07-15-2019, 06:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-15-2019, 06:32 PM by Eric the Green.)
(07-09-2019, 01:54 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(07-09-2019, 05:26 AM)Bill the Piper Wrote:Quote:My attitude is I can opt out of anything I don't personally like. I don't need to rebel against the music scene because I have the internet for example to search for whatever I want. My attitude is also to either show me respect or I will be extremely belligerent and immature. If I don't like a culture I withdraw from it and save myself while the others drown and then kick and scream when someone wants to force me to face it. What generational attitude do I have?
Artistic, like the Silent generation. Of course, you have all sorts of people in all generations, just in different proportions.
Silents were never, ever belligerent, at least not the ones that survived the crisis. Silents were deferential to GIs and presumably to older generations; they were considerate to each other even when disagreeing and were kind to younger generations. They did make out like bandits economically, but that wasn't due to belligerence. Nor have I seen new adaptives being belligerent, though they often do their own thing with older generations none the wiser.
They went through the Awakening era phase in which they were effective activists, and they liberated themselves from a lot of social programming in order to connect better with each other and the boomers. Their favorite books were I'm OK You're OK and Games People Play and they taught Transactional Analysis, often forgotten today. They threw off a lot of conformity and inaugurated feminism and gay rights. They provided manifestos for their younger hippie friends.