Dear Millennials: I'm sorry we didn't stop them

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61. It wasn't just young Republicans siding with Reagan.

I'm a tail-end boomer and watched as lots of us (boomers) voted for Reagan. TWICE.

Sure, boomers protested the war, race inequality etc. That was in the 60's. By the 80's, the war was over and greed was good. A lot of boomers became Reagan Democrats. Hippies became yuppies.

GenXers and Millennials did protest. The Battle of Seattle, Occupy Wall Street, and so on wasn't just against the right and Reagonomics. It was also in response to the effects of Neoliberalism, The DLC, etc.
Then there was the Anti-Nuke marches, the march for Women’s lives, the Million Man March, The Million Woman March, AIDS Protests at the NIH, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, etc.

Of course, things have changed. I have Millennial children. Interestingly, they don't engage in the "protest tradition" of our generation. As this article states, "showing up” for a cause often doesn’t mean showing up in person.

https://www.ypulse.com/article/2020/07/14/this-is-how-gen-z-millennials-have-changed-activism/