Who whittled down what generalisation? You just throwing out random posts and seeing who replies?
Oh, maybe you haven't read the whole thread. Understandable. It's meandered a bit. Here were some highlights...
OP:
So to quickly recap the world white American boomers were born into:
But very quickly...
And imho, the same clearly also goes for women (the 60s and 70s were still deeply patriarchal times), and especially so for handicapped people (inclusive cities was probably not even a thought back then). Not everyone had it easy, but white men who weren't born into poverty did have it easy.
Whittled out women, the poor, & the handicapped.
We managed to convince our grandma that Homosexual marriage is totally okay, and that the fact that some people can marry (for religious, romantic or, most importantly financial and security reasons) is a priviledge, and that whether or not she thinks it's unchristian or not, gay people should be able to marry. She did have a moment where she realized that yes, having the ability to marry and get tax breaks was instrumental for her in order to be able to raise 5 children.
Pretty sure this whittled out gay people.
@Farm Boy and
@Birdjaguar
...it's not exactly a closely-held secret that discussion of the boomers as a cohort is typically centered on cis-gendered white members of that generation, particularly when in the context of a discussion of wealth and power.
Ok, if I wasn't sure before, we've definitely whittled it down to American, straight, white, male, able-bodied, Boomers at this point.
The existence of a "coddled" generation is near universal in-disputed "fact" held among Republican-voting Boomers and even the "liberal" Democratic presidential candidate. To me it would be just another dumb hypocritical opinion if it didn't have such an impact on the average white Boomer voting habits which is stifling welfare, healthcare and racial and gender equality, etc.
Hmmm... questionable - this one may have even whittled out the Bernie wing from the generalization. Tough call. I'll not count it.
Of course low-income people have had it hard.
Sadly the kind of folks with enough money to acquire a small or medium sized business are usually neither very young nor very much interested in investing in anything besides actual assets like stocks, real estate, etc.
But definitely only rich, American, straight, white, male, able-bodied, Boomers.
I think this baby boomer thing is much related to the country you talk about.
But wait, now there's a dispute if it really is just rich,
American, straight, white, male, able-bodied, Boomers or not?
Nothing to correct. What I said is what I said. A few here get it (Gorbles to a T). Other's don't want to or are just focusing on the peripherals. The hang up is mostly that it's a generalization of white american boomers. Yeah it is. I don't dispute that.
Sure, but Sweden isn't the US. Sorry if that's a bit blunt.
Guess so.
So we're now at only the rich, American, straight, white, male, able-bodied, Boomers. Hope that helps.
