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Born in the sixties ain’t Gen X, IMHO.
As a Gen-Xer myself (1971), it pains me to say this, but:
The whole thing is predicated on the assumption that Gen-X somehow manages to briefly shoe-horn themselves between the Baby-Boomers, who utterly REFUSE to let go, and the up and coming Gen-Y snowflakes, who were raised to have ten times the self-confidence of the average Gen-Xer, (whether or not that self-confidence is warranted)
For the most part, the proverbial brass ring is being passed over Gen-X’s head, and directly from the Boomers to Gen-Y.
I agree with the opinion that there was a gap between the baby boomers and generation x. From about 1958 to 1964, technically the tail end of the baby boomers, missed out on what they boomers got, but had to suffer the fallout from the disaster they and society, adjusting to them, had wrought.
They were too young to experience the sexual revolution, the Civil Rights movement, were kids when there were Hippies, were too young for Vietnam and Watergate. The first presidents to impact them were Ford and that loser Carter. Their first “good” president was Reagan.
They were even mostly removed from the tackiness of the “polyester seventies”, disco and that rot. They built up a lot of resentment of the boomers and their attitude of superiority, entitlement, vanity and greed.
So they got along a lot more with generation X’ers, who shared a lot of this cultural poverty.
I thought it was a boring and inconclusive article.. not worth the read.
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