LOL, nailed it. This notion that somehow one generation is in some way superior to another and/or dealing with things that no one else ever has, etc…is so tired. As a Gen Xer who had to live through years and years of boomers more or less repeating stuff about younger generations that was said about them…all the while, sucking all the air out of the room, simply because of their numbers.
The notion of a “generation” is largely a marketing fiction and another way to slice and dice the population up in order to divide and conquer. Don’t fall for it. If anyone thinks about it for one minute they’ll realize it’s mostly a numbers game. Why do/did we hear so much about boomers for so many years? Numbers. Why do we mostly hear about millennials after that, almost always skipping Gen X, for the most part? Numbers.
There is evidence there is a generational shift that occurred with millennials that sets them apart from GenX and Boomers; the trend of millennials getting more conservative as they age is significantly reduced compared to Boomers and GenX of the same age. This according to PEW.
That said I’ll say I didn’t realize how many millennials make up Fox News (though I wonder how much that has to do sports or happenstance with their employment showing it in the break room).
I want to believe it. The cynic in me says…we’ll see if it holds. However, I seem to remember the same sorts of things being said of Gen X and the boomers at some point. I really do wonder if it will be different in Gen Y/Z/alpha.
I think the trend of decreasing religion might be a good sign, too, but I’m not sure yet. Let’s talk after this year’s election to see which way the ship is turning, I guess.
LOL, nailed it. This notion that somehow one generation is in some way superior to another and/or dealing with things that no one else ever has, etc…is so tired. As a Gen Xer who had to live through years and years of boomers more or less repeating stuff about younger generations that was said about them…all the while, sucking all the air out of the room, simply because of their numbers.
The notion of a “generation” is largely a marketing fiction and another way to slice and dice the population up in order to divide and conquer. Don’t fall for it. If anyone thinks about it for one minute they’ll realize it’s mostly a numbers game. Why do/did we hear so much about boomers for so many years? Numbers. Why do we mostly hear about millennials after that, almost always skipping Gen X, for the most part? Numbers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HFwok9SlQQ
There is evidence there is a generational shift that occurred with millennials that sets them apart from GenX and Boomers; the trend of millennials getting more conservative as they age is significantly reduced compared to Boomers and GenX of the same age. This according to PEW.
That said I’ll say I didn’t realize how many millennials make up Fox News (though I wonder how much that has to do sports or happenstance with their employment showing it in the break room).
I want to believe it. The cynic in me says…we’ll see if it holds. However, I seem to remember the same sorts of things being said of Gen X and the boomers at some point. I really do wonder if it will be different in Gen Y/Z/alpha.
We can only hope…
I think the trend of decreasing religion might be a good sign, too, but I’m not sure yet. Let’s talk after this year’s election to see which way the ship is turning, I guess.