Posted on 12/14/2004 9:12:19 AM PST by qam1
"They claimed that we had no passion, values, or desire to fight for a cause and so they labeled us "X" as in nothing. How wrong they were."
Generation X is the next "Greatest Generation".
A LONG time ago I read a review of a book titled something like the Fourth Wave. About how there are 4 styles of generations and they just keep going in cycles. The greatest generation of WWII fame was very much like generation X. Very absorbed in themselves and their work until something great happened (Pearl Harbor) which turned their strong drives to a greater good.
The book was written before 9/11, and said the same of the Generation X'rs - very self centered and strong drive. But, if something big happened to unite them they would become the next "Greatest Generation".
Every time I hear a story of our brave young troops I think this theory is a good one!
(Not a generation X'r myself - just proud of them!)
This is a good analysis. During the last election cycle, I kept trying to communicate to the Boomers I know that 9-11 was a defining moment for the Gen X and Gen Y generations. But that generation is so locked into Vietnam and the 1960s as their defining moment that they seem to see everything through that lens.
Sounds like all the rebellion karma of the Boomers is coming around on them in spades. If that's the case, things are going in a good direction.
The Greatest Generation had to fix the world, looks like we'll have to as well, and make sure we raise kids who won't take a generation off like the Boomers did.
Dude, most of Gen X is in their 30's. I'm 36 and definitely an 'Xer'--divorced parents, skateboarder, videogamer, latchkey kid, Army vet and software system engineer....
I agree with the definition, because as an "early "X"er, my first "elected" President was Reagan, and the kids I went to school with were FAR more conservative than the class that graduated just two years before us.
Well, if the Gen-Y soldiers of the war in Iraq are any indication, they will be the best ever.
Proud Gen-Y Airman mom brag/OFF
I'm not sure who "They" are, and I don't believe the above description is necessarily a widely accepted definition of "Generation X" (some writer somewhere probably came up with it, and assumed that everyone would accept it at face value. Not so). As a "Baby Boomer" born in 1952, I applaud all of you Freepers who belong to Generation X. Keep up the good work!
While I can't speak for you, I will say that for a lot of us X'ers the answer is:
You took us to visit Grandma and Grandpa so we could learn something from responsible adults.
You took us to visit Grandma and Grandpa so we could learn something from responsible adults.
That goes double for those of us Gen-Xers who were raised by our "Greatest Generation" grandparents because our Baby Boomer mothers were so self-centered. (Unfortunately, she is now 52 years old and still not terribly stable or mature).
My Dad was a Korean War vet and Mommie was a baby boomer. She left to 'find herself' and I grew up with Pops.
He was a programmer and handgun enthusiast.
Rock on fellow Xer!
Is that what happened?
We officially took the helm this year?
Sweet. Things are about to become a whole lot different.
Viva!
The young ones are being tagged with
Generation 1.0
;)
Don't worry, bro. We're going to have to more than make up for it when Social Security fails...where DID the boomers put that key anyway?
I'm going to take a giant leap.
X-er's are in charge now...and 80% of the people want something done with our borders.
I would assume many of you would like to attend our little "party" in January.
Join us. Take charge, and end this garbage once and for all.
http://www.saveourstate.org
Kinda half kidding...
Not about saveourstate, but about the in charge thing. Cool to read something positive about GenX every now and then.
My mamma didn't raise no slacker.
This is pretty upbeat, however I expect lots of continued revolutionary fervor from Boomers and an ongoing demonstration of poor planning, hedonism and the like. It will get ugly as the largest mass of boomers start hitting real old age 15 years from now. The key will be to get younger generations to align with Xers not boomers. If that can be the case, the numbers just keep getting better and better. I dream of stopping Social Security over time. [BTW to any boomers reading this, the fact you are a Freeper means you are not part of the problem, unlike your nihilistic brethren .... ]
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