The ONLY time there was NOT a full compliment of gens 1,2,3,4.
The EXCEPTION TO THE RULE as Strauss and Howe called it.
I enjoy your discussions of this theory and how you apply it to your creative work. You might need some review on occasion concerning Boomer experience and ideology vs Gen X.
"Life is short, and then you die" was very common when I was a Boomer teenager in the early sixties.
I'm not sure all of society failed Gen X, but I do believe the education system did. By the time Xers were in primary and secondary school, the pre-boomer teachers had drifted left, while Boomers that went into teaching were usually from the idealistically, silly America-is-the-problem group.
Keep up your work. If you use a Boomer villain, the best archetype would be a woman, who believes she is absolutely right and never sees the tyranny of her methods.
Interesting stuff. I do think it is as you pointed out, a more specifically American theory. Seems less applicable outside the US.
But I see X’s story is a bit like Job’s, getting hit on all sides. Their test is whether they will curse God or not.
Civil War
The ONLY time there was NOT a full compliment of gens 1,2,3,4.
The EXCEPTION TO THE RULE as Strauss and Howe called it.
I enjoy your discussions of this theory and how you apply it to your creative work. You might need some review on occasion concerning Boomer experience and ideology vs Gen X.
"Life is short, and then you die" was very common when I was a Boomer teenager in the early sixties.
I'm not sure all of society failed Gen X, but I do believe the education system did. By the time Xers were in primary and secondary school, the pre-boomer teachers had drifted left, while Boomers that went into teaching were usually from the idealistically, silly America-is-the-problem group.
Keep up your work. If you use a Boomer villain, the best archetype would be a woman, who believes she is absolutely right and never sees the tyranny of her methods.