09-30-2016, 11:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-30-2016, 11:54 AM by Eric the Green.)
(09-22-2016, 09:47 PM)gabrielle Wrote:(09-22-2016, 12:47 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(09-21-2016, 09:39 PM)gabrielle Wrote:(09-20-2016, 01:01 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(09-20-2016, 10:47 AM)The Wonkette Wrote: Weren't the Seventies dominated by the Silents?
Yes they were, in so far as the people in middle age dominate a turning.
So then, the Boomers dominated the "greed is good" Eighties and the "unravelling" of economic policies that protected the middle class and working poor in the 3T? Who is really the "pecuniary" generation, then?
It can get really complicated trying to blame one generation for things that three or four generations did, can't it?
It is as ridiculous for Galen to scapegoat an entire generation for all the ills of the world as it is for a Baby Boomer to call Generation X "pecuniary," when Gen X, of all current generations, has the most financial stress and Baby Boomers are the richest generation in US history.
Although, as is the case among all of us in the USA, including among Boomers, that "richest" wealth is concentrated at the top.
Although Gen X has had more to lose in the recession, millennials are having the hardest time making economic gains in the first place. Boomers are having a hard time being able to retire or keep working. Although this is a generations site, so it is to be expected to attribute conditions and traits to generations, when it comes to the economy and politics, the divide is less between generations, and more between political parties and the red and blue "tribes." That's where we should be placing the "blame;" on the Republicans. It is their policies, and their imitation too often by Democrats, that have brought about less equality and economic mobility in our society, ever since the charming, ruggedly-handsome actor deceived us into adopting trickle-down economics and free trade, and convinced us that government is the problem.