Thanks. I generally agree with you.
I did not mean to single out baby boomers, and wondered why so many were reacting by defending baby boomers.
So I looked back and see my statement:
“His little walk down memory lane well illustrates the emptiness of the baby boomer lives and indicates one reason we are in this mess”
I see that this was too broad a statement that I didnt mean to imply all baby boomers, nor do I mean to imply only the baby boomers.
It crosses all generations and manifests itself similarly, but with different specifics, over time.
It’s the emptiness of pop culture that is too often clung to and serves as a replacement for traditional values and beliefs, mores and habits.
This author was looking back through rose colored glasses on the supposed greatness of the pop culture of the 60’s and the bands associated with it and I don’t buy it at all.
For most of us it was great time. My best summer ever was the summer of 1969. I was 17, getting ready to start college, had a good paying construction job and money in my pocket, and most importantly it was my last uncomplicated summer. I went off to college that fall met my late wife, fell in love for the first and all was wonderful with the world. So yes that music means a lot to me, and brings back floods of happy, exciting memories, none of which center on moral decay. Were we idealistic and think we could change the world, yep, shouldn’t all young people think that? Did some of the music reflect those belief, sure. But most of us grew up learned the hard lessons of the world and became more interested in getting by than creating that change. Reality has sobered the minds of many young dreamers. The problems we face today are more the product of liberals of all generations who refuse to live in reality and continue to be at best pollyanish and worst stupid, maleovent and dangerous.
As I’ve said for most of us there just wasn’t that much of the sex and drugs just the rock and roll. And I can tell you based on my 62+ years of experience most of us boomers our outlook on life and moral compass was derived from our parent’s values and the joy of growing up in secure, relatively happy two parent households, not lyrics from a song no matter how much we liked the song. Sadly many of us did not provide our own children with that safe, secure two parent home.