You’re right. Our grandparents where actually kinda cool when they where younger pushing free love, good drugs, and protesting against the war in Vietnam.
Say what you will, but that’s the generation that got most of the civil rights movements really in gear. You dont get a Kent State without pissing off the powers that be. They did some cool shit, hell they did fucking stonewall.
Unfortunately most of that generations soul got bought and sold some time in the 80’s.
Gen X’s symbol of youthful rebellion, on the other hand, was a cable TV channel owned and operated by Viacom for the express purpose of advertising music which had been prepackaged by one of three major record labels.
I honestly think Gen X’s rebellion was a fake one sold by their parents to keep any actual progress from being made. That’s why we didn’t see any big protests after the 70s until occupy wallstreet. Maybe the anti-war stuff during the early 00’s, but early mellenials where in college by then, so I think its safe to hand that to them too.
Then again generational shit should be taken with a grain of salt and all that, but as an early Gen-Z cusper, would it be harsh to call you guys the poser generation?
I think you’ve got most of that right, except that Gen-X felt ignored and overlooked and so didn’t really have a rebellion. Gen-X was the “get stuff done in the background while others said you weren’t ready and gave the accolades to others” generation. There weren’t enough of us to make a difference with protests.
You’re right. Our grandparents where actually kinda cool when they where younger pushing free love, good drugs, and protesting against the war in Vietnam.
Say what you will, but that’s the generation that got most of the civil rights movements really in gear. You dont get a Kent State without pissing off the powers that be. They did some cool shit, hell they did fucking stonewall.
Unfortunately most of that generations soul got bought and sold some time in the 80’s.
Gen X’s symbol of youthful rebellion, on the other hand, was a cable TV channel owned and operated by Viacom for the express purpose of advertising music which had been prepackaged by one of three major record labels.
I honestly think Gen X’s rebellion was a fake one sold by their parents to keep any actual progress from being made. That’s why we didn’t see any big protests after the 70s until occupy wallstreet. Maybe the anti-war stuff during the early 00’s, but early mellenials where in college by then, so I think its safe to hand that to them too.
Then again generational shit should be taken with a grain of salt and all that, but as an early Gen-Z cusper, would it be harsh to call you guys the poser generation?
I think you’ve got most of that right, except that Gen-X felt ignored and overlooked and so didn’t really have a rebellion. Gen-X was the “get stuff done in the background while others said you weren’t ready and gave the accolades to others” generation. There weren’t enough of us to make a difference with protests.
Yep. We were the most independent generation of the 1900s to today.