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The kids who were really invested in the difference between Disco and KISS and AC/DC; and have yet to forge any closer connection to reality even though they're the people in charge of shit now?
The folks writing paeans to the Quaalude and taking full advantage of the modern pharmacopeia to make sure those pesky pains of reailty biting them dont actually affect their groove.
Them bastards are to blame, yeah thats it.
I'm reminded of an SNL gameshow sketch. Boomers vs Millenials with Generation X being the gameshow host. When the Boomers and Millenials were arguing, Gen X sat back going, "Meh. Not my problem." With Millenials having kids, being married, etc now, I don't think Boomers can continue being the boogeyman holding us down. It might be time to actually start fixing things.
Boomers have the bulk of wealth and political power. We (millenials) still have a a couple decades I think before things are our fault
I'm reminded of an SNL gameshow sketch. Boomers vs Millenials with Generation X being the gameshow host. When the Boomers and Millenials were arguing, Gen X sat back going, "Meh. Not my problem." With Millenials having kids, being married, etc now, I don't think Boomers can continue being the boogeyman holding us down. It might be time to actually start fixing things.
The average politician in the house/senate/congress is a boomer. I agree that the solution is for millennials to get more politically active. But the cards are sort of stacked against us. We have less money over all than prior generations which means any representative we want is likely going to be outspent by older representatives (for not being whiny or whatever). On top of that, the political landscape has changed…
At first I was a little annoyed, but then I had to smile at just how emblematic of Generation X the article really is. Screwed over by their parents, depressed, substance-addicted, and hopeless, but not one single hint of any effort or plan to change things. Generation X is the generation of ennui at the ruination of the world. Millenials and Gen Z might just be pissed off enough to do something about it.
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Strong people bring good times Good times breed weak people Weak people bring bad times Bad times breed strong people So it goes
This is a silly way to look at things I think. Without a solid definition of time, its just the tautology of the good times and bad times being the only states and then blaming the people of those times.
I'm Gen X and I'm sick of this bullshit. Generations aren't a monolith and this schmuck doesn't speak for me.
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It is very interesting, this is a cycle you can see repeated in cities and governments for hundreds (or thousands) of years. The multi-generational mindset shifts of work vs leisure come in waves.
It’s a feature, not a bug. The monied classes/aristocracy use the good times to pad their coffers and make the plebs feel like they can succeed and then they hunker down and wait out the bad times in their castles and mansions while the plebs fight for king and country because the aristocrats/monarchs got bored and kicked off a war, the plebs get sick and die while the rulers/owners stay safe by sending their servant…
That is the problem. It should take over the reins now. Gen X has the problem that it was educated by ex-hippies with massive egos and personalities, who later sold out the West to China.
Gen X has major confidence issues and should get rid of them. It is under a two-pronged attack from the last boomers and woke millenials. Well, fight!
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Strong people bring good times Good times breed weak people Weak people bring bad times Bad times breed strong people So it goes
So are the greatest generation bad and the boomers good? This is a silly way to look at things I think. Without a solid definition of time, its just the tautology of the good times and bad times being the only states and then blaming the people of those times.
1. Hard times (e.g. the Depression and WWII) bred the strong people of the Greatest Generation.
2. These strong people brought the prosperity that let to the good times of the Baby Boomer generation.
Leave it up to you to determine what kind of times Baby Boomers have brought.
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Strong people bring good times Good times breed weak people Weak people bring bad times Bad times breed strong people So it goes
It is very interesting, this is a cycle you can see repeated in cities and governments for hundreds (or thousands) of years. The multi-generational mindset shifts of work vs leisure come in waves.
My kids are being raised on a diet of learn to compute and be kind, not a conqueror.
Rather than stories of Davids and Goliath, or it has to work this way because it did work this way.
Mirror neurons can start blinking on and off to less specific story, constrained to build and tend kingdom or flock.
The toughness humanity has rewarded belongs to conquerors of others. The toughness we need is conquering self.
I don’t owe billionaires validation, or politicians allegiance. They can tough out having their figurative identity suffocated.
To the flames…