Re:Back to the Future, Time Travel, and the Secret History o...
by nostromo on Friday January 16, 2015 @01:59PM
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I think economically the Boomers were a disaster (cashing checks that future generations now must cover).
Socially and culturally however I think they achieved many great things we take for granted (birth control access, environmentalism, civil rights advances, multiculturalism, the sexual revolution, etc).
Re:Back to the Future, Time Travel, and the Secret History o...
by coldtea on Saturday January 17, 2015 @01:54AM
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I think this idea that the Boomers were somehow special or more damaging that newer generations is BS.
Re:Back to the Future, Time Travel, and the Secret History o...
by jacquesm on Friday January 16, 2015 @01:26PM
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> I think a lot of it is just that the Baby Boomers are the worst generation in history
Why do you think so?
Re:Back to the Future, Time Travel, and the Secret History o...
by marincounty on Friday January 16, 2015 @02:55PM
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I don't think they were the worst generation. My parents were baby boomers, and I guess I am too. A lot of Boomers
grew up feeling like there was a good chance they would die,
and not by natural causes. As a child I used to think what's the point to it all if Russia fires those missiles. My father used to worry about the Vietnam draft. I know both
my parents tried to rebel against the strict conformist values of the 50's. Even though they didn't have access to
the Internet--they did care about the environment. As to money; they knew after the hippie phase they needed it. I
don't know if they will pass that money on to good causes, anymore than rich millennials? I do know this--my parents
and their frends were honest, and kept their word. A handshake was substituted instead of a Lawyer when I was growing up. Neighbors would never consider suing their neighbor. They might puch said neighbr on nose after a few
drinks though? So no, they weren't perfect, but they wern't the worst generation either.
That might be part of it, but I think a lot of it is just that the Baby Boomers are the worst generation in history, while today's younger folks are…just younger folks.