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trof

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65. Recd by a 72 year old white male veteran.

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 07:25 PM

Dec 2013

I'm not a boomer.
I was a barely pre 'war baby' in August, 1941.
4 months before the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.

I too am disillusioned.
It began with the 2000 'sElection'.

I watched TV, jaw-droppingly gobsmacked, while a right-wing partisan state government and a right-wing partisan U.S. supreme court chose our next president.

This is not the country I grew up in.
Not the one I studied in history classes.
This has become a country I don't recognize any more.

I volunteered to put my life on the line for this country for seven years.
And I was subject to recall to active duty for many years after my active service was over.

I would not now.

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The disillusioned generation. A rant. [View all] Locut0s Dec 2013 OP

Enjoyed the read. Oakenshield Dec 2013 #1

Thanks. The house of cards keeps getting taller while... Locut0s Dec 2013 #2

Don't underestimate nature's ability to heal itself... Blanks Dec 2013 #32

Growing up in that generation seabeckind Dec 2013 #3

Agreed. But there's very little if any feeling solidarity in my generation... Locut0s Dec 2013 #4

Great and righteous rant ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2013 #22

Thank you for saying what I was thinking. redstatebluegirl Dec 2013 #26

I'm not sure if you two are referring to my generation or not... Locut0s Dec 2013 #29

I live in Canada too laundry_queen Dec 2013 #36

You have a point ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2013 #54

Ohhh ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2013 #53

The final straw for me was the kid redstatebluegirl Dec 2013 #60

I'm sure you have quite a few such examples. But... Locut0s Dec 2013 #69

AYSO is a product of the baby boomer generation, just for clarification. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2013 #63

"Never has the world been more polarized." chervilant Dec 2013 #5

What happens when a generation of people grow up terribly disillusioned.> They make really good jtuck004 Dec 2013 #6

Your observations that the disillusioned make good slaves and that their minds snagglepuss Dec 2013 #28

"Slaves"? really? philosslayer Dec 2013 #47

I heard a joke once... jtuck004 Dec 2013 #51

I'm sure we could find plenty in your generation who are hopeful treestar Dec 2013 #7

Generation Why Electric Monk Dec 2013 #8

That is very good: generations ex- and why? Ghost Dog Dec 2013 #45

A well considered.. sendero Dec 2013 #9

Thanks sendero... Locut0s Dec 2013 #10

I hope.. sendero Dec 2013 #17

Thank you... Locut0s Dec 2013 #23

"I could offer a more optimistic assessment but it is what it is." That's about where I'm at. Electric Monk Dec 2013 #11

Yes, and yes. philosslayer Dec 2013 #48

Great post, especially this paragraph: raccoon Dec 2013 #46

Disillusionment is important G_j Dec 2013 #12

If Venice is sinking, I'm going under Electric Monk Dec 2013 #13

Thank you! After reading this all too true thread, mountain grammy Dec 2013 #14

I like.. sendero Dec 2013 #16

Capital vs. the rest of us is not new - TBF Dec 2013 #15

Ahhh....1935... philosslayer Dec 2013 #49

If you have anything of substance to add TBF Dec 2013 #52

Exactly. n/t seabeckind Dec 2013 #55

The struggle to live long and prosper relies on constant vigilance randr Dec 2013 #18

There is a lot of truth in what you said Pakid Dec 2013 #19

+1,000 What you say is what a big part of it is! KoKo Dec 2013 #33

Thank you for your very insightful "rant." Here is an even longer one. I hope you don't mind. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #20

An Incredible Post! A Word from the Older to the Younger who are discouraged! KoKo Dec 2013 #34

If you would do it ...Please Post this out on DU...GD KoKo Dec 2013 #35

Thanks for the great reply JDPriestly! Locut0s Dec 2013 #43

K&R& with few exceptions, an excellent thread. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #21

+1000 nt narnian60 Dec 2013 #27

Late Boomer here PasadenaTrudy Dec 2013 #24

Because for our generation there is no light at the end of the tunnel Marrah_G Dec 2013 #25

I wouldn't put the blame solely on your generations shoulders... Locut0s Dec 2013 #30

I am two years older than you tabbycat31 Dec 2013 #31

Great post AND wonderful replies on this thread LiberalEsto Dec 2013 #37

Thanks for this reply...it's a good read for compassion..and "reach out." KoKo Dec 2013 #38

When I was in elementary school (1985-1991) tabbycat31 Jan 2014 #77

"Young wolves, show us your teeth." John Steinbeck Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #39

Nice rant. I'm right there with ya. NightWatcher Dec 2013 #40

The Sandwich Generation blue neen Dec 2013 #41

Aren't many people who understand seabeckind Dec 2013 #57

I hear ya! blue neen Dec 2013 #61

What you say about your generation reminds me of the one after WW1... steve2470 Dec 2013 #42

I totally understand. Archaic Dec 2013 #44

Your rant shows what a great success government has achieved fadedrose Dec 2013 #50

I don't feel helpless Scootaloo Dec 2013 #56

The baby boomer generation used up America like an old tissue. And they feel no shame. Romulox Dec 2013 #58

What? seabeckind Dec 2013 #64

Wow, EPIC fail! hughee99 Dec 2013 #70

I didn't see any examples. seabeckind Jan 2014 #71

You named a whole bunch of innovations and said the last innovative generation was the boomers. hughee99 Jan 2014 #72

What I said was that using a generational metric seabeckind Jan 2014 #74

If you don't see any technological advances in the last 30 years, hughee99 Jan 2014 #75

More big news seabeckind Jan 2014 #76

And simply because Apple calls it an "innovation", doesn't make it one. hughee99 Jan 2014 #79

As I thought about it... seabeckind Jan 2014 #78

Um....What? bonzaga Jan 2014 #73

Are you being sarcastic or what?.. Locut0s Dec 2013 #66

For various and complex reasons those younger than the baby-boomers.. ananda Dec 2013 #59

K&R woo me with science Dec 2013 #62

Recd by a 72 year old white male veteran. trof Dec 2013 #65

I was a war baby. seabeckind Dec 2013 #67

and a 40-something white woman. and re your update Iris Dec 2013 #68