You and I are exact same year. I taught college for a while and thought when we elected Reagan a couple of times, we had come of age and would be all right.
But it was really Clinton that represented the boomers. And one day I was lecturing my class and made a remark, “Your parents should be the ones to tell you how it was back then.” It was something about “sex, drugs, and rock and roll.”
And they gave me these blank stares with one girl saying, “Our parents didn’t do that.” I knew her parents. I went to high school with them. I remember them bumping in the back row of the drive-in. It was my turn to blank stare.
And don't talk to me about bringing back the draft. The elites will continue to dodge the draft, just as they have since the War of Northern Aggression.
I use that tongue in cheek, out of respect for an old Army buddy who hails from Virginia. His roots go way back, all the way to Martha Dandridge, future wife of George Washington.
We were stationed together from 78-81, at C Battery 6/56 ADA at Hahn AB. Later, we moved to Battalion HQ at Spangdahlem AB. I never heard his wife speak English until our get together last year. Off base, we spoke German almost exclusively.