So here’s the thing, we are fundamentally on the same side of this divide.

I’m anticapitalist, anti-corporate, liberal left.

And yet here we are shouting at each other.

Interestingly we are also the same generation.

Admittedly, from two different continents.

But I believe we want the same thing.

What we are arguing about is how we achieve that.

I don’t believe in generalisation. I’m not sure that it helps when facing the problems we both face. I don’t thinkblumping people in as a whole is an effective way to make allies across divides.

For me, this includes Americans. Many people I know think all Americans are crass, shallow capitalists who support a reigime that colonises through oppressive power and cultural dominance.

But if I believe that, then I believe you are part of that.

I don’t want to believe that. I want to believe that you care to make a change and that being part of a whole that doesn’t represent you doesn’t stop you from resisting it.

You are not my enemy, despite being part of a thing we see as the enemy.

So here I am, calling a truce. I’m calling time on our disagreement and trying to show you that I mean what I say.

In return I want you to think about how you see boomers, or any generation though. They are not your enemy. They are just the definition of your enemy.