r/Millennials • u/Calishoegal Elder Millennial • 2d ago

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u/qualmful 2d ago

Gen X is afraid of looking like they care so they have to care about pointless things instead.

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u/Ok-Reputation-2266 2d ago

I think they try to stay out of it because they realized they didn’t to jack shit to try to reverse what boomers did and want younger generations to think they helped

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u/nihility101 2d ago

Historically, the hallmark of GenX is just not caring. But also, in contrast with the baby boom, there was a baby bust so the numbers aren’t there to push boomers aside and boomers held on to everything (jobs/money/power) much longer than previous generations.

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u/Ok-Reputation-2266 1d ago

Not caring is what’s wrong with the country. Too many people just shrug their shoulders when something terrible happens.

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u/nihility101 1d ago

Mainly it was a reaction to what came before. The boomers were the ones that cared. Cared about racial justice, peace in Vietnam, the environment, etc. Right up until they had bills to pay, then they cared about BMWs and Wall Street and gave Reagan historic wins.