I think we Boomers may be the last generation to at least somewhat get it. I remember the Iron Curtain and radio free Europe.
Our parents’/grandparents’ generation lived through the Depression and WWII. They understood what America was about. I can’t imagine millennials storming the beaches of Normandy.
Every time I talk to someone from an Eastern bloc country who escaped communism he or she says exactly the same things. Once they’re in the US, they become great patriots.
I was born in 1970, so I’m “Generation X”.
I get it. Most of my fellows Gen X’ers get it.
Of course, I’ve got some who love the whole Che, anti-capitalism BS.
I served my country in the Navy, and then served my community as a volunteer firefighter for about 5 years.
Had to quit both due to lung problems that have me a disabled veteran, service connected. Honestly, surprised I lasted as long as I did as a firefighter.
Either way, I get it. I’ve seen enough, and done enough to know that I don’t know enough. I also can imagine quite a bit of the rest of it.
I’m just glad that the hippies of the 60’s created the youth of the 70’s/80’s, who rebelled against the drug culture of the 60’s folks. It’s cyclical, with each generation rebelling against their parents. That’s what Gen Y/millennials really are, rebelling against the beliefs of their parents (Gen X).