Gen X, the meh generation

the effects and reach of the hippie movement are greatly exaggerated for effect, and most of those folks rejoined society and put on their suit and tie once the acid wore off.

and genX never allowed shit, and neither did we get shit done. we are always as a group outnumbered and outgunned by the generation before us, and the generation after us.

so yeah, we've been unable to effect change, and that's why we are jaded af, and are just tired of giving a shit.

I do what I can in the community I'm in, and that's that

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I wasn't talking about threatening capitalism exactly, but ya you got a point. Some past generations had their cool ones too.

The lack of impact from GenX is mostly due to it's relative size. For us to have the impact of other generations we'd have to be 5x more radical then them.

Yeah tail end Xer here. I was into punk postpunk and goth. Industrial and every genera that diverged from them. And while they were a product of gen X. You're right that every generation had similar in recent history. And I remembered always being outside the mainstream for liking those genera. I remember people scoffing when punkers pointed out the fact that Reagan/Thatcher were fascist or at least proto fascist. But the punks were right.

There's a reason young prepy Reaganite fash were a huge pop culture genx trope back then. Gen x has always largely been disengaged from politics outside of the Reaganite fash. Not saying that there weren't others outside the fash. But they were very much outliers and exceptions. Millennials and gen Z generally dwarf Gen X on political activism and engagement.