I still don't even get how a person comes to this conclusion. How can one have such a skewed perception when the reality is, on average, we've never had it so good? Ever. Literally ever. Especially Americans.
I disagree. High tide for America was 1945 - 2001.
Never in the history of the country has so much been owned by so few.
The boomers were loved too much by their parents, told they were perfect and could do no wrong. They shot subsequent generations in the leg by celebrating themselves while hoarding wealth & denying opportunity, and then proceeded to complain about millenials not doing as well as they did (for the most part; not saying every boomer is like this).
The Z-generation is even more fucked. That's where we are now.
As much as the boomers were coddled, Gen X was ignored. But to be honest, I think we (Gen X) had it better. The town I grew up in was indistinguishable from "American Graffiti." Even though our parents' generation were too busy celebrating their participation, both working so they could afford the ultimate driving machine, making us "latch-key-kids," we had a fucking blast. We mostly grew up just wanting to be left alone.
What no one figure on is us growing up wanting our kids to be left alone also, and now more of us are seeing how they are not. There's more ideology than education in our education system, and more taxes than income from our labor. We're starting to notice how our kids aren't afforded the same opportunities that we and our parents were. There's nothing more dangerous than some one who wants to be left alone saying "enough is enough."
I'm still very optimistic about the future of America, but not so much because of this incoming administration. Things are unlikely to get better until more Gen Xers like Thomas Massie get involved.
