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I think if you gave the generations born from 1914 through the late sixties / early seventies the choice between the existential threats they lived through in t
by georgespencer 6y ago
I think if you gave the generations born from 1914 through the late sixties / early seventies the choice between the existential threats they lived through in that period and the perceived economic hardship younger generations suffer today, they would pick economic hardship every single time.
Most western countries have also had a huge rise in living standards during the same time period meaning that the conception of 'economic hardship' is very different today to the post-war depression.
- joelbluminator 6y agoSorry I see my comment was misleading , I meant baby boomers (born after 45+). I think a lot of millennials feel like their parents are better off than they will be.
- georgespencer 6y agoGotcha! Thanks for the replies. A really interesting area and very hard to quantify overall either way. I find that usually when people frame it in the terms I did, most people (not you because you seem very considerate already!) think about the post-war pre-70s generations in more kindhearted terms.