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What do you think about what I said, about A tradition?
My niece said that this America that the Baby Boomers created is cheap cr@p from yesterday.. not a tradition.
:P
I said this to her, as a slight defense of the Baby Boomers...
What year were you born ?
She said 1999.
I said 1999 huh ?
She said.. yep..
I said..
Well let me see...
The Baby Boomers came of age in the 1960s.
They were at the peak of their financial security and political power in the 1980s, at around 40 years old...
Special longevity unique to that generation had them financially over the top, beyond their peak in the mid to late 1990s, in their 50s.
YOU don't even remember the 1990s.
So the way this world works today, is your tradition, many fold...
The things that you use today, have its roots with the Baby Boomers in the 1970s.
Generation X, your mother...
Was in diapers, when the things that you take for granted today, were still in the Research and Development labs, and in the homes of the super rich in primitive, big, bulky and inefficient, expensive forms.
I'm only 32 years old by comparison..
I remember Bill Clinton..
Do you ?
She said no.
So I said back..
Good, now tell me something different besides the world that you know, but NOT the future.
She said she cant.. obviously.
So I said..
Well then you have a cultural tradition in the world that the Baby Boomers created.
lol
3 Answers
- Old Man DirtLv 72 years ago
Yes, we came of age in the 60's and seventies!
Most of us were rebellious rejecting the stereotypes of society and wanted world peace.
Flower children and hippies eventually became yuppies and now we are the grandparents of those who are parents to the current new born generation.
This same generation sought to return to a more traditional life style. Organic products and folk craft.
Some things we tried to eliminate such as social prejudices based on race and gender.
Others we gave rebirth too, such as organic farming and living off the grid.
I would suggest that us baby boomers tired to hold on to valid traditions and eliminate the invalid ones.
The plastic society is the result of our children rebelling (just like we did) and taking a different course.
I am reminded of a saying:
"The question is not how we got into this mess, but how are we going to get out of it!"
Sure things are not perfect, they haven't been for years and while each generation has tried to find a solution, in doing so they created a new one.
What solution is it that the current generation will try for our social problems is the issue.
If their solution is only to cry about the problem, the problem/s will not be solved.
Some suggest the current coming of age children have not been taught actual problem solving and expect the solutions to be given them. I hope that is not the case.
- Anonymous2 years ago
preach
