"Look Timmy, I get you want me to be your ‘mom’ or whatever, but have you considered that my do-nothing job that pays me like 80k a year makes me feel kinda alienated sometimes? I’m the real victim.
Anyway I’ve decided we’re going to join a MLM scheme/cult that I heard about on AOL. So I’m going to be busy, you’ll have to make your own Mac-n-Cheese tonight."
A few ofnthese describe gen Xers generally, but a lot of them just describe particularly conservative ones. There are a lot of Xers who absolutely loathe Reagan, and would identify him as the sort of thing they’re rebelling against
There is still time for those non-conservative Gen-Xers to change the way history books will present their generation. Can’t let those conservative branches be the loudest and given the most media access. Would be even better if the real leftists of their generation were able to flip the whole thing away from conservative and liberal. But numbers are small compared to the sell-outs and the “Got mine. Fuck you.” crowds.
One thing we won’t ever be is so obsessed with generational politics that we treat it like a second form of astrology