Who is more selfish, Silent or Boom?

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(11-22-2016, 07:13 PM)Saint Stephen Wrote:

(10-15-2016, 11:02 PM)taramarie Wrote:

(10-15-2016, 08:42 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Gen X, clearly.

Seriously, this is not the kind of discussion subject that promotes understanding among generations.

But when I try to tell you How to understand xer culture you ignore that and prefer to bash it. So you certainly are not helping with your prejudice against that generation.

Sounds about right. LOTS (not all) of boomers project their shadows onto Xers. A true sign of selfishness. Tara, I wouldn't hold your breath on hoping a boomer will have any interest in understanding Xer culture. Mostly they make it out to be something it isn't & attack that. This strawman tactic isn't intentional, it is born of hubris and irrational exuberance that comes from the privilege of living in a boom... I have started thinking of it in a similar fashion as white privilege: hard to see when it has worked to your advantage & shrouded in a cloud of denial that protects an identity wrapped around "hard work", "paying taxes", "I earned it" and the like. It scares the hell out of them to have history write a different view of them. Who can blame them? When you have always lived in a boom, you think it is because of your abilities, not your circumstances. Thus the hubris and confusion about why the boom is over. But don't expect compassion from them, because as you will hear from them over and again, "everyone generation has its challenges". The good news is that eventually, the reality will set in that there is more to life than selfishness masquerading as "individualism" when pain, sickness and old age will direct boomer attention to what is truly most important to them: the relationships that they have neglected... Should their humbleness overtake their pride. And it should.

I have said many times that the Boomers were more guilty of excessive hubris than were the GIs whose hurbris they rebelled against during their youth. Not only did a significant number of Boomers become the parents they once ridiculed, but they expanded on it.