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Yes and yes. Naming it was not always done / well known. Cronkike called them "youth" Social scientists invented names. Marketers segmemted them. The Vietn
by losteverything 9y ago
Yes and yes.
Naming it was not always done / well known.
Cronkike called them "youth"
Social scientists invented names. Marketers segmemted them.
The Vietnam era youth created a disruption of authority which has been followed ever since.
Senators (Moynihan) used to count the number of generations since the founding of the country.
These are some of the names generations have been called i can remember in my lifetime
Child of the depression
War baby
Baby boom
Generation x
Generation Y
Womans rights era (ERA)
Mans world
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Gen x got lots of headlines..
But that group was very bland
Most generations, until recently had the real threat of dying in war. And to know personally getting notice of a loved one or friend dying.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoI've also seen the 'Greatest Generation' term used for those that were young adults around the time of WW2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Generation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Generation
- losteverything 9y agoThey weren't named that till they got old.. I totally forgot that. I know why.... We call them the Selfish Generation...
- ZenoArrow 9y agoSelfish generation is used to describe the baby boomers. The greatest generation were the parents of the baby boomers. The common conception is that they were a generation that endured personal sacrifice and laid the foundations for the modern era. I've never heard the greatest generation being referred to as selfish. However, as we both know, all these labels are nonsense anyway.
- losteverything 9y agoSelfish is my definition. I also forgot "net natives" this, to me, will be a label with meaning.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoSo the people that went through the Great Depression and WW2 and buried all that shit inside after WW2 ended so their children could live without that burden were selfish? I'd like to hear your explanation on that one!
- losteverything 9y agoIt's simply my opinion as a first hand?observer of my parents and their friends. Im a BB I also have the?privilege of family history and writings. Imo the war victory meant that the winners began "for the first time" thinking about themselves... Previous generations, from my understanding of my family history, were not all about doing for themselves. Its not the fault of BBers to be selfish because it was planted by our parents
- fapjacks 9y agoAh! That's why Baby Boomers aren't "The Selfish Generation" to this person. It's because he is a Baby Boomer.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoPersonal attacks are not helpful.
- freehunter 9y agoI don't think calling someone a baby boomer when they actually are a baby boomer is really a personal attack.
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