No, that's my ex-wife. She knew the whole group so well that she literally had 100% accurate predictions of our actions as part of her notes for DMing.
Oh, gee, I wonder why a generation that was ripped away from their homes at more or less the most important formative point for learning how to interact with other adults as an adult, then forced through one of the most traumatic experiences the human species has ever managed to inflict upon itself.
Didn't stop them from beating Hitler and Hirohito, then rebuilding the free world, and then creating the golden age of capitalism, but not before having more babies in better households than ever before.
Yeah. Papa only really talked about it once. He told me and my brother about Guadalcanal and it was less like a narrative and more like a flashback. Other than that? He told "stories" that weren't really about the war and more like some half made up stories of hijinks.
In some ways, I would say It's almost the opposite. Those of the "Greatest Generation" did in fact manage to get through to the other side of the single greatest period of violent death in human history, spanning effectively the whole world, and decided to focus on living as comfortably as possible for themselves and the children they brought into a world that was, in many senses, more peaceful than it had ever been. They focused forward, built a world with an emphasis on growth and comfort and a better future, and raised their kids to inherit it and control of it as soon as they were able. This meant that the Baby Boomers were guided into incredible prosperity while in the prime periods of their lives (in general, anyway) and reaped the Greatest benefit of their parent's investments.
Because they deliberately misread my words? Cause my point was that they clearly did well anyway. So it wasn't exactly crippling for them.
This feels like a better answer. They went through some really tough times, and decided their children shouldn't go through the same. I've seen that before.
They (The GG people) parented okay, I think, but the collective act of laying peace and prosperity in the laps of a single group while letting them be in charge from the earliest moment they could be doesn't breed thinking that they should ever not be in power. After all, they presided over the Cold War, which compared to WWII and almost everything before really did have a lot less death by violence and related issues. Even with the spectre of nuclear war.
They finally arrested Monk?
Fools, clearly I should have all the power and not anyone else
...You know what? Sure. I can't imagine that the average person could screw things up as badly as those who currently have the power, even if they're being actively malicious about it. All in favor of granting all power to Longtimelurker, say aye.
Successful children generally produce spoiled ones in turn
Aye.
Well, either because of luck or other factors, that is more my point. Baby Boomers are not inherently evil or anything, but as a generation, they got power earlier than usual, and held on to power way, way longer than usual. We're three full 20 year generations past the youngest of them, and yet they still have a vast majority of the clout in society.