Very interesting observation about the “Silents.” I have not heard that before. Will take some pondering.
The GG and the Boomers were so larger than life, it is easy to skip over them.
My Mom and Dad were Silent Generation folks. In hindsight, I could see how they always emulated the behavior of the Greatest Generation...but they were kind of in awe of their bigger brothers and sisters.
My mom never talked about her contemporaries in college—she always talked about the guys there on the GI Bill after coming home from the War. My Dad’s friends in the legion were all WWII Vets...not Korean War vets as he was.
I think it is natural.
If you follow the “Generations” model of Strauss and Howe, the Millennials are the repeat of the Greatest. Based on the way the economy is headed and the drum beats of War that have been banging for 14 years, I can start to see the similarities.
History does not always repeat, but it often rhymes.