Who Created The Baby Boomer Generation And Why 

the good old days when people used their brains and then the lazy boomers changed all of that.

@@maxzorin2658 yeah, the previous generations treated them with respect and they still take it for granted.

asily

Radium ure correct greedy capitalist boomers are holding workers hostage! With their temp agencies and legislation that has all but eliminated on the job training! We lost a lot culturally, when u could no longer walk in off the street to claim an entry level job! And government has not provided the worker much in the way of job training programs! And this is why today we have a very angry society!

@@oldfogey3272 that is correct and your comment should be at the top of the list. The 60s era boomers are the ones that want everyone to be under the spell of communism and dependent on the government.

That's literally what happened to my entire family.

The greatest generation of WHOOP ASS

I'm the littlest boomer born in 64. My parents were also boomers though from what they sometimes call the first cohort. Lol. They were not the norm for parents no doubt.

@Bang - A good, and sad, point.

Me and my sister's got beat with a strap on a daily basis and we were always brainwashed into believing it was for our own good and it was for our own good we were smacked 20 to 30 times a day and whipped with a belt everyday by both of our parents!!! And so it most of the kids in our neighborhood! Me my brother and 4 sisters back in 50's and very early 60'S and absolutely no one to tell! If you were stupid enough to tell the police they would tell your parents and they would say you need to discipline your children! And that would cost you a big bad whipping! My neighbors parents and my parent's molested their children on a daily basis and every kid back then thought it was normal! And were always trained to please mommy and daddy! My late father molested all of my sister's from the time they were about 6 to grown up!! No one ever said a thing! Neighbors next door to us in Levittown p.a. had 8 girls and no boys all born from 1950 to early 60'S and all were molested and whipped just like us! And not one of us ending up in jail like the generation after us! But we all have to hear about how bad we are..

OK Boomer.

same.

Same

Yeah he’s got some good shit

He’s fair and honest, which is hard to find.

That’s a good one !!

That's so cute.

Back in the old days you could work for room and board, thus giving you the experience necessary for jobs, and without emptying your bank account with an "unpaid internship"

You think we didn’t run into the same problems? That’s always been the conundrum. You need experience to get a job and you need a job to get experience. That never changes.

Radium: WTF? Are you serious? Do you really think it was any different for boomers. The education or experience requirement is as old as dust. Baby boomers experienced as much as any group. But then you could get a fast food or other industry job that doesn't require degree or experience. Then you can bitch about being paid minimum wage.

@@jamesdavis5729 bullshit. I have a baby-boomer parent from 1947 and another pre-boomer from 1940 that grew up through that era. I know how they lived, kid.

@@josephw2905 correct sir

My mother was and is a narcissist (and is of the earlier part of the Boomer generation, as Mr. Hoffman spoke of), and I'm still piecing together my confidence and even my identity, to a degree. But I must give credit to her in teaching me self-sufficiency in the domestic sphere. As my wife and I are on disability, with one of our kids having special needs, this skills have been invaluable, and I won't begrudge her that distinction.

Spoil them with love not with stuff.

Did you watch the video 1st? lol

I would say that's accurate, I have an aunt who can fend for her self in poor situations as she grew up in but when she gained money she became a spoilt narcissist, more like to teach them how to handle different degrees of wealth ..?

Very well said, Tom. you know your stuff!

Thank you for your observations.

You are wise for your age. I thank you for your thoughts. We all need to solve these problems. I want only the best for every generation that came after mine. I have a teenage son and cringe at the thought of the polluted, economically damaged world. I'm sick of war and don't want anyone to experience the pain of war. I was in the Cold War and many of us silently did our service for the nation. After 41 operations and knowing Troopers who were killed while in service and never were recognized by the Department of Defense for their contributions. People actually died and I heard many land mines going off on the Iron Curtain. Sometimes it was an unlucky rabbit or animal. Other times it was an escape attempt. Those were less often than the animals setting them off. Sometimes you never knew and often wondered if somebody died trying to cross the border to freedom. I am sad that we are always as a country feeding the Military Industrial Complex and nothing but continued war. May the best opportunities happen to the youth. I may be a 2nd Gen Boomer but I think most youngsters wouldn't consider me as a bad person. Good luck. I'm doing whatever I can to see the younger generations get a fair shake. You don't deserve a messed up world.

I Like That....Humanity Is A Team Effort. It'd be great on a Tee with appropriate pics! Born in '54

Some people have always noted what A Paradise Our Earth could be... IF ONLY!!!

I’m 22 and was raised by my grandparents born in the mid 40s so I definitely understand the cynicism of our generation and the one before. Hard work simply doesn’t mean as much as it did then...you can work 7 days a week and still not have a stable place to live. There’s a huge disconnect.

Gen Y don't mind being unnoticed or forgotten - we just want this crap fixed.

Can't think about one bad thing about gen x, must be because of that! I actually know lots of gen x... All cool people 😲

they are two biggest generations , our parents were boomers , we know them best

Most Gen X myself included, expected to get screwed over.

Jade Marie jade Marie..another racist moron hating white people for being white.

Thank you very much Nicole for understanding the millenial generation I am one myself and trying really hard to go to school and earn a degree so I can get good paying job in a education field so my husband and I can support our three small children. My husband right now is working at a job that pays three dollars above minimum wage and is the only income coming in. We try to apply for govt assistances but keep having issues with dpss. I'm even selling items online on, poshmark, ebay, etsy, etc. To make a little extra income the problem is it's a waiting game and is not a consistent stable income. But we keep on keeping in for our family. But we get looks from other people who don't understand out situation or they start gossiping because they're judgemental and critical and make presumption of a situation they dont know about. I would give anything for someone to give advice compassionately and not in a patronizing way. I would be so open to listen to any one whose willing to share their wisdom and experience.

@Nicola Kruger........THIS!!!! 👍 🥇 You hit the nail right on the head!!! Well said!

Nicola Kruger - Yes dear SOCIETY did that not Baby Boomers . The government is a slave mindset that have everything and yet want only more $$$ just look where all the money goe$ to them for MORE AND MORE ELECTIONS WITH THE PRICE TO BE ELECTED GOING UP AND UP AND EVERYDAY ASKING and getting it ! Do not blame any hurting of the American Peoples , because the treasuries are with them who make the laws . Young people is offered the same thing as all the other BABY BOOMERS had to do and that is GO TO THE MILITARY ? When you see Baby Boomers ownership of a house it is because “ They paid their dues Serving this country...because everyone cannot be a preppy , sorority high gloss uniform wearing elite who drive cars that cost more then some ECONOMIE$ . No one ever said : Life was fair and reason that is so because it is not and NEVER will be . $10, 000 was a lot of money in the Baby Boomer time and 10 Grand is a lot now for a decent start and a crack at something good . But instead SQUANDERING is the true culprit alcohol and drug u$eage PARTYING , Restaurants full eating out Everyday. I am a Baby Boomer and we were fortunate if there was food at home to eat in a house that never measured up to anything called a Decent . Still same struggles as a Senior , will never own a home and have to PRAY for a apartment in YEAR TWENTY NINETEEN . My mother always said : it is NOT the world that is bad just the evil people in it

Exact same fam. I'm gen x too we're the forgotten generation.

Nicola Kruger listen to Gary Vaynerchuck and really learn about your generation.

Just ask Donald trump

I'm hopeful my life span won't be 100. Rusty Toyota... Believe me when I say alot of us really want it over. Ya know! No pain and meds. Alot of us never thought we'd live this long frankly! We discuss it and laugh. The best to you in life!🌼🌼🌼

OK Boomer.

No! You’re not the only one. I was born in 1961 in Outback Australia so I’m strictly not a boomer but I agree with you. I had to work hard and study pretty hard. my first job paid A$45 for 60 hours a week and a shit ton of abuse to go with it. Thats crap money but it paid off in the long run. Ive been in the same field (TV electronics and production) and still am now. The ‘hard’ life we had back then made us get staying power for later on. That being said, my two sons work hard and don’t complain. Unfortunately, The world is not as nice anymore and I feel sorry for them.

@@7superdaimajin did you really have to be that mean?

1957 here, too. We moved a lot and I was in 5 schools by 5th grade, because our fam had to follow my dad's job and he kept getting transferred. We were OK but certainly not "well off". I started working at 14 for $0.60/hour and I've been working ever since, including while putting myself through university in the early 1980s while standing up for myself as a female. I agree with the whole "Leave it to Beaver" stuff. I watched it on TV but never felt connected to that AT ALL, or to any of those stupid films we had to watch in school.

I'm with you. I was born in the 50's, came out to CA for Wisconsin to be with my Grandparents; they owned a chicken ranch; that's where I started work at 6 yrs old. My Dad was a biology teacher and Mom stayed home. We livered in a thousand sq/ft house; two parents, six kids, dog, cat and bird. Never a new bike from Santa. Payed my own way through college and it wasn't free! Not a hippie or jock, or good student. With that I became a strong person!

Hmm, sounds like every other generation that came after.

would you say that all of them are ?

What issues? I'm a boomer and I think you have us confused with the MTV generation. Our generation wasn't given anything,l. Hell, we got an allowance if we did our chores. What generation are you from? The JETSONS? Google Baby Boomers and get back with me.

How many degrees & how much debt did it take for you and your generation to be middle class?

I don't know where you to say overindulged.-from .Because we all wore hand me down It wasn't till I was 13 that thing start to get better for all of us.

Agreed ❤

But do you want to be limited to them? I sure as hell didn't, and it was a total uphill battle for women to establish themselves in anything else. Read sometime about what women like Ruth Bader Ginsberg had to put up with in law school. At least they let her IN to law school, which was rare.

​@@JOHN----DOETo bad they didn't make not working illegal for everyone.

We're stronger if we push the Boomers off a cliff.

VIVA LA REVOLUTION

7superdaimjin - Wow, what an amazing coincidence, that's just what us Boomers used to say about our previous generation. Not really, it's just how every generation thinks about the previous one.

@@7superdaimajin We all get a turn being the generation at the edge of the cliff eventually. It always happens, and you'd do well not to advocate setting a precedent that obligates your own future demise.

Jerold McCarty I was born in 1963, although I probably could have gone to college by taking on debt through a student loan, I chose to join the military instead. I acquired my career through my military training. My parents were part of the so-called greatest generation. I played few sports in high school because I had a job, one that started the summer after 8th grade and continued through high school. The job was a necessity because I wanted transportation other than a bicycle.

You cool. Blessings 🙏🏽

Lady Heart Were your parents hippies, dude?😕

The X Generation was born on January 1, 1965 in the earliest time zone in America. January 1, 1963, in the earliest time zone in Europe.

@@wildflowers5555 judging by your commentary and it's assumptive simplicity, I am guessing you fall into the failures category?

smartest comment to this point.

Ceil Constante thank you.

Yes, indeed. I believe Mr. Hoffman's documentaries compliment what I learned from my Boomer parents, my Silent Era in-laws, and my Depression Era grandparents. I also agree that each generation has been subject to social engineering. Of course, I have been asking questions as to why it was done, and to wonder who were those doing such. Generation Xer here, born 1974. My wife was born 1969.

@@jaklumen I am delighted that you recognize the social engineering. Recognition of danger is a sign of moral courage.

@@diligenceintegrity2308 thank you. I work hard to keep a level head about it, as my curiosity has led me down some rabbit holes leading to a warren of conspiracy theories. At the end of the day, however, my interest is personal, as I'm also unraveling generations of narcissism and dirty family secrets that threaten to tarnish legacies (and that includes family that made it to Wikipedia). I want to be aware of anyone that would twist control of my life, even stealing it, for their power and gain.

I love it. I'm a Boomer, born in 49 who never, ever would think of smoking anything. Lol, now my millenial son, 36, and his girlfriend make me "special" cookies...that make me feel "special". Going to ask him how, so I can make them too!!

@@laea19 i know a boomer born same year as you. They did every drug available and a whole lot of bed hopping

Radium Clock, your points are well made. There were indeed major differences in the mindsets of boomers born in earlier and later eras. I had a bit of a time relating to both boomers born in the 40s and very early 50s (and the Silent ones born during the war). These were those who began the hippie craze and war protesting as they came of age in the 60s. And, just as important, most of those protesters were in college, unlike the majority of young adults I grew up around in my solidly working-class city neighborhood. Most of our young men actually were drafted in that war and either believed in it or had no way to get out of it, so they went. I went to college in the 70s when I came of age, like other kids I knew who were getting that opportunity, as working-class kids in the 60s did not. Things were a lot harder for our cohort. As the 80s came along, good jobs were far more competitive and houses were getting much more expensive. We did not have the same experiences as those who came of age in the 60s.

@@sassy0010 Thank you for your comment. In my opinion, your comments should be at the top of this thread. It's the perfect comparison.

@@RADIUMGLASS Thank you. You made excellent observations, and these videos are awesome for anyone of any generation who wants to learn.

The second wave of boomers is known by sociologists as "Generation Jones"

the 60s gen boomers rolled around in mud at Woodstock that other people would pee and shit in. even into old age they can't wipe properly and hate anything that has to do with cleanliness. they like dirt garbage and everything that is considered bad and are teaching GenZ this. They brought drugs into the next gens but blame the next gens for everything.

Debra Sheppard Great Comment!

Well said Debra. I also grew up in the "suburbs" of Chicago (NW Indiana- steel mill country). It's nice to read of others who share my perspective. Thanks for sharing your views.

The misconception that the next generation has been ordained(duty!) to achieve more than the previous has led to a very 'disenfranchised ' younger workforce. The manufacturing might of America gave a multitude of high schoolers a foot on the first rung of the ladder to achievement. With outsourcing, excessive military expending and the lack of social safety nets has given rise to overall dissatisfaction. Money spent on guns, bullets and 'foreign aid' should be directed towards deserving home based causes instead. As an immigrant to the USA, from the UK, the level of crass consumerism is unsettling to witness.

Who the * yuck cares why the BOOMERS did what they did to everyone!!! They still did it and ARE totally responsible for their actions, even in their old age. Nothing has changed. Simply put, they are all abusive and greedy animals that will be gone soon. They will not be missed for one millisecond, not one of them.

Wait, what, personal responsibility? You are definitely a Gen-Xer. Too bad we belong to the lost generation.

Wow ditto to a T

My dad and mom were born 1947 and 1948. I am a gen x. I hear alot of gen x were abused severely by their boomer parents. Mine was bad enough that my brother huffed gasoline one day at age 18 and crashed a 2 ton truck and died(same brother that abused me). My moms response "when you told ME what he did I was devastated" umm yes thanks for making about YOU mom. Oh and I'm pretty sure my mom knew her golden child was doing what he was doing. Also golden child scapegoat dynamics are abusive to say the least. Seems many boomers are like this. My dads mom didnt go to ANY of her children's weddings. Why? Because she was a sociopathic narcissist. And thus created that in her spawn. And l say spawn because some of the shit that my boomer parents spew out of there pie holes was horrid. They were controlling and obtrusive. My mother was so narcissistic she was in competition with me. I say was .... because I dumped my parents. They were not capable of love. Yes they fed and clothed me but that's not love... that's required maintenance..... which they think I owe them for. It sad really. But do I hate ALL boomers? Nope. Got a few at work and I love them all. Especially one i closely work with. Thought he was kind of bossy at first but when i got to know him i found we had alot in common.... however he is 66. So that means he was born 1954. So i wonder if the earlier boomer gen was more the problem .... idk but it seems they have some real issues. One subscriber commented a gen will hate the one before and after but I really just despise alot of those boomers

@MissGuided Me no. The problem was that is was all about THEM when it should have been mostly about the kids. They were too selfish to nurture. What happens when you dont care for say a house plant? You dont give it the love it needs to thrive? It dies or doesnt thrive. Same happens with people and sometimes we also die or are completely disabled in life. Being a nurturing caring parent means you have to be selfless and my own mother treated me as though I was competition. Never actually nurtured me or built me up. Therefore making it very hard to be a successful person. I have to work 100 x harder than those that had parents who were not sociopathic weirdos. Just saying. Of course I need to move on and FIX all that but the point is I should never of been put into the position to have to. Point blank.

@MissGuided Me also educate yourself of narcissistic parenting before you blame the victim. Harsh.

John Newman Best comment so far. A person only knows what they know. You do the very best you can with the tools you have. So did my parents with their 6 children!

The boomers and their parents families are examples of what didn't work then? That's quite a bittersweet pill, considering how even if we know what might be a better way of forming families, the economic conditions makes it harder than ever to put it into practice.

SpeedStriker The marriage and monogamy part worked, but none of that matters if the parents are not around to raise the children.

Joseph Logsdon, Yes, the women left the home.....as do so many to this day. The Bible says in Titus 2:3-5 KJB....that godly women are “ keepers at home”, she takes care of the home and all those that are in her care. A godly man is to go out and work with his hands, 1Thess.4:11 KJB, he’s the provider, 1Tim.5:8 KJB.

These religious-based beliefs are frightening. It's 2019, people.

Joseph Logsdon 100% spot on!!!👍👍👍

Et voilà.

That's what my generation needs.

lol

Exactly. The image of the 60s baby boomers as hippies doesn't cover even half boomers. Those who were teenager ain't the 70s had a much more nihilistic view of life. The hippie dream was over and Punks were the replacement subculture.

There's two Boomer groups. The second group: Boomers II, aka, Generation Jones, is the set born between 1955-1964. They weren't old enough to be drafted into Vietnam. Big difference in sensibilities.

I mean, idk if there’s really a huge difference. Boomers born in 1946 would been 23 in 1969. You wanna believe there weren’t very many 23 year olds at Woodstock? Lol they like to believe they were better than younger boomers but were they? My parents are later boomers and went to high school in the 70s, and I know that time is known for being full of drugs but was it that different?

@@matthewgallant3622 I may have smoked pot with your parents!! LOL, I graduated in 1976 and was 11 when Woodstock went on and I don't even remember if I knew about it at the time or not, probably not, as I was more interested in sports. It's like having older siblings, you're not really interested in what they're doing, because you're doing your own thing. You may be interested in some of what they're doing, but you're still gonna have your own friends and ways of doing things differently. Not having to grow up under the specter of war and threat of being drafted made a huge difference in the way we thought and acted. We became spoiled brats! High-minded in a mindless way. P.J. O'Rourke (b. 1947) wrote a hilarious book called, The Baby Boom, How it Got That Way and It Wasn't My Fault And I'll Never Do It Again. Tells you all you need to know. I highly recommend it.

same here.

@@contactjoy4140 never thought of that! No, I wasn't bored, especially when I discovered awesome new folk music. Actually, my mom is pretty cool. It was mostly my dad who was scandalized when I chose folk over classical.

Hi Maz! Good to see you here.

@@sallyduros Well I'll be darned! Hi Sally!

Sadly it wasn't all Peace and Love, the guys who were "Hippies" used girls a lot, got them Pregnant then left them didn't want to take responsibility leaving the women as single mothers and they could barely feed themselves cos all they had was Food Stamps, the guys said things like "Just go with it... it's part of the whole Hippie Process", you can guess the girls eventually returned back to their parents, it's why it was such a good breeding ground for Cults too cos people put themselves in such a naive, degrading and vulnerable position especially the girls. Good taste in music though i LOVE Slav music as well as Celtic :) it's defo super spiritual and powerful music.

Gen X was called "latch key" kids. They had to fend for themselves with so many working and single moms.

Tell the CIA, that, Eva. They are behind this campaign of boomer hate.

My mom's eldest sister is a Gen X and she is workaholic and I love her but sometimes I feel like she doesn't love me. My parents are late Gen X/ early millennial born in '84 & '85. I'm a Gen Z born in 2002. My generation we're so scared of growing up because we feel like we're going to have to deal with a lot of financial stress, working a 9-5 job, feeling like we're not good enough, older generations see us as dumb kids who only play video games, social media, selfish and yeah I guess, but we also think about life and the future. I feel stressed and scared but I'm also hopeful about the future I hope that things will be good.

Sarita Moon, How refreshing to find your objective and solution based response! (:

Indeed

I'm from gen z it's quite clear we need guidance we need God

I'm a Boomer who couldn't afford to buy my first house until I was 62 at the bottom of the housing collapse. I had 2 bachelors degrees and an MBA. My high school dropout parents, who weren't very bright and who were alcoholics by age 40, bought their first house at 26/27 years of age. Oh... and, in 1964, after reading Erlich's "Population Bomb," I knew I couldn't morally bring a kid onto an already overpopulated planet who would experience what you are now. I just couldn't be that selfish. Sorry that your Boomer dad didn't see it that way. Good luck!

​@@kinky_Zmalthusian psychopaths run the world

I was born in 1946. We weren't military, but we moved house often, usually because my father was looking for another job. We had plenty of lean times but I learned quite a bit about survival from it. We didn't have anything to do with Little League or the PTA or any of that stuff. You don't end up socializing and joining things when you're moving all the time.

The bottom line of the Baby boom is the trillions of dollars entering the nation with the boomers' passing.

Agreed!

@@servico100 And where are those trillions coming from? SOME Boomers are very well off, but most depend on Social Security (about $12K a year after Medicare B and D.) And we PAID FAR MORE in Social Security than we will get, because there never was a lock box for our SS taxes. Had the money been invested in infrastructure, education, an environmental repair, the US would be healthier and wealthier. Instead, the "SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND" money was spent on one war after another, all for the profit if the 1%

@@christal2641 There is indeed a wealth inequality in America. Yes, some of the baby boomers are homeless and SS is not enough to live and too much to die on. There are many in the 55 to 75 age bracket that has wealth streams from several sources. Some of the cohort inherited the accumulated wealth of their frugal parents and grandparents. In many cases, this was only real estate consisting of a home or in some cases a farm property. Without a doubt some squandered the windfall, others chose to husband it for their children. The baby boom generation also became better educated than their parents. Their parents may have finished high school and in some cases used the GI bill after WW2. They recognized that education was the ticket and provided the resources to educate their children. Fact is that a degree will make you more employable if only because it means you can be trained. A starter home in Levittown Long Island in 1948 cost $7000. the average price today is $400k. My parents inherited my grandparents' farm that they used as a summer home and a place to hunt. When my father retired they bought a retirement home in a central Florida condominium located on a lake and rented the Long Island home out. They were not unique. Florida is “heaven's waiting room” filled with people who are not what anyone would call wealthy. They have worked and saved to provide for their retirement. I now have my parents property, in addition to my own. My kids will inherit our estate most of it will be real estate. Considering there are at least 60 million baby boomers and many will have a gross worth of much more than myself. That is where it is coming from.

Same I really think every generation is smarter than the one who came before. Gen Z is gonna take us places, I hope I get to live to see what they can do

The Flying Dutchman yes but we agree in a lot of the same things aswell and agree in a lot of the issues we face it’s just the solution we disagree on which is the same with every generation

I'm a boomer trapped in a millennial body with a gen x heart. Where the hell do I fit in?

YES YES YES. I cried when I read your comment. I agree. Im a millenial. I have a Gen Z son. Hes uber special and I see some much hope and uniquness in his generation. I couldnt agree with you more. I stand alongside Gen Z with care.

Millennials had a front row at what happened during the early 00s. There was a generation who had a front row seat at of WW2 and they are the silent generation. Boomers had a front row seat of the cold war and later participated in it. Just seeing it doesn't mean anything.

@Jade Marie Did you watch the same video I did? They're undeniably bigoted and ignorant.

That's what I was thinking! Everything they were hating on sounded like positive changes to me lol

@@erynlasgalen1949 What are you talking about? Yes. Boomers were and plenty still are bigoted AND prejudice. Are you happy? All of the 'oh they're older and set in their ways/they're from a different time' sayings and excuses exist for a reason. And you're right that does seem to have gone out of fashion, hasn't it? It's sad. I'd doesn't have to be TECHNICALLY synonymous but it's almost always related and people know what it means in my usage.

Masked Agent Boomer here that worked 3 jobs to make it. I was deserted by my mom at 16, my dad had died when I was 14. Maybe we all aren’t the same, quit grouping us into one group.

@@JCcreates927 the funny thing is that the "ok boomer" children chinwagging their mouths out to older generations and downplaying their existence, inevitably makes them just as bad. We can except fucking artificial dog humans that bark and are too awkward to function but yet can't except something that ended so long ago. We are far more spoiled then the 1950s generation, we have a database of unnecessary and necessary knowledge all on one device and sources to cry to if we have a big boy bad day and bitch about it on the media until all the media finally makes him commit suicide from all the hate. Sure colleges are far more expensive but that isn't because of the babe boomer generation, there were literally 2 generations after them; im sure they contributed in someway. These kids saying ok boomer don't understand much except what the media talks shit about and honestly when they say it in public, all I can think is "oh my gosh is this a sitcom? stop embarrassing yourself..."

I think life back then was less stressful, optimistic, financially stronger and happier. I believed life was only going to advance and the world would come together. Yes my expectations were too much but I still believe in some of my dreams and hopes.

You mean people back then didn't know you have to work to get money to buy food to eat?

Dentsun4228 kinda like most teens this day and age that want everything for free

Yeah. I hear ya! But you now have survivor techniques!

@@Dentsun4228 Well duh! Our parents took care of everything! I'm trying to make you laugh! Enjoy life!

you got fucked, bro

@John Taylor I don't know if you had it better. Many of you were drafted to go to Vietnam, but the economy was a lot better.

@John Taylor I never said it was your fault. It's just true.

I have noticed it's becoming popular to bash baby boomers lately. I'm a baby boomer too. All I've ever done was try to get by like everyone else.

@@bobchannell3553 The economy is always better when there is a war going on.

There are multiple sub-divisions of the boomer generation, not just two.

Mine too. I have excellent disciline and ethics.

OK Boomer.

Those boomers with the "I earned just $x.xx an hour back in the 1960s" are all too common. At least in Ireland, they can't pull that crap on on anyone, because it was all pounds, shillings, and pence back then.

Here's an answer from a real Boomer: Your calculator is correct. When we boomers got out of school we walked into a job. I made $1.60 in High School!!! In 1969, a young man could graduate or drop out of HS and within 6 months he could have an apartment, a brand new car and a stay-at-home- wife. A few years later they would be able to buy a nice home. My sons are millennials and when they got out of their fancy private Universities with their fancy test scores they were offered a shit sandwich on stale bread. NO. Things are not what they were. We have big problems and we need stand up and admit it and fix it.

And that's from official inflation sources.

Millennials still suck at math too

1962. Those boomers were the very first ones, age 16.

my mom was born in 59, she's around the same. the reason she owns a house is because we inherited the house from her mom/my grandmother

There's a difference between boomers and what we call "doomers".

Same here as an X Gen & college graduate w/ a research degree.

@@alabama2uz Oh I know all about the Boomers, Doomers, Zoomers, Gloomers, and Bloomers. Sounds like you ain't kiddin skrr!

@@DrumWild "All generalizations are false, including this one" Twain

It's wonderful to see a 14-year old make a comment like this, there are many much older than you that appear to get up in the morning and go online to find something to be offended about, good for you, your parents are doing a good job. Every generation makes mistakes and there should be no blame for any specific generation as you just can't compare, taking into consideration how we are constantly evolving and change is constant.

Jared Cox that’s nice of you. Really. All the heart and stuff that matters is there. Just maybe start using spellcheck.

Jared Cox oh shut up

I don't want to be mean to a kid but you do know that the way you and your generation are now are because of what the previous generations did or didn't do. I do see more and more young people waking up and getting involved and trying to push back the Insanity so there is some kind of hope.

@@harrisonread133 Shut up Boomer

I looked it up.

Socirty was very very different then. Not able to compare apples to oranges.

Understandable but that’s over 125 years ago so much has changed. Still may be a good read though but a lot of things will be skewed and outdated.

@@TheRealVivia wrong. the only things that changed was the way payroll is operated and hiring practices.

Something changed in the mid to late 80's...globalization really started to go to next gear. The moral norms were changed in the late 90's.

I have to wonder what the high standard of morality that people keep referring to that is lost today. What's changed? That we openly embrace LGBT people in our society now? That marijuana is becoming legalized? (You'd think geriatric people who grew up in the 60s would love that idea) IDK I just wonder what this moral high ground that everyone is talking about is..

Meh. The world of the 1990s no longer exists. Ch-ch-ch-changes.

Started in the 60s.

The biggest difference is the dumbing down of America started in the late eighties, The boomers have to communicate with idiots

great post, bang on. The least they could do is admit where they went wrong and do what they can to rectify. We all make mistakes. Instead.... excuses animosity ungrateful....... Maybe on a personal note: most boomers have families and children, most kids these days will die alone without having the chance to experiences any of life's true meaning or purpose

@@daniellebeaulieu1673 thanks man. Agreed they rarely admit mistakes. I make mistakes we all do but you and me can admit it, it's a part of being human. Unfortunately boomers grew into becoming sociopaths and they will never gain the respect that the prior generations did. Boomers will not mellow out as they get older, just get greedier and angrier, even into old age their irresponsible lifestyle is causing them to have high rates of STDs, it's a fact. They hate getting old, they can't accept getting old and they want to relive their past.

@@RADIUMGLASS 'they hate getting old' 😃😂😃😂 so true

@@daniellebeaulieu1673 and they hate when u tell them that they crashed wall street in 1987, they blame everyone else though they were the traders at that time.

@@RADIUMGLASS so true!😃can i ask your age?

That's not fair or accurate. First They came of age in the forties and fifties too, and second they are the ones that built that prosperity that led to the baby boom. It didn't just fall out of FDR when he squated over a toilet... when he still had the use of his legs. It wasn't 'their money' but it was their blood sweat and tears. Third: Reagan came to power at the tail end of their reign; if it could be blamed on them at all it's only a very little amount. Given what they lived through I'm going to need to see some damned good data that proves they learned to see that 'government is the problem'; I don't believe they turned around and decided that everything they learned over the course of their lives was a lie.

give us the hot seat then and you'll see.

The zoning laws were created in 1926 well before boomers were around. The case was the Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Company decided by the Supreme Court in 1926. Having said that, the manipulation of zoning laws has been a problem ever since and not just the boomers.

RADIUM CLOCK Nowadays nobody can get jobs because said jobs require "experience" aka an unpaid internship. Back then this experience was possible because you could work for room and board: food and a bed. We need to go back to this. It worked.

@@josephw2905 room and board, food and a bed and maybe a few bucks on the side and then came the boomers with the idea of "legally" unpaid work. Ted Benna who was a young man in the boomer era created the 401K plan thus ending the possibility of an actual guaranteed pension. That "bright idea" ended up making corporations fiscally irresponsible and help increase CEO compensation and since a company no longer had to put aside money in a managed protected pension, all that money now goes for CEO bonuses.

The way "anti racist" activists divide the world in "whites vs people of color" and are constantly inciting racial animosity and victimhood between both really grinds my gears.

Also the "color blind" thing in America and Europe is so fucking bullshit. No culture anywhere else is so unwillingly unaware of racial and ethnic differences. In-group preference and out-group prejudice is something as natural in human cognition as trying to walk. Despite this, hate toward others is not something natural. We're not inclined to hate our differences, but in fact to celebrate them. However, globalization is doing the exact opposite: it's destroying our differences, and making us sacrifice our diversity in favor of this braindead consumerist global culture. No one wins by thinking that we are all equal, except for the people who are in power.

Jaqen H'ghar I completely agree. This is something alot of people on the “Left” fail and/or refuse to understand about people who are on the “Right”/ Populist, Nationalist, or Libertarian. I love the world. I am American of a fully ethically Italian background so Ive experienced essentially both an American upbringing as a Millennial, and a old school Italian American dynamic too. I love the world, and all the people in it. I love that Japan is Japanese, and has a thousands years old culture. I love African Americans and their unique place in American history, and all they have legitimately persevered through, and the contribution to our nations culture they have made. I love Latin Americans, I love the cultures of Europe, and everywhere else. The left however is hellbent on pitting everything as a everyone vs the “Whites” fight. As wel as gender and a bunch of other stuff. They don’t believe in actual diversity where nations are unique. They just want to destroy the west. Its pure Marxist Fanaticism. Thankfully populations are waking up before it is too late. Im very optimistic that things will get better. However I also understand

@John Bold We already had it figured out by the 80's and 90's. Everyone knew racism was bad. Millenials and Gen Zer's act like it's a new thing. Uh, everything was fine until you guys came along.

@John Bold I agree absolutely.

they do whatever they can to protect themselves. when they end up being abused in the nursing home, no one will care.

Didn't know that one, 🤬 what a can of worms.

Sounds great, Warren. I will look for it. Thanks.

@@sassy0010 Think of it as a year, and a year has four seasons, and each season is about 21 years long, each season is unique with its own patterns, and each season has a generation with its own trends of behavioural patterns (which their Generations books goes into even more).

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' All I ever hear about is Baby Boomers and their plight' I read your whole post, don't worry, but this sums it up pretty well. You know, I had a feeling that they were like this their whole life, because they still are so self obsessed and greedy at old age, when they should be the wisest, so logically they must have been even more immature and destructive when they were youthful... That explains how the world has deteriorated so much in the past few decades.

@@InternetMameluq Thanks for reading my whole post. I just felt the need to vent my spleen. ^_^

@Stephanie - Do you mean those "new norms" which brought about the reduction of racial terrorism such as Jim Crow? "Women's lib" did not force people to be greedy.

Stephanie Kawaidesu well said. Will u do a favor for me and post this under my comment as well ? It won’t let me copy it and paste it or id have asked permission to do that .. but I wholeheartedly agree with u on these valuable points made. ! If not it’s ok , just would’ve loved to see this going along with what I was saying. Very insightful and true. Ty

RB she didn’t say that. She only explained an impact of not having a two parent family being able to have certsin roles in raising children and the effects of nature v nurture that have impacted some of us .. I get whst ur saying and you’re right to make that point .. but it wasn’t meant to say that exactly. And i def. see the importance of women’s lib .. I’ve had to do the job of both parents , working and supporting us by myself .. I had a let’s put it cordially , a non consensual pregnancy .. and chose to carry out my pregnancy and raise my child rather than the other options some would make .. but my greatest blessing and joy ever known has come from being a mommy. Had a horrible childhood and it’s bn hard to raise my daughter over the last 18 years due to circumstances with working , my extensive health problems , I was born 2-1/2 months early and had life saving surgery and have had my life saved a few times in 40 years... so it’s bn a very hard struggle with sickness and also having so many responsibilities thrusted at me Since as far back as I rem. Yet even still , I take the good from it. But if not for women’s rights I’d not have bn able to sustain what life I’ve bn able to .. but I get What she’s saying. My mama had horrible parenting skills and it’s bn tumultuous relationship from her side. I didn’t have a father ever truly be there for me. Mine was badly abusive. Neither of my parents wanted me and I was told that so many times .. funny how that happens. Where I wasn’t wanted , born within a marriage , that I’d endure such traumatic experiences which Led to no one else wanting me to go through with my pregnancy & raising my child. But yet I’d never want her to ever hurt or feel anything but love and acceptance, encouragement, support, confidence and security, seeing good examples and learning to grow and develop with a foundation of faith , hope , trust , love , discipline and valuing hard work and respect given and shown. There’s many elements to the issues between generations as a whole and each individual has a diff. Uniquely felt story and circumstances.. but still, id say the OP giving her account of how she sees it , how she’s bn affected in her life is a pretty good depiction of what she’s experienced and some pretty insightful points that she’s taken from her experience. But I do understand where you’re coming from.. just saying she wasn’t saying that exact point .. some ppl do tend to only feel that Way, though.. but anyway.. while it’s beneficial and important to have equality , it’s also important anytime someone’s raising a child , that the child is able to not just be provided for in terms of $, furnishings , essentials , but also a foundation of a loving bond. It is that bond and heart connection that are so essential in a social aspect, as well as with growth development and security and well being that affect each person and whether it’s neurologically , emotionally , mentally , spiritually , intuitively and lovingly , as even in terms of the bonding chemicals , stress combatting chemicals , endorphins ( aka endogenous morphine ) dopamine , serotonin , oxytocin - the bonding chemical , affecting central nervous system as well as autonomic & sympathetic nervous system, also affecting social behavior, defining roles and relationships, sense Of well being , immunity even - these things are vital for all living things to survive AND thrive .. and to impart various traits and qualities and examples in others .. and it’s just necessary for all to have that secure nurturing relationship/ foundation at the core or it affects ppl adversely ,lifelong. .. but while there are obv. Rights& privileges in society that are expected & needed/ deserved , just saying that as that option should be given equally , it’s also important that little new & growing lives need & benefit from dramatically, from having the family unit in place and examples of love , suppt. , discipline , hard wk or a job well done being important, provisions financially and emotionally , as well as seeing love and security and stability during crucial developmental stages , esp. and that’s diminished significantly bc of those things not being able to be provided in the ideal - mate for life - committed 2 parent fam. Home structure & doesn’t mean women should be treated as subservient or men only being useful for financial gain or provisions .. sadly we see men not being treated as men , not knowing how to thrive as men due to extreme behaviors and mindsets in society , women being objectified or wearing the pants as they say , raising kids alone , yet in honesty relationships should dictate the roles within.. bc ev ones diff. Just bc a mama has a kid doesn’t mean she’s limited to staying at home being a house wife and just bc a dad has a kid doesn’t mean he’s supposed to be limited to having to go out n be the breadwinner . I respect dads that stay at home with kids just as I respect women & vice versa if u swap roles . But sure some ppl prefer raising a kid alone or prefer the option to pursue careers or to nurture their children etc. but importantly, it’s Necessary we all understand that at some points we dont always get the ideal circumstances. Can’t always pursue our dreams personally but st least we get a season & time for EVERYTHING in life & have opportunities to cultivate the best of our knowledge wisdom insight abilities talents and gifts and that’s sometning we wouldn’t have had years back but there has to be a balance when it comes to human lives and the issue generationally isn’t just about one seemingly privileged group ruining it all. There’s many factors to the way the world has become & will be headed. With all the conveniences/ advances in tech , dependency upon it & social foundations becoming deteriorated , values shifting/ some beinr lost , were going to see gaps & probs generationally & individually . But just bc ppl label a gen. Doesn’t mean everyone In it has those flaws or characteristics.. even if the boomers had a hand in the way corporate& political practices are, doesn’t mean they’re to fully blame either . We are always connected to the past & future . Only strong as weakest link as they say. The ways of the world are always evolving into worse situations/ circumstances yet there are always some good things that come from it all too. We have to take the good from the bad. Yet , ppl fail to change the bad and only sit n feel helpless to promote Change & thats sad. Where each can do our best to live a life of blessings in righteousness , being loving & havjng wisdom, strength,understanding, discipline, suppt. , stability , security , compassion & just being the change / diff. Positively as best as we can, while focusing on what we can do rather than what we can’t , We’d be better for sure.

You have to make people care.

That's the best, isn't it? Nobody hates you

It was 28; you're slipping...

28

YES! And I thought it was a horribly absurd and unfair thing then and knew it would backfire. It could only be said by people who could not see one day ahead because they were so high.

Jennsy K you’re Gen makes me SOOOOOO Angry 😤

Lacuna, I don't think I'm any more special than anyone else. Haven't you ever questioned why the government, religion, and MSM put labels on us to separate us? Why do they keep us in a state of dismay? Why do they talk down to us? I am the I am presence on the planet, so are you and if you haven't realized that yet that's you're problem not mine.

Jennsy K, your deflecting big time and we can all read between the lines and lame excuses. You should pay for your Crime!

Jennsy K, Crime does Not Pay!

Ok boomer. Until you boomers call out communistic laws and policies being enacted or pushed boomers deserve the hate. This doesn’t stop until the communist takeover of western civilization comes to an end.

Honkall p. Honktrane This is true, and there's a vast difference between them.

Yeah us 80s kids are like gen x lite

Yeah us 80s kids really are the Xennials

That's because the current method for charting the generations makes no sense. if you look at it astrologically (yeah I know people look at as hocus pocus) the answers to why certain people from decades act so radically different becomes alot more clear.

It amazes me just how different life is in the U.S., compared to, for example, Scotland where I live.

@@battleofwills7189 l am curious to know how the two countries differ in that regard. Please elaborate. I have always wanted to visit your beautiful country.

Papa Tabio. I had strict parents too. I could not date until I was 17.

@@melodyjordan6052 Yep! No dating allowed for me either because in the world that my parents came from you didn't date if you were still a teenager, and if you were a boy you didn't date until you had completed your mandatory military training at age 19. My parents brought that world with them when they immigrated across the Atlantic and they imposed it upon my sister and me. So I didn't go on any dates in high school nor did I attend any high school dances. One time I said to my father, "But everyone goes on dates in high school in America" - to which he angrily replied, "And that's why America has so many problems!"

Much the same for me but my parents are from Germany and my folks were born in the latter 1930's. We, as children, had to work for what we wanted through doing chores in the home and our homework was done first before going outside to have fun. I was in school 7 days a week. Regular public school for 5, 1/2 day in German school on Saturdays and Sunday Bible School. There was never saying no to my parents and there were no excuses. We did as were told otherwise my mom would take out the wooden spoon and my dad would give us the endless lecture. They expected a lot from us.

The indoctrination that passes as education has never been for me! I dropped out as soon as I could walk away! Yet have spent much of my life a student in libraries! I've been a driver, a mechanic a welder a nurse, a chemical, and an electronics technician! My joy has always come from learning! It's why I've never married to sit in a place and die and play keep up with the Jones's trash way to exist!

Education is terrible, true. You should pull him out of school and start homeschooling. Furthermore, with all the doom and gloom and dystopia in entertainment he may not really feel there will be a future. Get him off satanic hollywood entertainment. We all have to cut the cord.

I learnt how to care for myself by staying home till about 4 or 5 and, probably annoyingly, watching mum in the kitchen and around the house and garden.

Beyond biological roles, why? Just play whatever role you want in your own relationship. Why do you care what others are doing? Roles are limiting.

I was a high school student in the 1970s when the Women's Movement (much needed) was promoting women working outside of their homes and farming the raising of their children out to hired help. Even as a teenager, I thought this was insanity. If you're going to bring children into the world then be there for them! After I finished college and got married I took what was now a bold and unpopular move in the 1980s and gladly left my career to stay home to raise our children. Yes, it seemed in many ways that I sacrificed my autonomy and we certainly made material sacrifices. And I was alone! It seemed that I was the only young mom in my generation who made that choice. Often, my peers would make critical comments like, you're wasting your college education by staying home with your kids or you're kids are going to be misfits because they're not in daycare. Who was supportive of my was the WWII generation. They cheered me on. They understood that I was doing what was best for my family and not following current societal norms like a sheeple.

Jessica I agree! So did FDR and that's why he started the welfare program! Back then mainly for widows wanting to stay home and raise their kids! Unfortunately women abused welfare leading Clinton to mandate that mothers work! On top of this is the attitude of confused equality staues between the genders playing out to the detriment of children! It's a shame nowadays that only the religious right allows married woman the opportunity to stay home with children! Something needs to change!

@@ayliea3974 my story exactly! Ty!

candice german this makes me SOOOOOO Angry 😤

I was just thinking the same thing. I was,born in 1949. I was raised by rather strict parents by todays standards. I was loved, dotted over by family as the first girl, but my mother never stood for anything that resembled demanding and deserving. We had manners, we never expected anything, we asked and if it was reasonable, it was yes, but i dared not act like a spoiled brat, never. My mother would not tolerate rude or 'give me' behavior. I knew how to sit quiet when adults were talking, Never interupted until i asked if i could speak. My mother was hands on, she did work part time after my younger sis and i started school, but we didn't get every new gadget because we had to have it. We had toys, but usually only on spechial occasions, birthday, christmas, easter. We did chores and we never wined about anything, not allowed. We were taught to share and care. We cared for others, we cared for animals, we cleaned up aftet ourselves. My parents had fun, they had company on weekends or we visited their friends. We could play, but had to play nice, had to put things back and i never felt spoiled, i was polite and still am to this day at 70 years old. I was blessed to go to college, but it was only because it wasn't extremely expensive. My mother believed in education and bought us books instead of toys. Took us to the zoo, museums, nature walks and woke us up to lay on the hood of the car and watch meteor showers or look for the sputnic passing by. I was taught compassion and respect. Right from wrong, kindness and we shared everything we had. As a teen, i naturally pulled away as normal children should. I had to earn my freedoms and could lose them as well. I never was told that as a woman i could only do certain things, that was society, my mom was a very strong woman and until i got to college did i begin to understand that the white men had suppressed women, people of color and had their own private mens clubs. So, it was only natural for me to care about others rights and equalities. As Vietnam took my friends just as we got out of highschool, i had to question why my young friends had to leave to go fight in some land i never heard of. I would send them care packages and wrote letters religiously. Then i started going to their funerals, i went to my boyfriends funeral and i began to grow up quick. I began to want answers to why my love and soo many friends had been taken and killed someplace. I had to know, and when i learned why, i had to do everything to bring awareness to why our youth was being used to fight in old mens battles for greed and power. We had great music, thank the lord, the music is what saved many of us from being violent. We shared our love and loss in music. We shared knowledge and social injustice in music. We "the counter culture" faught for womens rights and equality, we faught for human rights and racial injustice, we faught for the truth about Vietnam and demanded they bring our brothers home and we learned to stand up against our own governments misuse of it's children, and that those dieing in Vietnam did so for not my safety, but for political reasons and war profits. To say my generation where spoiled is not true for my midwestern upbringing. We may have had more than our parents, but my older cousin was much more of a spoiled brat than i ever was. I appreciated any and everything i was given or worked for. I never thought about only myself, it was about love and peace for all, not just a few. I raised a beautiful son with the same love and taught him the same values of respect, kindness and compassion for all living beings, human and animals. I taught him to love the earth and nature, to respect it and to treat everyone with kindness. He was the best kid, he turned into a wonderful young man with a big honost heart ful of kindness and would share everything if someone needed it. I am not sure i knew anyone, or asoociated with people of my generation that lived like that. Maybe they existed, but not all of us. That describes none of the people i knew and know from the boomer generation. In fact i get so much love and respect after working with troubled youth for Yearsi feel a strong connection because i don't jydge.

candice german -Amen . Myself too a Baby Boomer and society at least is not taking that away . The generation now need respect. NOT MORE $TUFF ! We did not know what $500 NIKE$ We’re let alone possess a closet full of them and every other designer Lust on a Christmas list called Everyday , want it MY WAY !!!! Grow UP COVET MONSTERS , AND RUDEST GENERATION ON PLANET

Me too I was free and happy sue me!

@@joyceeforbes8457 $500 Nikes? Better be a badass to wear those out in public.