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g’morn

i know this is an opportunity to pile on Apartheid techbro, but am not even exaggerating when i say that, as a historian and “culture critic”, #Boomers embrace of the OG #Nazi car ―the VW Beetle― is one of those research things that keeps me up at night.

hand-waving it away as a feat of marketing doesn’t explain how one of Adolf Hitler’s prized cars, for the tech developed with it, became a symbol of white American youth radicalism, aka #hippies

h/t mindly.social/@DamonCrowley/11

I’m one of those #Boomers who has been in tech for over 40 years. My kids always assumed that my generation wasn’t supposed to understand tech, and one of them complained that it wasn’t fair that their dad and I knew more than they did.

I said, “Honey, who do you think BUILT the Internet?”

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While the younger generations leverage reflection and introspection, the #boomers neglect anything they feel uncomfortable around like sexual preferences, religion and mental health. They save any reflection on themselves for their personal memoirs or a book tour. The overall tone tends to be projected as "they will figure it out" rather than "I should help them figure it out."

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"Baby #Boomers allowed Trump to bring on a 'new level of chaos.' We sold out."
"new level of chaos, knowing that it is the fault of my own generation. Growing up with nightly news coverage of Vietnam, civil rights, war protests and former President Richard Nixon sending the National Guard to Kent State University where four students were killed, was so long ago even we don’t seem to remember it happened. Ronald Reagan came along, and we sold out to Republican politics"
dispatch.com/story/opinion/let

The Columbus Dispatch · Baby Boomers allowed Trump to bring on a 'new level of chaos.' We sold out. | LettersBy Letters to the Editor, The Columbus Dispatch
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@mastodonmigration

By the same token, a clear majority of the current despots in the world are #Boomers. Putin 1952. Xi 1953. Erdogan 1954. Trump 1946. Orban 1963.
Lukashenko 1954. Al Nahyan 1961. Al-Alimi 1954. Mbasogo 1942. Mikati 1955. Abbas 1935.

The list of despot Boomers seems to be unending.

This is not disparaging Boomers because I'm sure it's all coincidence. But should the elder generations be owning the condition of politics that they essentially established around the world?

A clear majority of the current despots in the world are #Boomers. Putin 1952. Xi 1953. Erdogan 1954. Trump 1946. Orban 1963.
Lukashenko 1954. Al Nahyan 1961. Al-Alimi 1954. Mbasogo 1942. Mikati 1955. Abbas 1935.

The list of despot Boomers seems to be unending.

This is not disparaging Boomers because I'm sure it's all coincidence.

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@jarkko
A clear majority of the current despots in the world are #Boomers. Putin 1952. Xi 1953. Erdogan 1954. Trump 1946. Orban 1963.
Lukashenko 1954. Al Nahyan 1961. Al-Alimi 1954. Mbasogo 1942. Mikati 1955. Abbas 1935.

The list of despot Boomers seems to be unending.

This is not disparaging Boomers because I'm sure it's all coincidence.

A clear majority of the current despots in the world are #Boomers. Putin 1952. Xi 1953. Erdogan 1954. Trump 1946. Orban 1963.
Lukashenko 1954. Al Nahyan 1961. Al-Alimi 1954. Mbasogo 1942. Mikati 1955. Abbas 1935.

The list of despot Boomers seems to be unending.

This is not disparaging Boomers because I'm sure it's all coincidence.

Chuckling to myself somewhat. Back in 00s internet days, people would mock #Boomers for not wanting to engage in new fangled technology. Now #GenX is recoiling in the same way from New Things™ and I'm thinking I might start shaking my fist at clouds any moment now...

Just watched Tom Nicholas‘ Boomers movie on Nebula, it’s a well made documentary about generational politics, historical and contemporary trends, and economics

I can offer temporary Nebula pass if you want to watch it without putting your hat on. (DM)
#boomers #nebulatv

#verhuizen #doorstromen

Nu ik naar een senioren appartement verhuis begrijp ik mijn collega #boomers, die in hun eigen huis blijven zitten, een stuk beter. Mijn project 'opruimen huis' duurt nu al ruim 2 maanden, waarbij ik afscheid moest nemen van nostalgische spullen en bewaarneigingen. De 'milieustraat' al 10 keer bezocht met een auto vol spul, marktplaats gespamd, kringloopwinkel bezocht en 21 zakken textiel gedumpt. En dat allemaal omdat ik 'kleiner' ga wonen. 😍