(11-05-2016, 06:33 AM)taramarie Wrote:Not to the degree the Millies were. Based on the Lost that was left by my time it appeared that the Missionary Generation was not nearly as insane as the Boomers. That clip is not entirely wrong but neither the Lost or Missionary Generations were as self centered as the Boomers. In fact, the Lost that I knew never had the resentment toward the Missionary Generation that so many of us Xers have towards the Boomers.(11-05-2016, 06:21 AM)Galen Wrote:Were GI's spoonfed answers also? I saw a video where this GI said he wanted his children's generation to be thinkers in contrast to how he was raised. I have the video actually of this.(11-05-2016, 06:09 AM)taramarie Wrote: Or that the messages hold a hint towards something else. Truly I have nothing here. I am actually not used to working this way. I think they raised my generation into robots tbh. Some teachers have done this cryptic method with us and were met with silence.
One of the true tragedies for the Millies is that their elders spoonfed them the answers because they didn't want them observing and thinking. No matter what you post there are still things in your messages that are always the same no matter what message you send. As a Gnostic would say: when you change your conscious then miracles happen. Perhaps the question is: Where are you not looking?
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Both of my GI Grandfathers were truly adept at improvising when needed. In fact my grandfather on my mother's side would find a book to learn a skill that he didn't already know. He had skills in auto bodywork, gun smithing and electronics with no formal training and those were only a few of the things he did. The conformity they are known for came from the fact that so many of them ended up in the military to fight in World War II.
The other one kept a small farm going until the early eighties when he died due to brain cancer. Truth is I hadn't had much contact with him since about 1972. Given the increasing capital requirements over the years, that was an impressive achievement. To this day, the only person I have contact from that side of the family is with is his second wife. She is truly a decent person and I don't meet many of those. While the genetics may say otherwise, she was where I would expect a grandmother doing what I would expect one to be doing.
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If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises