Posted on 11/22/2023 8:31:02 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
They were contemplative and even optimistic, despite real fears and frustrations. Despite these amazing accomplishments, when asked, they could not name the person Washington DC was named after, nor name who painted Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
Elvis Presley, Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharpe, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Gordon Lightfoot, Jimmy Buffett, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, The Moody Blues, The Guess Who, Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Steppenwolf, Jimi Hendrix, CCR, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, the Isley Brothers, Ray Charles and the Blues Brothers
There are almost zero boomers in that list, Jimmy Buffet and the Blues Brothers, Steppenwolf had one, The Guess Who, Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears, had one or two, that is about it.
Gen Z. The neo khmer rouge. Year Zero. Kill as many as you can to achieve it.
Thank you!
So, that would make them members of “The Greatest (WWII) Generation. That’s fine too. So the Zero Gs are right. We baby boomers, of which I am one, really do suck.
It would make them members of the Audie Murphy, Jane Fonda, Joe Biden, and The Beatles/Rolling Stones/Jimi Hendrix 1960s generation.
They are called the “Silent Generation”.
There isn’t a WWII generation or a “Greatest Generation”.
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