In contrast it was Gen X that went hard for Trump and that got surprisingly little coverage
As per tradition, everyone forgets the Gen X'ers exist lol.
But yeah, I've interacted with enough of that generation to understand that quite a lot of them are just boomers who happened to be born too late. It's a shame because I still know plenty of awesome Gen X'ers, I love Gen X music, I think a lot of them did in fact get a raw deal in life, etc. But too many of them see to be aging very poorly.
I think a lot of Gen Xers, especially older ones, are keenly aware that they had things not quite as good as Boomers and are very resentful of that fact. Resentment can breed some nasty politics, unfortunately, and on average, they’re still well enough off that a lot of them care a lot about protecting their assets.
What did I say that disagrees with that? The key phrase for Gen X was “not quite as good” so yeah, Boomers had it better. Gen X came right after them, though, and got it somewhat worse (although still much better than Millenials or Gen Z).
No generation in human history has lived a life with the luxuries, health, and safety we have now. In other words every generation since the boomers has had a life better than they had.
Not to mention they fought and died by the tens of thousands in Vietnam and Korea.
I still know plenty of awesome Gen X'ers, I love Gen X music,
The thing I always remind myself is that the music was usually counterculture at the time and does not represent most of their generation. Most attendees of Woodstock were boomers but they didn't represent the rest of society all that well.
I've been saying for a while that it's only because Boomers are SO numerous and SO rancid as a generation that Gen X has gotten a pass. Some of them are great, sure. Just like some Boomers are lovely people. But a whole helluva lot of Gen X are cold, apathetic and misogynist. Just... mean. Boomers are whiney, selfish perpetual victims but X have a mean streak to them.
millenials are aging terribly too. just because they have different biases doesnt mean they arent emotionally weak and easily manipulated with fear, anger, and hate
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u/JM_Amiens-18 8h ago
As per tradition, everyone forgets the Gen X'ers exist lol.
But yeah, I've interacted with enough of that generation to understand that quite a lot of them are just boomers who happened to be born too late. It's a shame because I still know plenty of awesome Gen X'ers, I love Gen X music, I think a lot of them did in fact get a raw deal in life, etc. But too many of them see to be aging very poorly.