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The circumstances that produced the Greatest Generation were unique, and the answer to this question is not simple, but it is a cautionary tale.. https://twitter.com/beachmuscles/status/1262752362109652992
The circumstances that produced the Greatest Generation were unique, and the answer to this question is not simple, but it is a cautionary tale.. https://twitter.com/beachmuscles/status/1262752362109652992
The reality of the Greatest Generation is that they were socialists who were disproportionately successful thanks to the overwhelming suffering of others and the wealth of empires far older and greater than America at the time
All mighty empires are built on the bones of the ones before them
20th Century America merely devoured the rotting remains of Victorian Great Britain
Who can blame them?
They were literally starving
20th Century America merely devoured the rotting remains of Victorian Great Britain
Who can blame them?
They were literally starving
The Victorian Era was already waning when WWI gave it a bloody and brutal execution
All of Western Europe was wasted
Generations of men simply gone
A society shattered beyond repair
A culture maimed beyond recognition
America emerged mostly unscathed
All of Western Europe was wasted
Generations of men simply gone
A society shattered beyond repair
A culture maimed beyond recognition
America emerged mostly unscathed
Thus, the Roaring 20's
The Lost Generation Partied while the great socialists of the so-called "Missionary Generation" before them came into power
I will risk the tired platitude in this case, because it is critical:
Nobody talks about this
The Lost Generation Partied while the great socialists of the so-called "Missionary Generation" before them came into power
I will risk the tired platitude in this case, because it is critical:
Nobody talks about this
THESE were the parents of the Greatest Generation
Woodrow Wilson
V.I. Lenin
Josef Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Franklin Roosevelt
W.E.B. DuBois
They were more influential than many realize
The Greatest Generation paid their dues
And then they went about their fathers' work
Woodrow Wilson
V.I. Lenin
Josef Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Franklin Roosevelt
W.E.B. DuBois
They were more influential than many realize
The Greatest Generation paid their dues
And then they went about their fathers' work
Certainly they suffered
WW1 was a calamity
The 20's were a brief respite that ended before they could enjoy it
They grew up in the Great Depression
An era the Socialists knew well to exploit
How could this NOT influence them?
WW1 was a calamity
The 20's were a brief respite that ended before they could enjoy it
They grew up in the Great Depression
An era the Socialists knew well to exploit
How could this NOT influence them?
WW2 enriched American industry like no other event could
And it wrecked Europe and Asia
Post-war America was mightier and richer than any empire in history
The Greatest Generation had grown up through economic depression and war
And so, they partied
And it wrecked Europe and Asia
Post-war America was mightier and richer than any empire in history
The Greatest Generation had grown up through economic depression and war
And so, they partied
The Socialist ideals were easily funded in a nation so overwhelmingly rich
Fat pensions and bloated unions were an affordable luxury
Academia and entertainment could become enormous industries
All they had to do was feed the machine
Fat pensions and bloated unions were an affordable luxury
Academia and entertainment could become enormous industries
All they had to do was feed the machine
And feed it they did
Eisenhower warned them
They ignored his advice
The military industrial complex swelled to gargantuan levels
Universities fattened their faculties and curricula with leftist nonsense
Media gorged itself on vice and sensationalism
Eisenhower warned them
They ignored his advice
The military industrial complex swelled to gargantuan levels
Universities fattened their faculties and curricula with leftist nonsense
Media gorged itself on vice and sensationalism
This was the Greatest Generation enjoying the fruits of their labor
Fortunes of the Old World had been exhausted in calamitous wars, with banks and industries in America receiving most of the spoils
And they spent it as one might expect
Like a starving child in a candy store
Fortunes of the Old World had been exhausted in calamitous wars, with banks and industries in America receiving most of the spoils
And they spent it as one might expect
Like a starving child in a candy store
Ah, but what of their children?
The loathsome Boomers?
They were spoiled
Given everything money could buy
Left to their own devices while their parents enjoyed themselves at country clubs and cocktail parties
This was the reality they knew
So they grew up expecting as much
The loathsome Boomers?
They were spoiled
Given everything money could buy
Left to their own devices while their parents enjoyed themselves at country clubs and cocktail parties
This was the reality they knew
So they grew up expecting as much
But the money wasn't going to last forever
The Post-War era had enough wealth to fund all this luxury on a single income
That began to dwindle as the Boomers came of age
But they wanted everything Mom and Dad had
Enter Feminism
The Post-War era had enough wealth to fund all this luxury on a single income
That began to dwindle as the Boomers came of age
But they wanted everything Mom and Dad had
Enter Feminism
Ahh, the suffragist, socialist Missionary Generation sees their influence appear once more
Now women have been voting for 50 years
Their mothers got to work in factories during WW2
So, the Boomer women went to work
Because it would take two incomes to match dad's one
Now women have been voting for 50 years
Their mothers got to work in factories during WW2
So, the Boomer women went to work
Because it would take two incomes to match dad's one
The Boomers were indeed successful
They became the Yuppies of the 80's
Stupidly rich
Divorce rates climbed as the strong independent women didn't need no men
And then the Cold War ended
The Boomers had the audacity to declare victory
As the golden goose finally died off
They became the Yuppies of the 80's
Stupidly rich
Divorce rates climbed as the strong independent women didn't need no men
And then the Cold War ended
The Boomers had the audacity to declare victory
As the golden goose finally died off
The Boomers still want all the benefits of the socialist policy that began with their parents and grandparents
Fully funded retirements
Fully funded healthcare
Fully funded education
The problem is
None of that was EVER affordable
It worked for about five minutes after WW2
Fully funded retirements
Fully funded healthcare
Fully funded education
The problem is
None of that was EVER affordable
It worked for about five minutes after WW2
Before the 20th century
None of these things existed
They're an anomaly
Just like the insane obesity rate we see in society
It's not meant to be this way
And it is not sustainable
None of these things existed
They're an anomaly
Just like the insane obesity rate we see in society
It's not meant to be this way
And it is not sustainable
The Greatest Generation made it happen
Only because they had the brief window of prosperity to will it into existence
It wasn't their idea
It was their parents
And they didn't pay for it
The death of Western European civilization did
Only because they had the brief window of prosperity to will it into existence
It wasn't their idea
It was their parents
And they didn't pay for it
The death of Western European civilization did
