03-17-2020, 10:23 AM
(03-17-2020, 01:17 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: The boomers in 1980 were the most idealistic generation, and they would have been the most willing to speak out in favor of protective measures for all.
Kind of like they were the generation that still thought the Vietnam War was the right thing to do, eh?
Frankly, this is a ridiculous view. Boomers had learned by then not just to trust the solutions of the then elder GIs - like for example the JFK initiated Vietnam War. I think it's questionable whether the threat would have been seen as significant in 1980, but even if some Boomers accepted that, they would have taken the "think globally, act locally" approach of personal social distancing and quarantine, and been very resistant to GI imposed lockdowns and such.