Which generation is more to blame for the political crisis in the US: Gen X or boomers?
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.
My two cents as a Gen Z American:
Boomers grew up during the Civil Rights/Vietnam War era. They were exposed to inequality and injustices and were more or less forced to take a side and self-reflect on their politics. So we now have a schism between left-wing boomers (many of whom are tankies, socialists, or progressive liberals) and right-wing boomers (most commonly war hawks who emphasize deference to authority above all else). Boomers, while most unite under a historically pro-US view of the world and they elected Reagan, are ideologically diverse. Their inability to fix their issues wasn't due to lack of vision but lack of unity.
Gen Xers grew up while the US engaged in imperialism but are significantly more united under a bipartisan technocrat neoliberal West Wing view of politics. They are not devoted to a cause as much as they are to reinforcing the legitimacy of US institutions and "reaching across the aisle" and having "tough conversations with those with whom we disagree" etc. Saul Alinsky said the degree to which a person cares about a political movement inversely correlates with the degree to which they care about the methods of that political movement. I think this epitomizes Gen Xers. They oppose BLM because there was some violence, they oppose Palestine student protesters for making too big of a fuss, etc. The average Gen Xer commemorates Charlie Kirk (who doesn't believe in the Civil Rights Acts) for the sake of "understanding both sides". And their understandings of the world are shaped entirely by multi-billion dollar news media conglomerates, which have been shown time and time again (in what's called the protest paradigm) to delegitimize activism and undermine US war crimes. Gen X is now reaping the benefits of the 90s/00s economy while being completely unable to acknowledge their kids will be worse off because of institutional issues and problems with neoliberalism that they were responsible for entrenching into our society after the boomers tested them out.
Which generation is more to blame for the political crisis in the US: Gen X or boomers?
I blame Gen X more. At least the boomers had some good apples, whereas Gen X seems uniformly out of touch. You'll see boomers at anti-ICE protests but rarely Gen Xers (outside of 1 hour festivals like No Kings) because Gen X deep down doesn't give a shit: they just don't like Trump because he represents a breach from their comfortable lives, or they like him because he represents a breach from those with uncomfortable lives, but as a whole Gen X will never come any place close to sacrifice to improve the system. They can only sympathize with what is presented as plausible by the news media. Sorry Gen Xers reading this but I blame your generation for how we got here.
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.
My two cents as a Gen Z American:
Boomers grew up during the Civil Rights/Vietnam War era. They were exposed to inequality and injustices and were more or less forced to take a side and self-reflect on their politics. So we now have a schism between left-wing boomers (many of whom are tankies, socialists, or progressive liberals) and right-wing boomers (most commonly war hawks who emphasize deference to authority above all else). Boomers, while most unite under a historically pro-US view of the world and they elected Reagan, are ideologically diverse. Their inability to fix their issues wasn't due to lack of vision but lack of unity.
Gen Xers grew up while the US engaged in imperialism but are significantly more united under a bipartisan technocrat neoliberal West Wing view of politics. They are not devoted to a cause as much as they are to reinforcing the legitimacy of US institutions and "reaching across the aisle" and having "tough conversations with those with whom we disagree" etc. Saul Alinsky said the degree to which a person cares about a political movement inversely correlates with the degree to which they care about the methods of that political movement. I think this epitomizes Gen Xers. They oppose BLM because there was some violence, they oppose Palestine student protesters for making too big of a fuss, etc. The average Gen Xer commemorates Charlie Kirk (who doesn't believe in the Civil Rights Acts) for the sake of "understanding both sides". And their understandings of the world are shaped entirely by multi-billion dollar news media conglomerates, which have been shown time and time again (in what's called the protest paradigm) to delegitimize activism and undermine US war crimes. Gen X is now reaping the benefits of the 90s/00s economy while being completely unable to acknowledge their kids will be worse off because of institutional issues and problems with neoliberalism that they were responsible for entrenching into our society after the boomers tested them out.
Which generation is more to blame for the political crisis in the US: Gen X or boomers?
I blame Gen X more. At least the boomers had some good apples, whereas Gen X seems uniformly out of touch. You'll see boomers at anti-ICE protests but rarely Gen Xers (outside of 1 hour festivals like No Kings) because Gen X deep down doesn't give a shit: they just don't like Trump because he represents a breach from their comfortable lives, or they like him because he represents a breach from those with uncomfortable lives, but as a whole Gen X will never come any place close to sacrifice to improve the system. They can only sympathize with what is presented as plausible by the news media. Sorry Gen Xers reading this but I blame your generation for how we got here.
Which generation is more to blame for the political crisis in the US: Gen X or boomers?
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.
My two cents as a Gen Z American:
Boomers grew up during the Civil Rights/Vietnam War era. They were exposed to inequality and injustices and were more or less forced to take a side and self-reflect on their politics. So we now have a schism between left-wing boomers (many of whom are tankies, socialists, or progressive liberals) and right-wing boomers (most commonly war hawks who emphasize deference to authority above all else). Boomers, while most unite under a historically pro-US view of the world and they elected Reagan, are ideologically diverse. Their inability to fix their issues wasn't due to lack of vision but lack of unity.
Gen Xers grew up while the US engaged in imperialism but are significantly more united under a bipartisan technocrat neoliberal West Wing view of politics. They are not devoted to a cause as much as they are to reinforcing the legitimacy of US institutions and "reaching across the aisle" and having "tough conversations with those with whom we disagree" etc. Saul Alinsky said the degree to which a person cares about a political movement inversely correlates with the degree to which they care about the methods of that political movement. I think this epitomizes Gen Xers. They oppose BLM because there was some violence, they oppose Palestine student protesters for making too big of a fuss, etc. The average Gen Xer commemorates Charlie Kirk (who doesn't believe in the Civil Rights Acts) for the sake of "understanding both sides". And their understandings of the world are shaped entirely by multi-billion dollar news media conglomerates, which have been shown time and time again (in what's called the protest paradigm) to delegitimize activism and undermine US war crimes. Gen X is now reaping the benefits of the 90s/00s economy while being completely unable to acknowledge their kids will be worse off because of institutional issues and problems with neoliberalism that they were responsible for entrenching into our society after the boomers tested them out.
Which generation is more to blame for the political crisis in the US: Gen X or boomers?
I blame Gen X more. At least the boomers had some good apples, whereas Gen X seems uniformly out of touch. You'll see boomers at anti-ICE protests but rarely Gen Xers (outside of 1 hour festivals like No Kings) because Gen X deep down doesn't give a shit: they just don't like Trump because he represents a breach from their comfortable lives, or they like him because he represents a breach from those with uncomfortable lives, but as a whole Gen X will never come any place close to sacrifice to improve the system. They can only sympathize with what is presented as plausible by the news media. Sorry Gen Xers reading this but I blame your generation for how we got here.
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