Pretty interesting, but inccurate. I think the writer is just self-justifying her generation. Baby Boomers are currently the most materialistic generation the world has ever seen. America is not essentially a giant shopping mall monoculture without that generation solely driving it. Attributing materialism to Gen-X (or even Millennials) who can't even participate to the full extent that the Baby Boomers did, rings hollow. I'll entertain that maybe Gen-X suffer from Baby Boomer envy as a result of dramatically less opportunity, but Millennials realized the futility of their position altogether and became what the Baby Boomers must deludedly think themselves are. For the record, I have much more in common with Millennial thinking than Baby Boomers or whatever passes for Gen-X and I attribute that due to growing up completely infused with PC and Internet technology (as a very early adopter) which the latter two generations did not en masse. The anarchy and freedom of creative self-expression just makes you much, much more liberal and open minded. By way of example, I would get along best with PS on here than anyone else.curlew wrote:why-gen-x-doesnt-get-millennialsor-boomers
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/go ... or-boomers
That would be very provocative if actually true, but I doubt that is accurate either. For one thing, Baby Boomers breeded Gen-X, not the Millennials. Gen-X breeded the Millennials. So if the writer got that basic data incorrect... But there may be overlap between the Boomers and Gen-X for Millennials just as there was between Swing and Boomers for Gen-X.Millennials don't distrust authorities, as we did. Maybe that’s because the Boomers are now the authorities, and we’ve worked hard to keep their trust.
BTW, Millennials were generally born from 1980 to 2000. The oldest is now 36 year old. All the kids and teeny boppers you see nowadays are Gen Z.