Posted on 10/01/2008 4:06:00 AM PDT by equaviator
During the 60’s, my parents were clean cut folks raising a family of four kids. And during the disco craze, I listened to country music, hunted deer, and worked the farm.
And frankly, if we are all going to take on generational identities, the Greatest Generation has a lot to answer for. They introduced socialism on a massive scale, ruined the school systems, apparently raised a bunch of dope heads, and ran up an enormous national debt.
wtf?
But it's all artificial, the invention of some pop sociologist to make money.
I came here to do that. It just doesn’t feel right not to.
Have at it then.
They aren’t the greatest generation.
They are the most uneducated on a grand scale, as, I believe, they were the first generation to be publicly educated.
When they hit tough times, then dropped freedom in exchange for socialism so fast that we are still fighting the after-effects.
I’m not for knocking old folks, so I will leave it at that. If they were younger, I’d call them on their deeds, but no point in doing that now. Let them collect their social security checks (more unequal wealth distribution there) and die breathlessly unaware.
Actually the designation of generations goes back to, well...the bible.
It is a legitimate form of analysis. The names that are designated have become more hip over the past fifteen years or so.
Generally speaking a generation is about 22 years. That was defined as the amount of time to go from being born, to the median age of producing another generation. So the boomers went from 44-65, X’ers are from 65-86, and so on and so forth.
Doing some studies on generations following WWI and the Civil War will give you some insight as to why things are going the way they are. If you think about it, the garbage we went through in the 20’s and 30’s closely resembles what is happening today....a few short years after the end of the Cold War.
Doesn’t make the next ten years look good.
Living years. Mike Rutherford. (Mike and the Mechanics, Genesis)
Do I get a book or something?
Thanks for the earworm :/
The year 1969 and how you remember it says a lot about what generation you are part of. If you think the most awesome thing to happen in 1969 was Woodstock, then you are an older Baby Boomer. If you think the most awesome thing to happen in 1969 was the Moon landing, then you are a younger Baby Boomer or an older Generation X person or part of this "Generation Jones." If the greatest thing you remember about 1969 was the tricycle your parents gave you for your birthday, then you are Generation X.
You are correct, Adonius...good clarification on the “discrimination” comment.
Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.
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“I’ve always heard that the “Baby Boom” generation were the ones born between 1946 and 1964, and that “Gen X” was born between 1961 and 1981. I was born in 1961 (same year as 0bama, yuk) so I’m never sure which annoying bunch of losers I’m supposed to belong to.”
I define Baby Boomers as those people who are old enough to remember Woodstock and the Tet Offensive but not old enough to remember World War II. I define Generation X as those people old enough to remember the Cold War but not old enough to remember Woodstock or Tet.
“And frankly, if we are all going to take on generational identities, the Greatest Generation has a lot to answer for. They introduced socialism on a massive scale, ruined the school systems, apparently raised a bunch of dope heads, and ran up an enormous national debt”
What Brokaw called the “Greatest Generation” is what I call the “Suburban Generation”. Much of what defines suburbia- supermarkets, fast food, backyards, television, traffic gridlock, subdivisions- became ingrained in our culture after WWII by the young people who had been on the front lines. The Presidents from Kennedy to Bush Sr belong to this group.
I reject the notion that the WWII generation is the “greatest generation”. They did a lot to be proud of & have a lot to answer for - just like any other generation.
They seemed to focus on handing down material gains as the civilization was withering on the vine.
They destroyed us, making it permanent with the immigration act of 1965.
Gen-X uses the 70s and the 80s as their cultural heritage. Star Wars, Jaws, and ET were the major movies of our youth.
& Baby Boomers helped to give us the crap, coarse culture we have. Even the ones who were not a part of the madness let the other side win & take over the institutions of culture and education - they lost the culture war.
The WWII generation also gave us no fault divorce and the permanent welfare state. Thanks guys.
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