There's a simple explanation for that. I'm the same generation. In those days, opposing the government and the Vietnam war wasn't an act of rebellion, it was conforming to peer pressure. IOW, protesting government policy was the default position of the boomers. Supporting Washington and the war made you an outcast among your peers. Nothing has happened to your, and my generation. They were followers then, and are now. And that's hardly unique to boomers, it's human nature. Kitsune is right, except I think it's more than 80%. Wasn't jab uptake in the 90+ percent range? Only brainless zombies fell for it. We were already seniors when the jabs came out, never remotely considered getting in line. Nobody with a working brain did. That implies > 90% cannot think.
But here's maybe the bright side: About 10% of us, if we go by the stated math here, are NOT sheep. We're the sheep DOGS... And because of us, NUMEROUS shit has been flushed, if you'll pardon my potty mouth, ha ha.
SO... If that's the case, we might try easing off (arf) all this stressing out about the SHEEP and just get together, all the sheep DOGS, and tear this Tyranny all to pieces... Action speaks (woof!) louder than Substack posts. Cheers.
It is scary. If people weren't mostly really dumb, why would every successful society have its run, then decline to mediocrity or worse? There's plenty of obvious things to do to keep the good times rolling, but never the will or good sense to implement any of it. Examples are endless. Here's one. I'm a boomer. I remember thinking when I was in my 30s and 40s - we have a big bubble of people in their productive years. But won't later. We should be getting our infrastructure as perfect as we can now, while it's doable. Instead we did none of that, just kept running deficits, living beyond our means. Stupid, and weak. Which sums things up, then, now, and always. The moral decay that always happens to societies in their prime is an even bigger issue that books have been written about. Sorry, but there's no reason to think we can stop the inevitable collapse we see all around us, although we have to try.
I just want to live the next couple of decades in my bubble- and only want to worry about what's for dinner and if it's going to rain the next day so I can plan something alternative to my cycling...I (we) earned every minute and hopefully us boomers can continue reaping those benefits for a few more years. I have faith things might "turn around"- that's all I can do, is have hope.
It's *not* "all you can do." I'm 72 and just got myself elected to a local committee that oversees our community plan, the better to insinuate ourselves to influence local council. Change minds where you can, speak up where you can, get involved in local politics.
I hear you, my retirement doesn't look like I expected. I'm still working, but not nearly as much at 73. The inflation changes everything, glad I didn't stop working altogether. I'm not much of a believer in faith and hope, at least not in this life. I'm sure plenty of people had faith and hope as their lives came crashing down, or to a premature end. It does make one feel better I suppose, and keep going in a better mood. But it won't change anything in the larger world around us. I think there's a pretty good chance for a turn in the right direction, to slow the deterioration down, temporarily. Fingers crossed. Cycling all you can sounds like a good idea!
Yes exercise takes the edge off- I only have some hope and faith as I had a brain tumor removed last Feb. so kind of restored some of my belief in humanity ( thankfully I had good doctors and a wonderful hubby and daughter who helped me through) - benign so happy with that. Life can take a wrong turn so rapidlyтАж enjoy what you have left!
The computers and Mobiles think for them. Haven't you noticed how many people spend their time looking at these Gadgets? THEIR BRAINS DON'T THINK ANYMORE
Yep. Licentiousness and societal destruction. Then cashed in later. Very few true blue hippies mostly just fun sinning. And socialists playing the same game in academia, that's where some ended up. Pattern repeats itself.
what HAPPENED to my generation ? That's ALL they did in the 60s and 70s!!!!
There's a simple explanation for that. I'm the same generation. In those days, opposing the government and the Vietnam war wasn't an act of rebellion, it was conforming to peer pressure. IOW, protesting government policy was the default position of the boomers. Supporting Washington and the war made you an outcast among your peers. Nothing has happened to your, and my generation. They were followers then, and are now. And that's hardly unique to boomers, it's human nature. Kitsune is right, except I think it's more than 80%. Wasn't jab uptake in the 90+ percent range? Only brainless zombies fell for it. We were already seniors when the jabs came out, never remotely considered getting in line. Nobody with a working brain did. That implies > 90% cannot think.
Well, we do appear to be HERD animals...
But here's maybe the bright side: About 10% of us, if we go by the stated math here, are NOT sheep. We're the sheep DOGS... And because of us, NUMEROUS shit has been flushed, if you'll pardon my potty mouth, ha ha.
SO... If that's the case, we might try easing off (arf) all this stressing out about the SHEEP and just get together, all the sheep DOGS, and tear this Tyranny all to pieces... Action speaks (woof!) louder than Substack posts. Cheers.
that scares the crap out of me...
It is scary. If people weren't mostly really dumb, why would every successful society have its run, then decline to mediocrity or worse? There's plenty of obvious things to do to keep the good times rolling, but never the will or good sense to implement any of it. Examples are endless. Here's one. I'm a boomer. I remember thinking when I was in my 30s and 40s - we have a big bubble of people in their productive years. But won't later. We should be getting our infrastructure as perfect as we can now, while it's doable. Instead we did none of that, just kept running deficits, living beyond our means. Stupid, and weak. Which sums things up, then, now, and always. The moral decay that always happens to societies in their prime is an even bigger issue that books have been written about. Sorry, but there's no reason to think we can stop the inevitable collapse we see all around us, although we have to try.
I just want to live the next couple of decades in my bubble- and only want to worry about what's for dinner and if it's going to rain the next day so I can plan something alternative to my cycling...I (we) earned every minute and hopefully us boomers can continue reaping those benefits for a few more years. I have faith things might "turn around"- that's all I can do, is have hope.
It's *not* "all you can do." I'm 72 and just got myself elected to a local committee that oversees our community plan, the better to insinuate ourselves to influence local council. Change minds where you can, speak up where you can, get involved in local politics.
I hear you, my retirement doesn't look like I expected. I'm still working, but not nearly as much at 73. The inflation changes everything, glad I didn't stop working altogether. I'm not much of a believer in faith and hope, at least not in this life. I'm sure plenty of people had faith and hope as their lives came crashing down, or to a premature end. It does make one feel better I suppose, and keep going in a better mood. But it won't change anything in the larger world around us. I think there's a pretty good chance for a turn in the right direction, to slow the deterioration down, temporarily. Fingers crossed. Cycling all you can sounds like a good idea!
Yes exercise takes the edge off- I only have some hope and faith as I had a brain tumor removed last Feb. so kind of restored some of my belief in humanity ( thankfully I had good doctors and a wonderful hubby and daughter who helped me through) - benign so happy with that. Life can take a wrong turn so rapidlyтАж enjoy what you have left!
Suggested edit: "That implies > 90% can, or will, not think.
The computers and Mobiles think for them. Haven't you noticed how many people spend their time looking at these Gadgets? THEIR BRAINS DON'T THINK ANYMORE
Did they question authority or only authority they didnтАЩt agree with?
They no more had a clue then than they do now. Protesting the war, being a "rebel", was conforming to their peer group. I was there.
I have often wondered as much.
Yep. Licentiousness and societal destruction. Then cashed in later. Very few true blue hippies mostly just fun sinning. And socialists playing the same game in academia, that's where some ended up. Pattern repeats itself.