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by boelboel 54 days ago
Funnily enough a lot of these 'boomer' haters love to pretend the silent generation or the greatest generation were so much better. I believe a lot of this cynicism and individualism is caused by political decisions by these generations. Decisions like subsidizing the 30 year mortgage and urban design plans made it more difficult to have a 'real community', one which you would engage in politics for.

The power balance of local politics and national politics also got changed with TV and the internet, things which would've happened regardless of how good a 'generation' is.