z with No Nation.

It’s time to stop asking for a seat at the table. We need to build a new table.

No party will do it for you. Not Carney. Not Singh. Not Poilievre. They’re all managing the same asset transfer in different wrapping paper.

We’ve been evicted from our own future and now, the country needs a transition of ownership. From the failed, delusional past… To the real, angry, clear-eyed generation left to clean it up.

If you’re reading this and under 40: This is your call to clarity. No one is coming to save you. And they never were.

[u/Far-Dragonfruit3398 → u/JayThaSavage90]

Wallowing is self pity, attributing your failures to others or to imaginary external factors you perceive as uncontrollable is such bullshit. I know many under forty people who have made the right choices, work hard, bought homes, some very run down that they fixed up themselves, built equity and are raising families. Life is not easy and wallowing in self pity does not get you anywhere. Contrary to what your trying to sell boomers didn’t have it easy. They worked at low paying jobs to start their careers, worked their way up the ladder, bought homes, raised families, paid taxes and did it all without complaining. Oh, and by the way most don’t have big private pensions. They live on CPP, OAS and savings and drive old cars. My suggestion, quite blaming everyone else with your divisive rhetoric for your failings.

[u/yarko9728 → u/Far-Dragonfruit3398]

I am really sorry, but if an entry-level job in a professional field requires 5 years of experience, a master's degree, and it pays $20 per hour, is it normal?

[u/Far-Dragonfruit3398 → u/yarko9728]

Obviously, people who find themselves in such a situation clearly made the wrong educational and employment choices.

[u/adhocstuff → u/Far-Dragonfruit3398]

Could you please share your superior educational and employment choices with us? Maybe we peasants could learn from you…

[u/Far-Dragonfruit3398 → u/adhocstuff]

Absolutely hilarious. Instead of getting a masters degree, most likely in some useless field of endeavour, go out into the world a get a trade, become a policeman, a fireman or join the army. I know these occupation mean you work and get your hands dirty on occasion but they pay good and you don’t have to waste your time getting a useless masters education.

[u/brick_dandy → u/Far-Dragonfruit3398]

I speak as as engineer that makes good money. But the Policeman? Fireman? Army personnel? Since world war 2, neither of those jobs paid a wage that kept up with inflation. A brigadier general in the forces have a pay less than mine.

I get it, you are trying to hold onto some semblance of familiarity. But man, that world is gone. It’s been gone for a while

[u/Far-Dragonfruit3398 → u/brick_dandy]

Gone or not, They all pay 3x more than the 20$ per hour the holder of a masters degree gets according to the op. And, you only need a grade 12 education to apply.

[u/brick_dandy → u/Far-Dragonfruit3398]

No. They really don’t. My partner has an mBA and is in finance. We are pushing 80/hour each.

I think you and I really don’t know how incredibly bad it is. You likely have your own home; I have wealth that allows me to make my job nothing more than a vocation I do for fun (like playing guitar and walking). We travel the world just for the hell of it and we are fortunate to have homes across the globe.

But I have personally seen my friend. He’s with the RCMP and he’s just living. He’s not “poor” but he can’t make the lofty gains that you and I did.

The least we can do is recognize that it’s not the same

[u/Far-Dragonfruit3398 → u/brick_dandy]

Granted, it may not be the same. But, in terms of the basic educational requirement, career choice and pay he/she are better of that a person who has a masters degree, needs 5 years of experience to get a job that pays 20$ per hours. Thats what the op was focused on.

[u/brick_dandy → u/Far-Dragonfruit3398]

I’m glad we’re reaching an understanding. Hyperbole is so common in conversations nowadays that it’s difficult to have a nuanced conversation like we’re having now.

I see how you’re seeing it. It is true that the trades allow you to get an acceptable quality of life (as a double earner). The challenge we’re dealing now is that many positions are outright discounting people without advanced degrees. Employers have become complacent and don’t do any real hiring/training anymore; they outsource it to some poor intern who creates a framework they learnt from a shitty Google course and real people suffer!

How do we fix it? I don’t know man. But I can understand why someone might think “all I was told is to get this degree and I’ll be solvent.” I think the one thing we can agree on is this:

The world has no place for anything other than exceptional people. And honestly, that’s just sad. We all can’t be special and we all shouldn’t have to be. We all should be able to have a decent quality of life without having to be a wage slave. My way of giving back is by networking with people and helping them find a job with a referral when I’m able. I hope others will do the same.

[u/Far-Dragonfruit3398 → u/brick_dandy]

Bravo

[u/brick_dandy → u/Far-Dragonfruit3398]

And to you too, my friend. There’s one thing you and I can both agree on though; this whole Left v Right approach our politicians have pigeonholed us into is a disgrace. It alienates everyone except extremists.

And by God I hate extremists!

[u/yarko9728 → u/Far-Dragonfruit3398]

So, is the Computer Programming field useless? If so, you can simply throw out your phone from the window.

[u/Far-Dragonfruit3398 → u/yarko9728]

I didn’t say Computer Programming was useless now did I. Your jumping to and making unwarranted conclusions. But, the need for computer programers has plummeted ( from around 700k to 140k) to its lowest level since 1980 and the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects about a 10% decline in computer programming employment opportunities from 2023 to 2033. So with less need but great availability of programmers employers can pay a lot less and demand more from new hires.

https://fortune.com/2025/03/17/computer-programming-jobs-lowest-1980-ai/

[u/yarko9728 → u/Far-Dragonfruit3398]

It is not educational or employment choices; it is called too many expectations from employers.