Major truth! I am a boomer and will admit that you are right. I really miss the 1980s which extended into 1995, *until* Windows 95 and the internet got geared up. The 1980s music and culture was the best in so many ways. No gay marriage and zero trans BS. Obviously.
Windows 95 was huge advance in popular use of computers. People lined up on opening day, outside computer stores. Win 95 needed only 8-16-32megabytes of memory.
Yes tuition and houses were very cheap compared to today
____”The deal your parents’ generation got was the best ever.”____
True but American factories were humming and we ran a trade surplus. Key is that we were a producer nation, not *just* a consumer nation. We manufactured what we used.
BTW, I remember the 1980s and I tend to agree with you. The country was much healthier and happier. We had a sense of humor. Political Correctness did not really start until the early 90s.
I don’t understand why a lot of Millenials want to blame Boomers because things aren’t as good for them today....as if this was some kind of evil plot by the whole generation to screw them over. Just as I don’t understand why some Boomers take the obvious facts that economic conditions really were a lot better for them as some kind of affront....as if you were saying they never had to work hard or never had to struggle for anything. No. Nobody with a brain thinks that. But by numerous objective measures, yes, things were a lot better for them. If you were 25 or 30 in 1980, you had a better path to buying a home and building up money and you probably weren’t saddled with high student loan debts. That’s all. Of course you still had to work and not be stupid with money.
But then the Boomers unionized the factories, slow-walked the production, would strike for insane wages, negotiate for unsustainable retirement, and then proceed to purchase cheaper goods manufactured overseas. I think the latest generation to enter the labor force would LOVE to have stable production work and would support domestic manufacturing with patronage. "Patronizing" seems to be concept with a lot of currency, these days.