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PoindexterOglethorpe

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

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 11:33 PM

Mar 2018

OH, DEAR.

Secondly, I'm a Boomer. From about 1994 to 2005 I took classes at my local community college, and nearly all of my classmates were GenXers. It didn't take very long to get an enormous respect for them individually and as a group. It was blindingly obvious that they worked hard for not much money or benefits and were essentially being crapped on by everyone. I was horrified.

If you get a chance, read the book Generations by William Strauss and Neil Howe. As a GenXer, you will probably find their description of your generation's future to be more than depressing, but it should still be enlightening.

And while generational descriptions can be useful, it's beyond stupid to use them to divide us.

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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