You and me both, Mandrake...
Posted on 02/13/2009 11:00:52 AM PST by sldghmr300
Why did the 60's Generation get it so wrong in so many areas of life?
Or maybe they just took the brown acid when they shouldn’t have. Stupid is as stupid does.
Now we’re paying for it too . . .
Any generation that would arrogate to itself the title Greatest Generation is dealing with some serious emotional issues. Brokaw was either pandering or simply wrong to name them that.
Every generation has its greatness. The “Greatest” gave us FDR, massive deficits, payroll taxes, loss of natural rights and an alphabet soup of government agencies we’ve never escaped. They also did many wonderful things. Greatness is not limited to a generation.
I teach youth ages 14-18 and there are many great among them. Clearly, the Founding Fathers were great as well.
The 60’s generation was screwed up by the commies of the 40’s generation, who were screwed up by the 20’s commies, who were screwed up by studying 19th century German intellectualism.
1. Our inherent human narcissism,
2. A tendency for parents and elders to feed that narcissim, and
3. A society with enough wealth and leisure time for the consequences of such narcissism to be hidden.
I think the second item -- permissiveness by parents and elders -- has its roots in the serial traumatic experiences of the Depression, and the subsequent World War.
I think they were indulged, patronized, and humored too much by their parents, the members of the so-called ‘Greatest Generation.’
I have no affection for the ‘Greatest Generation,’ either. They are a selfish breed, also, most notably with their benefits. They have their legs wrapped around every government handout that comes their way, and hump it with glee and passion.
Pity the fool that dares tell them ‘no!’
better listen up to that oldtimer—ya might just get the straight scoop—yeah the beatles, rock-n-roll, drugs, by then the public schools indoctrination was showing fruits of it doings; still later, not that much later, more of the same and more offspring from hippies and dopers; and with hollyweird and the controlled media in full swing...get the picture....or maybe not—some (maybe even most) are too close to it!
Of course I will be called paranoid and seeing commies under our beds fluoridating our water, but how do I thing we got here? ;
http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm
see comment #24. You and I had basically the same opinion.
First generation raised entirely on television.
Not all us 60’s kids are to blame.
Drugs
The Pill
Viet Nam as a focal point for generational conflict
An orchestrated loosening of morality in media (TV, film, music, print).
The post-war diaspora out of compacted religious/ethnic neighborhoods that supported a conformity of ethic to a multi-ethnic, multi-religious suburban sprawl where every boundary was stretched to the break-point.
You and me both, Mandrake...
I suppose they thought the example they set through their service would serve as inspiration enough for their kids, and that they would naturally follow.
Or maybe they were so worn out by WW2 that they just weren’t up for it.
He’s right!!!!!!!!!!!!
Say what you will about our young generation now but they're joining the military out of high school knowing they'll be thrown into a very tough war.
Maybe our current young generation is determined to prove the 60’s generation wrong? I hope so.
You are right. Peter Pan syndrome rules now. You cannot look anywhere in music, television, or movies and find mature men or women.
The dads are dolts and the moms are Marge Simpsons. Women have it the worst. They are sexualized in the extreme, they have to earn money, Dutch treat for dates, and put up with the boorish behavior of the modern ape-like male.
It wasn’t us. We learned it from the preceding generation, and most of us learned it in public school. I grew up in NYC in the 1950s and 60s, and I was subjected to a full-scale leftist indoctrination by public school teachers, some of whom had even been in the war and had gone through school on their GI Bill when they came back.
This stuff goes way further back than the 1960s, and it probably would have flowered with the “Greatest Generation” had it not been for WWII. As it was, leftist theory - ranging from government control of the economy to free sex with anything and everything - took over the educational system.
I remember that anyone who didn’t agree with this was mocked and treated as a pariah - by the teachers, who were at a minimum, 15 years older than we were. In other words, 15 years being a generation, part of the “Greatest Generation.”
They’re doing just fine. We, their children, paid for their Social Security and we will be lucky if we collect anything. The first Baby Boomer (born 1946) will begin to collect full Social Security in 2012 (because they’ve upped the age for full SS), and succeeding years won’t be able to collect until even later.
So don’t blame the Baby Boom generation. We did what we were told to do.
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