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I agree with your analysis and think we're very close to talking about the same thing. The difference between gen-x and millennials is that boomers told both gr
by malvosenior 9y ago
I agree with your analysis and think we're very close to talking about the same thing. The difference between gen-x and millennials is that boomers told both groups the same lies, it's just that gen-x didn't believe them. Gen-x cynicism is a real thing.
We're back to my original point of millennials not being close enough to boomers to know that they were lying (or ill informed).
- Apocryphon 9y agoGen X grew up during the Cold War, Reaganism, Thatcherism, Wall Street malfeasance, AIDS, the crack epidemic. This is a little biased generalization of the '80s, but I think overall you could say the '90s were much more hopeful and sunnier in comparison. It was easier to believe in lies back then. Could you blame them for believing in their helicopter parents with their self-esteem culture and dot-com money?
- malvosenior 9y agoI blame them for not realizing their error and instead calling for state regulation and intervention. They'd probably get more support from gen x if they were listening to them instead of attacking their ideals (speaking in very broad generalities at this point).
- Apocryphon 9y agoAre Gen X's really a bunch of Yuppies who are against regulation? Even after everything that Reagan, Thatcher, and the Chicago Boys have done?