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Broadly, I wonder if these folks have no memory for how they were regarded.
The silent generation was broadly characterized as all being lazy beatniks.
The boomers were all characterized as being lazy hippies.
Of course gen xers, millennials, and z have all had their turn.
Every generation broadly bemoans the laziness of the young generation. I recall reading someone who sampled media going back to 19th century, repeatedly finding the "young folks are lazy" rhetoric that is always present.
Some of the earliest Roman historians (like way, way back in the early Republic, before they even did any conquering) used to bemoan the laziness and 'softness' of the current generation compared to the past. Thinking the previous generations were better is a human tradition older than any other aspect of civilization
Socrates complained that the invention of widespread writing would make people lazy and forgetful, because they'd just write everything down, rather than remembering it orally.
The 2,500-Year-Old History of Adults Blaming the Younger Generation - https://historyhustle.com/2500-years-of-people-complaining-about-the-younger-generation/
I don't know. I think most millenials are aware Gen Z got fucked the hardest. For the most part I think we all have a common enemy in boomers.
For the love of all that's right, stop letting them divide us into camps, so that we fight each other, instead of them.
There are plenty of Boomers out there who don't like the raw deal that the latest gens are having to deal with right now.
Not everything files into neat little category boxes.
Thank you!!
It's easier to piss on the ones below you.
Oh but it's super-entertaining to punch up to boomers