01-10-2019, 02:28 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-10-2019, 02:32 AM by Eric the Green.)
(01-09-2019, 09:39 PM)gabrielle Wrote:(01-05-2019, 07:47 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I think it's A-OK if Xers fool themselves into thinking they are young (to use a word form 1961). They have been fooled as a generation by much worse. A handsome actor GI fooled them.
I recall the older generations also being fooled by him. He pretty much won by a landslide, and Gen X was only a very small portion of the voting population, after all. The oldest Gen Xers were only 23 in 1984, the Gipper's re-election year.
The point being that Gen X has largely adopted his ideology in the years since, and they were fooled as they came of age. People form their political attitudes starting at age 14. But yes, people in older generations were also fooled. Originally in his time the Boomers were the least supportive of him. Younger Xers of course were less susceptible.
But if Xers want to be fooled that 60 years old is still young, that's OK by me. Boomers too. That may be a good way to be fooled again.