I wasn't going for Not All Boomers. My point was that no generation is better or worse than another. The Greatest Generation had war heroes and war profiteers. Boomers produced presidents and serial killers. Gen X and Millennials are no more lazy than any other cohort.
Plus, Boomers are such an enormous bulk. So many more millions of us than any other generation in our history. Our sheer numbers mean we affect everything, good or bad, and other generations get tired of the reality that Attention Must Be Paid.
I do wish Gen X had gotten politically active. Boomer politicians have stuck around far too long, and having the fresh blood of your energetic cohort would have been great.
To understand Gen X you have to understand our upbringing.
We didn't see any difference between the parties / politicians. What was really the difference between Regan / Bush / Clinton.
The fact that we had a stable government and general consensus on our broad policies (i.e. funding the government, world policies, etc.) made us very lackadaisical. We assumed it made no difference because it would always be stable.
The Greatest Generation had the Depression and WW2, Boomers had the chaos of the 60's followed by the cold war, Millennials had the great recession, gen z has had non stop turbulence
Gen X had the luxury of peace and prosperity during our formative years.
IMO that's why a lot of us didn't take politics seriously until Trump. Now we realize that it's more fragile than we thought
Now we have to get into the not all boomers discussion. Awesome.
Yes not all boomers are bad. Point taken
I wasn't going for Not All Boomers. My point was that no generation is better or worse than another. The Greatest Generation had war heroes and war profiteers. Boomers produced presidents and serial killers. Gen X and Millennials are no more lazy than any other cohort.
Boomers did not fuck up America.
Fair enough. For the record, I'm not placing all of our countries faults at the feet of the boomers.
No, you didn't. Others do, though, which is the only reason I jumped in here, before the F the Boomers dogpile got too high! Have a good day, Hilbert.
I understand the sensitivities.
Boomer take a beating because they are still a very dominate presence with our politicians.
I'm Gen X and we basically opted out of political roles. Hence why we get left out of the abuse when people bitch about generations.
Plus, Boomers are such an enormous bulk. So many more millions of us than any other generation in our history. Our sheer numbers mean we affect everything, good or bad, and other generations get tired of the reality that Attention Must Be Paid.
I do wish Gen X had gotten politically active. Boomer politicians have stuck around far too long, and having the fresh blood of your energetic cohort would have been great.
To understand Gen X you have to understand our upbringing.
We didn't see any difference between the parties / politicians. What was really the difference between Regan / Bush / Clinton.
The fact that we had a stable government and general consensus on our broad policies (i.e. funding the government, world policies, etc.) made us very lackadaisical. We assumed it made no difference because it would always be stable.
The Greatest Generation had the Depression and WW2, Boomers had the chaos of the 60's followed by the cold war, Millennials had the great recession, gen z has had non stop turbulence
Gen X had the luxury of peace and prosperity during our formative years.
IMO that's why a lot of us didn't take politics seriously until Trump. Now we realize that it's more fragile than we thought