Anon10/18/25, 20:48No.41306509
>destruction of two world wars in close succession combined with simulteanous industrial and economic upheaval]
>shared trauma bonding allows "greatest generation" to flatten the social and economic heirarchies, if only briefly
>Boomers become punching bags for now-mentally-scarred parents
>age out of their weird doomer parents house into massive economic growth and seemingly neverending economic access and growth
>launch the flower power "revolution" pushing away from what they consider the horrors of the past that left their parents so fucked up.
>1980s hit, boomers start having kids
>massive shift in priorities, the social revolution abruptly dies as it's quickly commodified by a generation now focused on providing for kids
>drown in abundance, becoming increasingly entitled and convinced "their hardwork" is the foundation of America's increasing state of empire
>rise of chiense mass industrialization signals the beginning of the ends for american blue collar
>the escatological warnings of their parents ringing in their ears, they use every opportunity to hold down Gen X-ers to the benefit of their own kids
>early oughts highlight increasing income inequality, social inequality, everything that was thought a thing of the past from the gilded age boomers were under the assumption it couldn't happen again
>in denial until mid 2010s when Trump wins election and suddenly they realize that pissed off poor peope are very much NOT a thing of the past
>boomers torn between those with the slightest bit of empathy and those without, but they're all for some reasons till very much convinced america is great, capitalism is great, etc.
>can't fully deny the downhill trajectory any longer but now the parties, fully divided by rampant money in politics only accelerates the polarization.
>"fugg this must be the end of times my parents told me about!"and so on.I mean it checks out but im sorta shooting from the hip here but it does check out.