So if we had won (or never started) the Vietnam war, the civil rights movement had failed (blacks were kept in their place so as to never think of becoming President), JFK hadn’t been killed, and so on that caused wholesale distrust in government and institutions that had failed the people they were supposed to serve, hippies would never have existed to become yuppies and we would all be basking in the glow of vast government surpluses right now. Time to fire up the time machine, Alice…
A new film is gaining traction among tea-party followers for suggesting that the collapse of the US financial system has roots dating back 40 years to the Summer of Love.
“Generation Zero,” a film set to premiere in March, examines what producer David Bossie says is a “historic perspective on a generational change” that led to the September 2008 bank collapse.
Bossie says generational narcissism, as represented by the 1969 Woodstock Festival, is responsible for the excessive spending, mortgage crisis, and recklessness on Wall Street.
“The people who were at Woodstock turned into the yuppies of the ’80s and the junk bond traders of the ’90s and the Wall Street executives of the 2000s,” he says. “They went from Woodstock to driving a Jaguar.”
TAX all religion. Now. Forever. Oh,and don’t drink the Kool-aid.
this is for all you dvorak god haters… “pride before the fall” there has never been a more narcissistic generation that did so little too gain so much too return back so little to the next generation than than the boomers… as your own al gore calls you… the “criminal generation”.
#16 Cursor – I believe you’re mostly on the right track but I would like to add that most teen to twenties during the late sixties and early seventies were just drifting along taking in all that was around them. Their parents ultra conservative views to their idol’s extreme liberal views. As they aged they made decisions on what path to take. Most encountered life’s realities and chose left to center while others right to center. That is why we have the political mix we have in the general population. Now, for those liberal activists. They more than likely are the wingnuts and loonylefts of the spectrum.
How do I know this? Because I am a GenJoneser. I can attest to the liberal activists during this time to be the most narrow minded people I’ve ever met. It would seem that the further you get from the center the narrower the mind.
I guess that teaches the fucking republicans that war is not the answer. Fucking Racists…
innagaddadavidaw0tever wasn’t bad, but you wouldn’t listen to it more a few times.
fyi, the ~postWW2 western cult(ure) gens (birthdates) roughly fit within these ranges:
1940-1950 rnr surf doowop rockabilly folk revival
1950-1960 garage rock rnb psych funk disco reggae
1960-1970 punk roc industrial techno goth nu dance
1970-1980 hiphop grunge trip
1980-1990 breaks trance house dnb
1990-2000 awol or amazingly deep ug, so far…
the actual culture lags birthdate about 15 years.
btw, there weren’t enough 3piece-wearing 18,19&20 yos voting to make much dent in the 1980′s election of reagan.
and the teabaggers in vids *are* (mostly) boomers. so they can happily continue to curse themselves, if they want.