• Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Generational Warfare is bunk because "generations" are just another of our social constructs to make meaning of the world, but there is truth to the idea that there are commonalities in behavior and thought across an age group because of their shared experiences; and there can certainly be conflicts based on these perceived differences in thought and behavior.

    • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Boomers are a real demographic phenomenon, in that there was a baby boom. But otherwise, everything is as you describe.

    • dave297 [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah but it's mainly bullshit because it blames older people for stuff we should be blaming on capitalism

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Absolutely. A lot of boomers has been fucked over by capitalism as well. When my dad enrolled in university students were told that they could get a nice job in academia or teaching just by having a chat with their professor once they had finished their PhDs but when his time came here was next to nothing to find. The times he found some teaching jobs that wasn't just temporary positions the schools he worked at were shut down or were downsized by neoliberal austerity.

        All that fuckery has made him bitter and cartoonishly reactionary. Although he is smart enough to blame capitalists, politicians and bureaucrats are to blame he is also furious at Muslims, feminists, socialists, progressive liberals, LGBT people, doctors, rhythmic music, China, vaccines, 1968, computers, BLM, political correctness, etc. etc. — Basically everything that has changed since he was a kid in the 1950's.

          • SoyViking [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Yeah... A lot of hippie stuff happened that year that changed cultural norms. And that's bad. Despite him being part of it!

          • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            It was the year a lot of countries gained independence from their colonists, a turning point for the hippies, there was a revolution in france, MLK and JFK were assassinated.

            If any year can be used to explain the modern day, it's 1968

      • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        This point is predicated on debunking the concept of generations though, isn't it?

        Like if the foundational step isn't removing the generational perspective, then I could just follow your statement up with "Yeah, but old people are responsible for capitalism so I SHOULD be directly blaming them."

        You make a good point about that shifting of the blame, but I don't think it's correct to say that is the "main" source of the bullshit.