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The Greatest Generation wanted to spare their children, the Baby Boomers, from the misery and sacrifices of their own childhood and young adulthood during the Great Depression. What they failed to realize was that that misery and those sacrifices were what made them "great" and by sparing their children those things, they turned them into eternal children who don't know how to be like their parents.

[doberville]

You pretty well nailed it!

[GOP_1900AD]

Yep, I agree. Whereas, those of us who came of age during the massive cleanup after Stagflation and malaise, experienced the Great Depression in miniature. We stuggled to get jobs when we finished college and had to put up with crummy careers for our first 10 years of worklife. People made fun of us calling us slackers. But actually, we worked much harder than our older coworkers. We were passed over for promotions and raises, while those older than us fought over the pie. We really did have a glass cieling. Now, at long last, the log jam above us is starting to break up. Patience is a virtue.