I was raised by my grandparents and Im old fashioned in many ways, especially for being a techy, but their generation would not have sat round waiting for the system to pay them homage. They were loud and proud and politicians knew their place then, by and large. Recent generations are given to acquiescence to a degree and of a type that you cant call American, really. This is the generation that let the New Deal happen, re-elected the over-powerful court-packing FDR 3 times, etc.
Huh.
Oh, OK, I see your point, the louses.