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“There are pros and cons. But the most damaging legacy left by BB will be the values and cultural shift we have been left with. Two income families, low birth rates in to pursuit of wealth, etc.”

It is very subjective to call one generation the greatest. And whenever you classify, you invite debate. I will admit a bias. My parents were part of the greatest generation. I know what they taught, I know the stories of their lives, and hold them in great esteem.
As for boomers, I have lived with the boomers all my life. My 2 older brothers are boomers, and drank the kool-aid. One drank so much that I can no longer relate to him. He’s a Democrat, and a greenie, and an idiot.

This is a very trivial example, but what the heck, I’ll run it out there. I watched The Caine Mutiny the not long ago. Not a bad movie, (I was in the Navy so it interested me). Anyway, they mutiny, and it seems very justified. The officers who put together the mutiny are tried. They win, (don’t mean to spoil it). Anyway, at the post trial party their lawyer shows up, drunk. He chews them out for ruining the career of a man who was a Naval Officer. The lawyer showed his disdain for not working with a man who had dedicated himself to the USN. That maybe they could have helped the captain.

Contrast that with A Few Good Men. Where Col. Jessup is broken down, and the lawyers are just about giddy. They were more than happy to ruin the man’s career.

Difference in societal attitudes I think. Thank you very little boomers.

To be clear, I don’t vilify the entire populace. Unfortunately, all we can do is generalize in this discussion. And when generalizing about the lion share of the subject generations, you have to look at the late 50’s, 60’s and early 70s’. This was when the BB were young and active. It is the biggest push for the “cultural change”.

Later, Late 70’s and 80’s this group started to change as Jimmy Carter was president and started to teach their children. Gen X-ers started to vote in the 80s. The 90s saw BB voting heavily as they got older. And here we are. The voting BB outnumber the rest of the voting population by a very healthy margin. And what is one of the biggest social issues today? How we can pay for old peoples health problems.

Again, many are just victims of circumstance in these generalizations. But it is hard to debate this subject in any other fashion.

I hope that Gen-X gets some credit for fighting terrorism, taxes, socialism, and the attack on Christianity and family values.

Only time will tell.