Ah yes the generation that wasn’t even worth naming so they gave us a placeholder.
Growing up Gen X in the US was watching a slow motion train wreck where you’re able to see the causes, current wreck, and even look down the road to the future repercussions but everything you do or try to make things better for everyone is ignored, co-opted, or sidelined by the monolithic boomer voting bloc. And all the while you’re being gaslit by the beneficiaries of the current shitshow selling you an American Dream that never was true and hasn’t been remotely attainable since you joined the workforce.
“some” …
EDIT: and yet another article that ignores the generation between millenials and boomers …
Hey, my partner may technically be Gen X but I’m pretty sure the entire generation is an urban legend.
Sun don’t even shine through our window pane
Ah yes the generation that wasn’t even worth naming so they gave us a placeholder.
Growing up Gen X in the US was watching a slow motion train wreck where you’re able to see the causes, current wreck, and even look down the road to the future repercussions but everything you do or try to make things better for everyone is ignored, co-opted, or sidelined by the monolithic boomer voting bloc. And all the while you’re being gaslit by the beneficiaries of the current shitshow selling you an American Dream that never was true and hasn’t been remotely attainable since you joined the workforce.
Boomer is a state of mind, and Gen X gobbled down hard on that Reaganomics.
Facts