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I feel like the Boomers were pretty happy with the Greatest. You know, defeating genocide, sowing the seeds for a decades long wave of economic expansion, techn

by ethbro 10y ago

I feel like the Boomers were pretty happy with the Greatest. You know, defeating genocide, sowing the seeds for a decades long wave of economic expansion, technological advancement, and peace (albeit by not managing to swap nukes with the Soviets).

jraines 10y ago
"Why don't you all just f-f-fade away / and don't try 'n dig what we all say"
aaron695 10y ago
The generation pre-boomers might have defeated genocide but they also, you know, did a genocide. But true, people don't normally think that.
dragonwriter 10y ago
> I feel like the Boomers were pretty happy with the Greatest. Yeah, there wasn't like a big youth counterculture in the 1960s-1970s rebelling against the previous generation that was then dominant in society and government over major international policy (Hello, Southeast Asia), domestic policy, notions of public and private morality, and, basically, every other aspect of life. You might have a better case with Gen X not particularly blaming the Boomers (and focussing more on the trailing end of the influence of the "Greatest" Generation), and even better with Millenials not even paying attention to Gen X enough to blame them for anything (Boomers, sure, but Gen X? Not so much.)
- ethbro 10y ago
  Point. Although I'd argue that the economic trends of the 1950s-1970s were in-spite-of rather than because-of the counterculture movement (Piketty, Capital, war being the greatest economic equalizer, etc). But the 60s definitely did hasten the unseating of previous thoughts and people in positions of power. We're probably just starting to tip past Boomer-in-power to GenX-in-power in the upper echelon of power structures. Which incidentally probably explains why older companies finally seem to be starting to "get" the internet, now that I think about it...

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I feel like the Boomers were pretty happy with the Greatest. You know, defeating genocide, sowing the seeds for a decades long wave of economic expansion, techn

by ethbro 10y ago

jraines 10y ago
"Why don't you all just f-f-fade away / and don't try 'n dig what we all say"
aaron695 10y ago
The generation pre-boomers might have defeated genocide but they also, you know, did a genocide. But true, people don't normally think that.
dragonwriter 10y ago
> I feel like the Boomers were pretty happy with the Greatest. Yeah, there wasn't like a big youth counterculture in the 1960s-1970s rebelling against the previous generation that was then dominant in society and government over major international policy (Hello, Southeast Asia), domestic policy, notions of public and private morality, and, basically, every other aspect of life. You might have a better case with Gen X not particularly blaming the Boomers (and focussing more on the trailing end of the influence of the "Greatest" Generation), and even better with Millenials not even paying attention to Gen X enough to blame them for anything (Boomers, sure, but Gen X? Not so much.)
- ethbro 10y ago
  Point. Although I'd argue that the economic trends of the 1950s-1970s were in-spite-of rather than because-of the counterculture movement (Piketty, Capital, war being the greatest economic equalizer, etc). But the 60s definitely did hasten the unseating of previous thoughts and people in positions of power. We're probably just starting to tip past Boomer-in-power to GenX-in-power in the upper echelon of power structures. Which incidentally probably explains why older companies finally seem to be starting to "get" the internet, now that I think about it...