Boomers also fought and mostly won many battles for freedoms that subsequent generations take (or took as in Roe) for granted. Equal rights for women, civil rights and in particular voting rights for minorities, increased awareness of and respect for cultural rights particularly for indigenous people. Yes, I'm a Boomer. We didn't succeed as much as we could have or should have but for a while we moved the needle in the right direction. The focus changed in the eighties when many discovered that while money can't buy you love it can get you personal power faster than utopian daydreams ever can. For most, the dream was over but not completely. You can still find it in our grandchildren. They are better and smarter and more practical than we ever were. I really wish I could be here to see the world they will build, despite the enormous handicaps they face.
Wonderfully put, all I can say is mega dittos.
Boomers also fought and mostly won many battles for freedoms that subsequent generations take (or took as in Roe) for granted. Equal rights for women, civil rights and in particular voting rights for minorities, increased awareness of and respect for cultural rights particularly for indigenous people. Yes, I'm a Boomer. We didn't succeed as much as we could have or should have but for a while we moved the needle in the right direction. The focus changed in the eighties when many discovered that while money can't buy you love it can get you personal power faster than utopian daydreams ever can. For most, the dream was over but not completely. You can still find it in our grandchildren. They are better and smarter and more practical than we ever were. I really wish I could be here to see the world they will build, despite the enormous handicaps they face.