The 4T Generational Constellations - Red v Blue

[David Horn]

(09-28-2020, 01:13 PM)sbarrera Wrote:

(09-27-2020, 09:12 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(09-27-2020, 02:56 PM)sbarrera Wrote: If this is all a distraction to keep Millennials from being aware of their real problem (Marx would have said they have false consicousness instead of the correct class consciouness) then so be it. But the red and blue constellations are still there.

If it's a distraction, it may well be a distraction by both the Red and Blue Boomers in collusion - or perhaps the whole Red v Blue thing is a smokescreen to aid with the distraction.

Red and Blue Boomers are not in collusion. They are in conflict. That is the Boomers' modus operandi.

Red and Blue may be adversaries, but neither can exist without the other. It's a kind of codependency.  Eliminating the Blue faction would codify a preference for the private over the public, and keep government small and ineffective -- but no one would care all that much.  Those of us in the downscale section of society would laud our betters for how clever and hardworking they are, and the upscale crowd would feel  comfortable knowing that they deserved every dollar and perk they have.  If Red disappeared, something more akin to true socialism might emerge organically, and we would all be one and happy.

Of course, neither of these scenarios is possible if there are thoughtful people who are not just cookie-cutter copies of each other.  That's truer when societal norms shift too far either way, like they have now.