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dixiegrrrrl

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35. Also an advantage by being raised in the family of Great Depression survivors.

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 06:20 PM

Mar 2018

Much common sense, thrifty behavior to be passed down, for which I am grateful to my Grandmother and mother.

Not all of us who lived in the admittedly Golden generation got to enjoy much of it any more than these people did
in a earlier generation.

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A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America [View all] dogknob Mar 2018 OP

Being a boomer! Soxfan58 Mar 2018 #1

I have been saying that for years. Freedomofspeech Mar 2018 #51

Interesting post. MontanaMama Mar 2018 #2

funny thing is, "boomer" has sometimes been defined to include me AND my mom... yurbud Mar 2018 #24

You trendsetter you! MontanaMama Mar 2018 #43

In reality, you are not a Boomer. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #55

Thanks PO, for the recommendation. MontanaMama Mar 2018 #66

I read it TuxedoKat Mar 2018 #96

Yes, I have also read The Fourth Turning. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #97

OK TuxedoKat Mar 2018 #98

Apologies for not reading your post carefully. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #106

No problem TuxedoKat Mar 2018 #109

thanks gopiscrap Mar 2018 #105

Nice way to find another argument for dividing people rather than bringing them together. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #3

Thank you... dhill926 Mar 2018 #6

Spot on! Bradshaw3 Mar 2018 #8

Well said! I'm tired of this idiot dissing the boomers. Nt raccoon Mar 2018 #21

He's a minion of Peter Thiel... dawg day Mar 2018 #73

Thank you. Vietnam, women's rights that apparently are being taken quite for granted Wwcd Mar 2018 #28

Plus environmental activism, too. MBS Mar 2018 #111

It does nothing but show the blatant & absolutle ignorance of a certain segment of our populace Wwcd Mar 2018 #113

Well stated. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2018 #32

This author should be banned from DU. Wwcd Mar 2018 #33

The most arrogant, self-entitled person I ever met was born in 1968. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2018 #40

Exactly. Thanks for making that point clear. Wwcd Mar 2018 #50

Trump comes to mind... LOL. dawg day Mar 2018 #74

yep dameatball Mar 2018 #38

THANKS, Ocelot! elleng Mar 2018 #39

Thank you. Also, organic food and environmental movement, natural childbirth. . MBS Mar 2018 #42

Yup. Nice bit of work on that book from a f'king hedge fund manager. nt fleabiscuit Mar 2018 #53

Thank you! radical noodle Mar 2018 #68

I remember in 2002 going to an antiwar demonstration... dawg day Mar 2018 #72

Agree, divisive idiotic bull apcalc Mar 2018 #78

It's the wealthy and not the boomers. What bullshit. Stop. elehhhhna Mar 2018 #81

Did you intend to respond to the OP? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #83

Yes 👍 oops elehhhhna Mar 2018 #92

Well said. When I see this divisive bullshit here now ms liberty Mar 2018 #107

generally some good points Locrian Mar 2018 #4

Good eye. dogknob Mar 2018 #15

His mini bio clues us in. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #23

So it is an entire generation of sociopaths? ollie10 Mar 2018 #5

Just what we need ... GeorgeGist Mar 2018 #7

No generation since the great depression knows what real economic suffering is. Binkie The Clown Mar 2018 #9

Tripe on DU. What a shock. nt DURHAM D Mar 2018 #10

Sociopath here, weighing in Mountain Mule Mar 2018 #11

Good on you :) dogknob Mar 2018 #16

I'm 1943. There is a huge difference between those of us born of parents Sophia4 Mar 2018 #12

Also an advantage by being raised in the family of Great Depression survivors. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #35

Neither Nixon nor Reagan ever saw combat...N/T flotsam Mar 2018 #41

So true. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #56

The PTSD was not uncommon in those who voted for Reagan and Nixon, not in Sophia4 Mar 2018 #70

good points-- dawg day Mar 2018 #75

My father was great. He did not serve for several reasons including health, but when I took Sophia4 Mar 2018 #87

I can slam the villains whoo happpen to be boomers, but DonCoquixote Mar 2018 #13

What an uninformed, no-knowledge-of-history post. There is and always has been a dichotomy in... brush Mar 2018 #14

Of course many people did (and do) their part dogknob Mar 2018 #19

THANK YOU. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2018 #31

Not to say there aren't plenty of good Boomers, but yeah, it rings true to this Gen-Xer too. trotsky Mar 2018 #17

Why do you think so many Boomers are hanging onto their jobs The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #18

Also, very few of us have pensions anymore. dawg day Mar 2018 #60

Not from what I've seen. trotsky Mar 2018 #84

I was fired from my job of more than 16 years at age 62 while recovering from surgery. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2018 #36

See posts 14 and 18. And with a screen name like that... brush Mar 2018 #49

Your posts 14 and 18 are answered quite simply by the first phrase of my post. trotsky Mar 2018 #85

enough of this garbage Skittles Mar 2018 #20

I'm a boomer (although a very immature one...still) world wide wally Mar 2018 #22

Wrong. See post #14. brush Mar 2018 #45

I saw post 14 and it is pretty much what I said with a lot more words world wide wally Mar 2018 #63

You missed the part where the boomers have always been a split generation. brush Mar 2018 #64

I agree with you. world wide wally Mar 2018 #67

Two words: Paul Ryan. n/t malthaussen Mar 2018 #25

Every word is true spooky3 Mar 2018 #26

Yep. And Im not a hater of any category of course plenty... Anon-C Mar 2018 #27

You're way wrong. See post #14. brush Mar 2018 #44

I appreciate your post and I agree with your point about that dichotomy. Anon-C Mar 2018 #48

Boomer here pamdb Mar 2018 #29

This Peter Thiel associate is klook Mar 2018 #30

All you need to know about Bruce Gibney: The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #37

I think you have made an excellent point. apcalc Mar 2018 #79

Post rec, right on the money. appalachiablue Mar 2018 #91

I agree. Well said. n/t ms liberty Mar 2018 #108

The unholy Viet Nam War, Mme. Defarge Mar 2018 #34

A word from a reformed Gen-Xer patty_bateman Mar 2018 #46

Welcome to DU, Patty Skittles Mar 2018 #47

Wow! Anon-C Mar 2018 #52

First off, 48 isn't old. If you are thinking that way, then, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #58

This is one hell of a first post MustLoveBeagles Mar 2018 #59

Very good thought- dawg day Mar 2018 #61

Welcome aboard. Outstanding first post, to say the least. argyl Mar 2018 #77

Largely agree as a Gen-X'er myself Blue_Adept Mar 2018 #89

My father spent the last few years of his life in anxiety and anger... dawg day Mar 2018 #101

welcome to du gopiscrap Mar 2018 #90

I call BS. Lifelong Protester Mar 2018 #54

Uninterrupted prosperity? Maybe a bit of research would help? dawg day Mar 2018 #57

White millennials voted Trump, so Hassler Mar 2018 #62

right, and the reason younger generations are more liberal overall is because JI7 Mar 2018 #76

What an awful post!! Thekaspervote Mar 2018 #65

Sally Ride. Tom Waits, Neil deGrasse Tyson... dawg day Mar 2018 #71

Thank you! Thekaspervote Mar 2018 #80

Oh look... SHRED Mar 2018 #69

Another BS post to blame Boomers for the world's woes leftofcool Mar 2018 #82

Most baby boomers I know are working, thucythucy Mar 2018 #86

My friend, you're all over the place with this. You're not proving the point of your thesis. YOHABLO Mar 2018 #88

Fuck this shit. n/t alarimer Mar 2018 #93

This blog post dismantles the book DavidDvorkin Mar 2018 #94

I'm an early boomer - sure as hell wasn't like described. What we faced: Vietnam War progree Mar 2018 #95

Actually, unemployment hit 10.8 percent at the height of the Reagan recession. (eom) StevieM Mar 2018 #100

Yup, you're right, Nov - Dec 1982: 10.8%. Thanks. Graph: progree Mar 2018 #103

I graduated in 1980-- dawg day Mar 2018 #102

I thought the book was all over the place, some good, some bad agincourt Mar 2018 #99

Recalling this past election, it was the younger voters that failed to show up at the polls. Wwcd Mar 2018 #114

Interesting. Snackshack Mar 2018 #104

Weren't they the ones being drafted to go to Vietnam? treestar Mar 2018 #110

Thank you. MBS Mar 2018 #112

For about 200,000 years, each human generation blames the prior one LanternWaste Mar 2018 #115