> we can work towards fixing it with policy that benefits the Boomers who are left
As a member of Walk Bike Berkeley and Berkeley Neighbors for Housing and Climate Action I go to war every week, against Boomers, for the exact policies that will benefit them: more housing, better transit and walking facilities. And every week they show up to denounce those policies using their tired Boomer memes. Building housing is "trickle-down economics". A street that's suitable for all ages and all modes is "radical bike lobby". Both of these organizations are full of hundreds of younger people dedicated to saving Boomers from themselves.
I similarly show up at local community meetings where I'm a stakeholder in order to strongly urge YIMBY policies and weigh towards walkable/pedestrian friendly communities, volunteer and financially contribute to non profits mitigating homelessness [1] to try to understand what doesn't scale to figure out how to scale it, etc. I get it, it's exhausting, but that is the schelp, constant vigilance to continually apply pressure in the right direction while sucking more young people into the effort so they can keep on applying effort after we're tired and/or gone.
I'm also way past the point where I will tolerate someone saying, "I feel ..." in these discussions. Here is the data, own your own feelings, we're moving on. Appreciate your efforts where you are with what you have. We just need more of us.
As a member of Walk Bike Berkeley and Berkeley Neighbors for Housing and Climate Action I go to war every week, against Boomers, for the exact policies that will benefit them: more housing, better transit and walking facilities. And every week they show up to denounce those policies using their tired Boomer memes. Building housing is "trickle-down economics". A street that's suitable for all ages and all modes is "radical bike lobby". Both of these organizations are full of hundreds of younger people dedicated to saving Boomers from themselves.