Every state in the region tries to stamp out Kurdish identity. Turkey is notorious about this. Iran is currently droning Kurds in Iraq. Syria just fucked over the AANES which had a thriving multicultural system with Kurds as a foundational part.

Basically, Kurds do a lot of dying for the region, especially in their valiant fight against ISIS but everyone still treats them like shit.

Blaming older generations instead of the powerful and wealthy is dumb and counterproductive.