Greatest Generation are Boomer parents.
Boomers (1946-1964)
Gen X (1965-1979)
Gen Y known as Millennials (1980-1994)
Gen Z (1995-2009)
Gen Alpha (2010-2024)
Looking at these age demographics, it becomes obvious who has done the worse to destroy American greatness, basic values, logical thinking/commonsense, and basic morality, not to mention expanded on the Boomers "if it feels good do it" with no concern for standards, meritocracy, and plain goodness.
Keep in mind the numbers above are just birth time frames. What those who were born in those eras did when they grew older or didn't do is their legacy.
I used to blame it on the Boomers (me) for the beginning of the American slide downward. After reading Robert Bork's book, "Sliding into Gomorrah" he makes the point that after WWII, the Greatest Generation were so obsessed with new opportunities/money/success that they let their Boommer kids run wild.
Think the '60's with the free sex, drugs, and rock n roll. That's when American morality really started go down and it's been heading toward that abyss exponentially with each generation. Tell me I'm wrong.
“the Greatest Generation were so obsessed with new opportunities/money/success that they let their Boomer kids run wild”.
Good comment—I grew up in a very materialistic suburb where everyone tried to “keep up with the Jones”.
As a kid I noticed these folks were not really happy—they were just busy busy busy—and I vowed never to live an adult life like that.
We live modestly—but appreciate everything we have—and compete with no-one.