(#6146) If the old are not advocating for the young then what good are they?

      Way too many of our older generation have taken the purpose in life to only look out for themselves. What is even worse is that they are actually trying to hurt the young while making themselves more comfortable. It grieves me to see such selfishness! My whole life has been spent trying hard not to die from having very little. I am tough so the effort has been difficult but obviously not impossible. But others who are my age are not like me. They would rather make others suffer in order for themselves to pretend to be admirable with plenty. I take that as an afront! My generation is too soulless a one where honor and courage have not been fostered. Not all of us but too many of us!
     We look at trump, who has the most powerful job on Earth with built in luxuries beyond the reach of most all of us and what does he do? He lavishes himself and his family with opportunities and advantages while lessening basics for the poor elderly and most all the young. He isn't the only offender. Billionaires out there who spend their time adding to their greedy fortunes while continuing to keep the poor oppressed are as bad. What good are these elderly leaders and politicians if they don't help our younger generations with enlightenment and opportunities? We the elderly are not the example of an amazing human being species. We are just thieves in the night stealing the future from our children!
     I learned long ago that honor and courage are the pinnacle of life. I stumbled mightily along the way after learning this due to my own personal fragilities but I have never not known what is important in life. I am no desirer of things that harm others. I am no taker of things not mine. I am no destroyer of those who count on me for help. I am a person who will give his word and keep it. I am a person who will sacrifice out of the goodness of my heart. I am a person who will fight for fairness and justice when the fighting time comes about. I have always been a hero type and that for me is the perfect way to live. Why my generation of older folks cannot grasp this concept is beyond me but not my hope that they will eventually see the powerful beauty in it.