Political compass for the21st century

[pbrower2a]

(03-23-2019, 08:59 PM)Hintergrund Wrote:

(03-08-2019, 04:41 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(03-01-2019, 11:12 PM)

Quote:pbrower2a Wrote:

It could be the next Idealist generation that has some recognition of X for leaving behind a better world than they inherited, and for not demanding too much to make the world good for the new Idealists. 

Xers haven't done much yet to clean up the problems of this saeculum.

Because the older generations still have the money and the power to prevent that. Especially the Silents wouldn't like it if the Xers threw their elaborated rules (and loopholes) on the garbage dump of history. - Many prominent Boomers are idiots, narcissists and fanatics, but if they could do what they wanted, they would rip apart everything, even if they're warned that they'll hurt themselves. - Silents don't want to hurt anyone, especially not themselves, and they have the knowledge to push the right buttons.

X, like the Lost, generally makes the argument that attempts to impose radical changes in life from conventional norms have been tried, and have been found lacking. Some truths outlast generational cycles.

Reactive generations are most likely to experience the consequences of their mistakes, blunders, and simple bad luck than other generations. Reality does not catch up with Civic generations until they are in midlife. Adaptive generations make incremental changes of any kind unlikely to ever blow up on them singly, but instead can do subtle harm difficult to detect at the time. Idealists at their worst are capable of compelling others to cover for their misdeeds. X gets fewer resources with which to work, and is less likely to get a second chance.

We have yet to see whether X will follow the pattern that the GI Generation established and that the Silent generation follows late in life, and that Boomers already show signs of following: of remaining physically and intellectually fit if they were so before getting old, and remaining active in public life as long as possible. X has already seen the pattern, but they are also the last to see the Lost Generation shoved aside because they are 'inconvenient'. We will not know what X expectations of old age are like until at least 2026, when the Obama cohort starts reaching 'retirement age'.