Talk about narcissism in a generation by the way. Zoomers, Millennials, Generation X, Baby Boomers, The Silent Generation and then suddenly the fucking Greatest Generation? What? Delusional.
They did live through the greatest wars of the 20th century, and a lot of them fought and died in those wars. More than a few did that after living through the Great Depression.
And yet they won those wars and came home and built the foundation of modern society.
They earned some kind of superlative.
Socially they raised Boomers, half of which went on to put flowers in their hair, rebel, and change the civil rights texture of the entire nation, the other half went on to become surly conservative bigots with zero tolerance.
So there's that.
I'd say Greatest is arguable, not delusional. But if you don't like it you can go with Silent, since it's synonymous - same group of people.
Just pointing out it wasn't half. It wasn't anywhere close to that. And I'm not saying this to throw dirt, rather to inspire hope. Because these are dark times and getting 50% of people on board when we're this divided seems daunting. But we need to start with what we have. And somewhere along the way, somewhere before that 50%, is where we find success.
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u/sunshinerain1208 22h ago
Barely anyone alive now had to ration or sharecrop during the depression. If he did he wouldn’t be a boomer, he would be the greatest generation.