I also think WastelandCowboy's age chart thing is a little bit off, but I was using Wikipedia to "fact" check, So that's probably off too?
The thing about lumping people into these generations is that some of these kids born at the beginning of the generation had a vastly different experience and life outlook then the ones at the end.
I have wondered about the old Boomers, the hippie ones compared to the ones who reached adulthood in the 70s and so on. Plus, the old hippie boomers seem to have a lot in common with a certain amount of millenials with the protests, social justice and environmental concerns. Maybe I am not understanding hippies that much though but looking at them through the lens we have now they seem similar.
I never understood the anger between the millenials and boomers. I mean, they are their kids, they created them. But then I bet each generation has shook their heads at their kids and thought they were terrible and the kids in turn blamed their parents for their problems.
People have been saying that the generation after them will ruin society since the B.C. times. Also, Boomers fucked up our economy and blame the Milenials for what they did, calling us lazy, stupid, etc... What they don't realize is that we have to make a lot more and live way more frugally in order for is to have a similar lifestyle to what they had back then.
This is why lumping any generation is not fruitful to any discussion of this. It wasn't all boomers. It was the entitled sob's from the previous generation of old money passed down, the now 1%ers you can blame for all our miseries. There were many in all generations who attempted to reform the system and were blocked by the moneyed few. Blaming the boomers is like blaming the sun.
I may not have been particularly successful money wise but I am proud of how I lived my life and raised my daughter. ---
