06-08-2018, 01:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-08-2018, 01:49 PM by Eric the Green.)
(06-06-2018, 05:52 PM)sbarrera Wrote:(06-06-2018, 03:57 PM)tg63 Wrote: From where I sit, red boomers do remain "true to the ideals in which they came of age"; they're just different ideals from the ones that resonated with you & your peers.
That's how I see it too. Two different values camps that each stick to their authentic beliefs. Since neither is willing to compromise, the existing order is being allowed to disintegrate.
No, it's a simple case of blue boomers who have real ideals and want to see progress done, and red boomers who are deceived by the powers that be and stick to ideals that are wrong and that boost the reactionary status quo. Both do have boomer prophet traits of righteous stubborness etc, but that doesn't matter. It's a question of whether our country will start to progress again, or be allowed to disintegrate. It's a question of red vs. blue. The biggest force allowing disintegration may be the persistent belief that there's no difference between red and blue, and therefore to do nothing to help the blue side win, and instead just let things take their course since no-one can be trusted or believed.
Compromises may be needed to move forward. But compromise can't be done because of the intransigence of the red side. Too much compromise with the red side today is to agree to do nothing.
Younger generations continue to align with one side or the other; no other alternative has ever gotten any glimmer of support at the polls. Bernie represents an even stronger version of boomer sixties ideals than what Hillary espoused.