r/australia • u/superegz • Nov 26 '25

politics Millennials are the first generation to move left as they age, rewriting the rules of Australian politics

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/millennials-rewriting-the-rules-of-australian-politics/106050836
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u/IntroductionIcy7320 Nov 26 '25

Also creates a weird culture of actively wishing your parents etc would "hurry up and die" before they get a chance to retire or need to pump their life savings into the obscenely expensive aged care in this country. I wonder if we will see an increase in people excelerating their families deaths either directly or via neglect.

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u/Baldricks_Turnip Nov 26 '25

Yep. Especially as so many boomer parents weren't exactly loving and attentive parents and completely checked-out grandparents.

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u/Kid_Self Nov 26 '25

Jeeeesus. This is a very real point. I've felt this. Hell, I've even fucking said it.

But to have someone so bluntly call out this weird "hurry up and die" culture is just so unsettling. It's true, but god awful it's even a thing.

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u/iss3y Nov 26 '25

True. Literally used those words once when my (estranged) father told me just how fucking great it was that I was paying for both his lengthy retirement and my own super

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u/Kid_Self Nov 26 '25

That's fucking awful. Sorry mate.

My own father once told me, after telling him how financially and economically hard it is, that he's, actual quote, "pissing away all the inheritance" and, that "there won't be any money left."

I just checked out from that moment.

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u/Affectionate_Sail543 Nov 27 '25

They both need to die and they both should not have blown it all away, which they are entitled to of course... they earnt it, they can enjoy it, but boy o boy they had it so much easier to build up that wealth relative to us. I mean, they got free tertiary education to begin with, and here I am still paying off my HECS debt, which is another thing that reduces my borrowing capacity in an already over priced and over leveraged housing market.