Agreed. As a kid it felt there was so much energy to make things better, to fight the system. So depressing growing up and seeing so many peers and idols becoming the same inward-looking grey old farts they used to mock.
I'm not seeing that. Trump support in 2024 was pretty strong across the board. The born-in-1960s edged out the other decades, but it was not by a wide margin (and I consider GenX more of a 1970s phenomenon than 1960s anyway).
If you want to pick a generation to complain about, look how hard the younger folks swung in favor of Trump in 2020 and then even more in 2024.
I'm biased, but I think Gen X turned out okay ;-).
I'm also biased, but I think millenials turned out okay ;).
As a geriatric millenial[1] myself, I approve this message :)
[1] https://fortune.com/2024/04/23/four-types-millennials-geriat...
In all seriousness, I agree. Millenials got a lot of crap, but by the numbers they look pretty successful to me.
> I'm biased, but I think Gen X turned out okay
As a Gen Xer myself (1973) I disagree.
The widest margin of Trump voters by generation was Gen X.
Gen X has largely morphed into the boomers they used to despise.
Agreed. As a kid it felt there was so much energy to make things better, to fight the system. So depressing growing up and seeing so many peers and idols becoming the same inward-looking grey old farts they used to mock.
Perhaps this is inevitable.
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I'm not seeing that. Trump support in 2024 was pretty strong across the board. The born-in-1960s edged out the other decades, but it was not by a wide margin (and I consider GenX more of a 1970s phenomenon than 1960s anyway).
If you want to pick a generation to complain about, look how hard the younger folks swung in favor of Trump in 2020 and then even more in 2024.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/06/26/voting-patte...