I got to thinking about the Baby Boom Generation, aka the Me Generation, earlier.
What made Boomers "like that?"
I found a YouTube that kind of explains some of it, as much as can be explained in under an hour, I think. Remembering that Boomers were born mid-40s to mid-60s)
David Hoffman
The 1960s Rebellions Began In The 1950s. Making Sense Of The 1960s.
I find it interesting to note that whenever Generation X talks of being locked outside to play, coming home after school to an empty house because parents were at work or volunteering or whatever else adults did, Boomers are the parents Gen X are talking about.
Boomers were
terrified of Gen X becoming adults, because imo they knew damn well they hadn't taught those kids a damn thing, that X had to figure shit out for themselves.
World-changing people born 1965-1980 are certainly a different breed.
I wonder what the future will bring, considering that the current crop of newly minted adults sound as disillusioned as 50s beatniks.
Are we coming full circle? Is the circle a spiral? Are we living in a giant existential Slinky?
Do I need to go to bed and stop writing probable nonsense? (yes to that one)