The Generations

This is a topic not discussed much here, if at all.  It's a topic alluded to from time to time out there, but nothing much has been mentioned that grabbed my attention.

In a discussion about politics, it may be useful to study the ages of the populations as they move through time.  Certainly, there was a lot of that when I was growing up.  There was no doubt that I belonged to the baby boomer generation.

But that's where I got off.  Maybe it would help in understanding politics if I got on the subject, and studied it more.

Do people in these age groups really act as a group?  For definition purposes, the generations are listed as the Depression/War generation of my parents, their children ( which includes the baby boomers ), and the generations following them--- Gen X ( millenials ) , and Gen Y.  There is also a Gen Z, but that would be the ones still growing up.

The brief amount of reading that I have done is likely to put one in a gloomy mood due to the increasing liberalism of the youngsters.  True, a person's views get more conservative as they grow older.  Or do they?  The trend is toward more and more liberalism.  That trend is not healthy.

But I heard how the country was "going to hell in a handbasket" when I was growing up.  Well, maybe they were right!  The more things change, the more they stay the same.  It fits in with the theory that Western Civ is on the decline, and the liberalism shows how that is happening.

Of course that may get an argument, but even the younger generation isn't all that optimistic about their job prospects.  Socialism and communism tended to thrive in countries that were experiencing economic stress.  Too bad the kids don't seem to understand that their gloomy prospects play right into the hands of those who are responsible for them.

The younger generation doesn't like Trump, but Trump's policies are giving them more opportunities than the left was giving them.  The younger generation seems to like Obama better, but Obama wasn't doing them any favors.  In fact, the left's policies are punishing them, and they are rewarding their tormentors for it.   Go figure.