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There were 2 types of baby boomer. The culturally freeing, drug taking, sexual revolution, playboy buying type.
And the type who hated those free people and thought they were morally wrong. If they were invited they wouldn't have turned up to any of that stuff anyway.
I'd love to see a study on if the free living cohort died early or not. Because they aren't in the majority of that generation now. Voting wise they swung the US towards the Republicans, the "greatest" generation and the "silent" generation leaned democrat.
Lots of what was seen as progressive could be framed as no-one should face an oppressive culture. Or it could be framed as I shouldn't face an oppressive culture.
It will take a hundred years before the bizarre social coincidence of such a large generation gets understood. Once they, and maybe their children, aren't around to write the history books an objective viewing might not show them in a positive light overall.
Coasted on the success of the generation before, taken from the generation after. Held back social progress as soon as they had wealth.
There was a study somewhere in the reddit days that would say: every generation gets to be mostly leftist when young and transition to rightist as they age; but the last generation (millennials? Z?) also tends to follow the trend but the trend is weaker than it ever was. Remain to be seen where they learn when they get r to middle age.
Sweet, I'm not middle aged yet! (Millennials can be as old as 43)
I mean, when life expectancy is in the early 80’s and you’re half of that…
Nah, they're going to figure out how to keep us alive longer to extract more wealth and effort
If so, the whole of eastern Asia should probably get on that, what with their 0.50 birth rates and impending societal collapse…