Who Created The Baby Boomer Generation And Why

With this clip, I decided to respond to the battle going on between the generations which is so evident in the comments on my channel. So many blame the baby boomers for our current state of affairs (which they don't like) while others blame the millennials. Yet we all know that parents are to a great extent responsible for the actions and attitudes of the children. This clip presents portions of my 6 part TV series titled Making Sense Of The Sixties where, in 1989, I asked parents of those who grew up in the 1960s about how they raise their children.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

The generations prior to the boomers could walk into a shop or store and get hired in without a high school diploma and get on the job training. Not this 'unpaid internship" crap. Architect Albert Khan never finished high school and built skyscrapers. As a teenager, Kahn got a job at an architectural firm and went from there becoming America's number one American industrial architect of his day. This is still possible but one group blocks it so that you have to spend up to six figures paying tuition that goes into their pockets providing the necessary funds for their vacations and high standards of living.

[@maxzorin2658]

the good old days when people used their brains and then the lazy boomers changed all of that.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

@@maxzorin2658 yeah, the previous generations treated them with respect and they still take it for granted.

[@oldfogey3272]

asily

[@oldfogey3272]

Radium ure correct greedy capitalist boomers are holding workers hostage! With their temp agencies and legislation that has all but eliminated on the job training! We lost a lot culturally, when u could no longer walk in off the street to claim an entry level job! And government has not provided the worker much in the way of job training programs! And this is why today we have a very angry society!

[@RADIUMGLASS]

@@oldfogey3272 that is correct and your comment should be at the top of the list. The 60s era boomers are the ones that want everyone to be under the spell of communism and dependent on the government.

[@nicolakruger9043]

I’m a gen x er. I always thought that if I just did what my parents did or better that I would have what they have. I have found that I have had to jump through more hoops than they did at a much greater financial cost. I think that if future generations had reaped the same financial rewards that baby boomers did with housing and education then they would have forgiven them for any of their other errors. I think young people now are so frustrated when they are told that they just have to save to get a deposit and buy a house when it’s difficult to do on two wages compared to buying a house and raising children on one wage and then having an extra wage for luxuries. I really don’t think boomers understand at all how tough most millenials are doing it, it’s easy to criticise and call them lazy. I don’t see lazy when I see millenials, I see a defeated and hopeless generation that are wondering what the point of it all is.

[@expressfunartakaw1ndy._.cl887]

Thank you very much Nicole for understanding the millenial generation I am one myself and trying really hard to go to school and earn a degree so I can get good paying job in a education field so my husband and I can support our three small children. My husband right now is working at a job that pays three dollars above minimum wage and is the only income coming in. We try to apply for govt assistances but keep having issues with dpss. I'm even selling items online on, poshmark, ebay, etsy, etc. To make a little extra income the problem is it's a waiting game and is not a consistent stable income. But we keep on keeping in for our family. But we get looks from other people who don't understand out situation or they start gossiping because they're judgemental and critical and make presumption of a situation they dont know about. I would give anything for someone to give advice compassionately and not in a patronizing way. I would be so open to listen to any one whose willing to share their wisdom and experience.

[@kyliepechler]

@Nicola Kruger........THIS!!!! 👍 🥇 You hit the nail right on the head!!! Well said!

[@joyceeforbes8457]

Nicola Kruger - Yes dear SOCIETY did that not Baby Boomers . The government is a slave mindset that have everything and yet want only more $$$ just look where all the money goe$ to them for MORE AND MORE ELECTIONS WITH THE PRICE TO BE ELECTED GOING UP AND UP AND EVERYDAY ASKING and getting it ! Do not blame any hurting of the American Peoples , because the treasuries are with them who make the laws . Young people is offered the same thing as all the other BABY BOOMERS had to do and that is GO TO THE MILITARY ? When you see Baby Boomers ownership of a house it is because “ They paid their dues Serving this country...because everyone cannot be a preppy , sorority high gloss uniform wearing elite who drive cars that cost more then some ECONOMIE$ . No one ever said : Life was fair and reason that is so because it is not and NEVER will be . $10, 000 was a lot of money in the Baby Boomer time and 10 Grand is a lot now for a decent start and a crack at something good . But instead SQUANDERING is the true culprit alcohol and drug u$eage PARTYING , Restaurants full eating out Everyday. I am a Baby Boomer and we were fortunate if there was food at home to eat in a house that never measured up to anything called a Decent . Still same struggles as a Senior , will never own a home and have to PRAY for a apartment in YEAR TWENTY NINETEEN . My mother always said : it is NOT the world that is bad just the evil people in it

[@mysmirandam.6618]

Exact same fam. I'm gen x too we're the forgotten generation.

[@SomethingAboutVintage]

Nicola Kruger listen to Gary Vaynerchuck and really learn about your generation.

[@hagelslag9312]

I like this guy. Gonna binge his content right now.

[@7superdaimajin]

OK Boomer.

[@teresawelcome8354]

same.

[@EQPaunders]

Same

[@nolagirl7082]

Yeah he’s got some good shit

[@jeffagoddard]

He’s fair and honest, which is hard to find.

[@tomwiles]

The worst thing parents can do is spoil their kids without teaching them how to work and fend for themselves.

[@jaklumen]

My mother was and is a narcissist (and is of the earlier part of the Boomer generation, as Mr. Hoffman spoke of), and I'm still piecing together my confidence and even my identity, to a degree. But I must give credit to her in teaching me self-sufficiency in the domestic sphere. As my wife and I are on disability, with one of our kids having special needs, this skills have been invaluable, and I won't begrudge her that distinction.

[@mr.upcycle9589]

Spoil them with love not with stuff.

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

Did you watch the video 1st? lol

[@Kroke_Monster]

I would say that's accurate, I have an aunt who can fend for her self in poor situations as she grew up in but when she gained money she became a spoilt narcissist, more like to teach them how to handle different degrees of wealth ..?

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

Very well said, Tom. you know your stuff!

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Boomers tell the generations after theirs, "get a job" and when you apply for a position at a company they run, they end up telling you "sorry we need experience or a degree".

[@josephw2905]

Back in the old days you could work for room and board, thus giving you the experience necessary for jobs, and without emptying your bank account with an "unpaid internship"

[@okiepita50t-town28]

You think we didn’t run into the same problems? That’s always been the conundrum. You need experience to get a job and you need a job to get experience. That never changes.

[@jamesdavis5729]

Radium: WTF? Are you serious? Do you really think it was any different for boomers. The education or experience requirement is as old as dust. Baby boomers experienced as much as any group. But then you could get a fast food or other industry job that doesn't require degree or experience. Then you can bitch about being paid minimum wage.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

@@jamesdavis5729 bullshit. I have a baby-boomer parent from 1947 and another pre-boomer from 1940 that grew up through that era. I know how they lived, kid.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

@@josephw2905 correct sir

[@jewels3596]

My mother in law (shes 70 years old) has always said that "normal is just a setting on a dryer." ☺️☺️☺️

[@kchannel4299]

That’s a good one !!

[@nonoe8952]

That's so cute.

[@chowder8802]

My boomer parents were physically beaten by the Greatest Generation on a daily basis. They raised me with only verbal abuse and thought they were winning at parenting.

[@jenovacel4123]

That's literally what happened to my entire family.

[@areyoujelton]

The greatest generation of WHOOP ASS

[@michellelambert8729]

I'm the littlest boomer born in 64. My parents were also boomers though from what they sometimes call the first cohort. Lol. They were not the norm for parents no doubt.

[@rb032682]

@Bang - A good, and sad, point.

[@davehibbs9111]

Me and my sister's got beat with a strap on a daily basis and we were always brainwashed into believing it was for our own good and it was for our own good we were smacked 20 to 30 times a day and whipped with a belt everyday by both of our parents!!! And so it most of the kids in our neighborhood! Me my brother and 4 sisters back in 50's and very early 60'S and absolutely no one to tell! If you were stupid enough to tell the police they would tell your parents and they would say you need to discipline your children! And that would cost you a big bad whipping! My neighbors parents and my parent's molested their children on a daily basis and every kid back then thought it was normal! And were always trained to please mommy and daddy! My late father molested all of my sister's from the time they were about 6 to grown up!! No one ever said a thing! Neighbors next door to us in Levittown p.a. had 8 girls and no boys all born from 1950 to early 60'S and all were molested and whipped just like us! And not one of us ending up in jail like the generation after us! But we all have to hear about how bad we are..

[@TaylorAmelia]

Boomers were overindulged with material stuff and under indulged emotionally. Which makes for people with a whole lot of issues.

[@riririri100]

Hmm, sounds like every other generation that came after.

[@vtwintora]

would you say that all of them are ?

[@montamiddleton9318]

What issues? I'm a boomer and I think you have us confused with the MTV generation. Our generation wasn't given anything,l. Hell, we got an allowance if we did our chores. What generation are you from? The JETSONS? Google Baby Boomers and get back with me.

[@thecannon3448]

How many degrees & how much debt did it take for you and your generation to be middle class?

[@glennriviere7807]

I don't know where you to say overindulged.-from .Because we all wore hand me down It wasn't till I was 13 that thing start to get better for all of us.

[@tiger-rx3vq]

I’m only 21 and I love these kinds of analyses and discussions - if everyone could set aside the need for blame in all of these “generation wars” I think we’d be a lot more capable of solving problems! From my perspective, the whole “ok boomer” thing is a response to the exhaustion and eventual resulting apathy of feeling like you’re required to give a full detailed explanation to someone you know isn’t going to listen. There are good and bad people in every generation, and I choose to surround myself with open-minded and curious people from all generations and learn from them! Humanity is a team effort and I refuse to squabble. Sending lots of love!

[@blackhorse11thACR]

Thank you for your observations.

[@blackhorse11thACR]

You are wise for your age. I thank you for your thoughts. We all need to solve these problems. I want only the best for every generation that came after mine. I have a teenage son and cringe at the thought of the polluted, economically damaged world. I'm sick of war and don't want anyone to experience the pain of war. I was in the Cold War and many of us silently did our service for the nation. After 41 operations and knowing Troopers who were killed while in service and never were recognized by the Department of Defense for their contributions. People actually died and I heard many land mines going off on the Iron Curtain. Sometimes it was an unlucky rabbit or animal. Other times it was an escape attempt. Those were less often than the animals setting them off. Sometimes you never knew and often wondered if somebody died trying to cross the border to freedom. I am sad that we are always as a country feeding the Military Industrial Complex and nothing but continued war. May the best opportunities happen to the youth. I may be a 2nd Gen Boomer but I think most youngsters wouldn't consider me as a bad person. Good luck. I'm doing whatever I can to see the younger generations get a fair shake. You don't deserve a messed up world.

[@nickames3808]

I Like That....Humanity Is A Team Effort. It'd be great on a Tee with appropriate pics! Born in '54

[@nickames3808]

Some people have always noted what A Paradise Our Earth could be... IF ONLY!!!

[@rantingintothevoid]

I’m 22 and was raised by my grandparents born in the mid 40s so I definitely understand the cynicism of our generation and the one before. Hard work simply doesn’t mean as much as it did then...you can work 7 days a week and still not have a stable place to live. There’s a huge disconnect.

[@Realauntmeme]

Nobody ever talks about gen X. It's always baby boomers and millenials.

[@mgann0zymandias589]

Gen Y don't mind being unnoticed or forgotten - we just want this crap fixed.

[@octavia88]

Can't think about one bad thing about gen x, must be because of that! I actually know lots of gen x... All cool people 😲

[@SophieRutter]

they are two biggest generations , our parents were boomers , we know them best

[@poodtang2104]

Most Gen X myself included, expected to get screwed over.

[@patrickd3610]

Jade Marie jade Marie..another racist moron hating white people for being white.

[@grandpapa2134]

My pops was ww2 vet. Married Ma in 61 and had no idea what to do. I didn't get my shit together till I was a dad. Didn't have any idea what I was doing. Like my pops I worked to damn much. The cycle stopped with my kids. They are making less but have more time with the kids. Took me awhile to get my head around. I see it now. Thanks for your films.

[@rustytoyota]

Interesting to hear from this generation before they're all gone.

[@tddouble9412]

Just ask Donald trump

[@user-sf4sj1in3s]

I'm hopeful my life span won't be 100. Rusty Toyota... Believe me when I say alot of us really want it over. Ya know! No pain and meds. Alot of us never thought we'd live this long frankly! We discuss it and laugh. The best to you in life!🌼🌼🌼

[@markdirga4894]

As a child (born in 1953) of a career Marine, I went to 15 schools in 6 states: Maine, Rhode Island, Virginia, North Carolina, California and Hawaii. From that experience I feel like I developed a good perspective on what society was like growing up. It wasn't the ideal vision that movies and television of the time portrayed. Our parents generation was full of their own excesses - alcohol (although my parents didn't drink), prescription drugs, chain smoking, and extramarital affairs all while holding onto narrow-minded predjudices. I was put on 30 day detention in the 5th grade for having photos of the early Beatles on my binder. And my teacher told the class that he was happy JFK was killed. Our parents generation weren't the ones who necessarily spoiled the children, it was corporations taking advantage of the large numbers of boomers. We were where the money was and businesses developed around us to court our dollar. We were the center of attention. But, we worked hard, very hard. Many boomers have worked their lives away in repetitive, soul-sucking jobs. Younger generations have been pretty amazing. Today's youth are impressive in spite of being ragged on by older folks. But for people of any age to dismiss all the great things that the boomer generation contributed to our lives is unfair. Life sucked for many people in the 1950's and 1960's. Glamorizing it is a result of selective memory.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

I was born in 1946. We weren't military, but we moved house often, usually because my father was looking for another job. We had plenty of lean times but I learned quite a bit about survival from it. We didn't have anything to do with Little League or the PTA or any of that stuff. You don't end up socializing and joining things when you're moving all the time.

[@servico100]

The bottom line of the Baby boom is the trillions of dollars entering the nation with the boomers' passing.

[@gypsyblack5994]

Agreed!

[@christal2641]

@@servico100 And where are those trillions coming from? SOME Boomers are very well off, but most depend on Social Security (about $12K a year after Medicare B and D.) And we PAID FAR MORE in Social Security than we will get, because there never was a lock box for our SS taxes. Had the money been invested in infrastructure, education, an environmental repair, the US would be healthier and wealthier. Instead, the "SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND" money was spent on one war after another, all for the profit if the 1%

[@michaelbuckley4822]

@@christal2641 There is indeed a wealth inequality in America. Yes, some of the baby boomers are homeless and SS is not enough to live and too much to die on. There are many in the 55 to 75 age bracket that has wealth streams from several sources. Some of the cohort inherited the accumulated wealth of their frugal parents and grandparents. In many cases, this was only real estate consisting of a home or in some cases a farm property. Without a doubt some squandered the windfall, others chose to husband it for their children. The baby boom generation also became better educated than their parents. Their parents may have finished high school and in some cases used the GI bill after WW2. They recognized that education was the ticket and provided the resources to educate their children. Fact is that a degree will make you more employable if only because it means you can be trained. A starter home in Levittown Long Island in 1948 cost $7000. the average price today is $400k. My parents inherited my grandparents' farm that they used as a summer home and a place to hunt. When my father retired they bought a retirement home in a central Florida condominium located on a lake and rented the Long Island home out. They were not unique. Florida is “heaven's waiting room” filled with people who are not what anyone would call wealthy. They have worked and saved to provide for their retirement. I now have my parents property, in addition to my own. My kids will inherit our estate most of it will be real estate. Considering there are at least 60 million baby boomers and many will have a gross worth of much more than myself. That is where it is coming from.

[@ceilconstante7813]

I really love how David Hoffman chronicles our American culture. I believe these documentries to be very important in the same way we asked our parents and grandparents about how life was. Every generation is a product of social engineering. The fashion/music of each era, TV, wars, drugs all contributed greatly to the times. I was born in 1962. Walter Cronkite read the news at 6 PM. At midnight we heard the star spangled banner, then TV snow when TV went off the air. We had 3 TV channels The Birth Control Pill was introduced in 1963. I think it had a big impact because the free love movement began forever changing morals. The Vietnam war was a painful time. Everyone had a relative in the war. Those that returned in the 70's we're broken in body and spirit. The woman's movement grew in the 70's. A lot of changes to the culture during the later baby boomer era.

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

smartest comment to this point.

[@djeieakekseki2058]

Ceil Constante thank you.

[@jaklumen]

Yes, indeed. I believe Mr. Hoffman's documentaries compliment what I learned from my Boomer parents, my Silent Era in-laws, and my Depression Era grandparents. I also agree that each generation has been subject to social engineering. Of course, I have been asking questions as to why it was done, and to wonder who were those doing such. Generation Xer here, born 1974. My wife was born 1969.

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

@@jaklumen I am delighted that you recognize the social engineering. Recognition of danger is a sign of moral courage.

[@jaklumen]

@@diligenceintegrity2308 thank you. I work hard to keep a level head about it, as my curiosity has led me down some rabbit holes leading to a warren of conspiracy theories. At the end of the day, however, my interest is personal, as I'm also unraveling generations of narcissism and dirty family secrets that threaten to tarnish legacies (and that includes family that made it to Wikipedia). I want to be aware of anyone that would twist control of my life, even stealing it, for their power and gain.

[@Orpilorp]

Hello! This was a very thoughtful video. Thank you. I was born in 57 and always thought I missed the baby boomer generation. I think the PTSD that many of the WWII vet's had was practically ignored, and that may have been the reason for many of the fathers' aloofness. I feel like the soldiers were supposed to come home and pretend nothing happened. But the children felt it. And working too many hours was their way of coping with their trauma. But children need an engaged father. This also was the first generation fed the highly processed diet that nearly replaced cooking from scratch. My mom thought she was putting wholesome food on the table, but things like shortening and white sugar and bleached white flour did not nourish the children. I am 65, and I cannot eat any grains or starches. I think that is why many boomers turned to the drugs. Something was wrong and they didn't know what. And then the poor guys were sent off to Vietnam without really understanding the reason. My beloved, gentle cousin came back with PTSD and even though his wife and 2 daughters were kind and loving, he ended his life because he couldn't shake the trauma. It was a volatile time, but it is a volatile time now as well. We try hard to talk about serious things with our children and grandchildren. I think what's most important is trusting that the Creator God is still in charge, no matter how mankind tries to muck things up. There is beauty and sorrow in every generation.

[@jeroldmccarty2619]

Among other things, my primary complaint is that while the baby boomers educations were mostly payed for, they then turned around and massaged college into a huge money making machine that benefited them as they were now the professors. Next, I was born in 67' which means I was basically the first of the X'ers. I remember the first business going off shore as Nike, around 1980. Ergo, my generation was 13 years old. The first of the greatest generation was starting to retire, and this meant that the boomers were now taking control of the corporations, that were, yup, going off shore, "outsourcing". I'm a Gen X'er who was raised by my grandparents, the greatest generation. Thank god they took me from my boomer parents. I think I'm far better off for it. Thank you, grandpa, grandma, where ever you now are. RIP.

[@6killer426]

Jerold McCarty I was born in 1963, although I probably could have gone to college by taking on debt through a student loan, I chose to join the military instead. I acquired my career through my military training. My parents were part of the so-called greatest generation. I played few sports in high school because I had a job, one that started the summer after 8th grade and continued through high school. The job was a necessity because I wanted transportation other than a bicycle.

[@CharMinsky]

You cool. Blessings 🙏🏽

[@kjk7611]

Lady Heart Were your parents hippies, dude?😕

[@kjk7611]

The X Generation was born on January 1, 1965 in the earliest time zone in America. January 1, 1963, in the earliest time zone in Europe.

[@hugsandcurses]

@@wildflowers5555 judging by your commentary and it's assumptive simplicity, I am guessing you fall into the failures category?

[@batman5224]

Some people might be surprised by my comment, but I think the absence of fathers contributed to the decline of the baby boomers. The rigid gender roles of the fifties were, for the most part, a bad thing for society. Fathers neglected their children by working all day, one of many factors that led to the moral decay of the late sixties. By the end of the sixties, however, many women had left the home as well, depriving the next generation of having a mother or a father. No parent, regardless of gender, should place their career goals above their children. By doing so, the bedrock of civilization will be damaged. In our consumeristic society, money and status matter more than family, which has led to the decline of moral values.

[@speedstriker]

The boomers and their parents families are examples of what didn't work then? That's quite a bittersweet pill, considering how even if we know what might be a better way of forming families, the economic conditions makes it harder than ever to put it into practice.

[@batman5224]

SpeedStriker The marriage and monogamy part worked, but none of that matters if the parents are not around to raise the children.

[@sharon8989]

Joseph Logsdon, Yes, the women left the home.....as do so many to this day. The Bible says in Titus 2:3-5 KJB....that godly women are “ keepers at home”, she takes care of the home and all those that are in her care. A godly man is to go out and work with his hands, 1Thess.4:11 KJB, he’s the provider, 1Tim.5:8 KJB.

[@mlr4524]

These religious-based beliefs are frightening. It's 2019, people.

[@daleslover2771]

Joseph Logsdon 100% spot on!!!👍👍👍

[@KittyClark4433]

I'm a boomer born in 1957. I was raised in the south on a farm. I don't remember this easy life people are talking about. I never felt limited as a female either. I went to college, graduated with a degree in sciences & have worked in the medical profession since i was 22. I did not experience the "Leave It To Beaver" life. I remember thinking it was weird & not reality when I was watching it as a kid. Am i the only boomer that feels that way??

[@7superdaimajin]

OK Boomer.

[@chookvalve]

No! You’re not the only one. I was born in 1961 in Outback Australia so I’m strictly not a boomer but I agree with you. I had to work hard and study pretty hard. my first job paid A$45 for 60 hours a week and a shit ton of abuse to go with it. Thats crap money but it paid off in the long run. Ive been in the same field (TV electronics and production) and still am now. The ‘hard’ life we had back then made us get staying power for later on. That being said, my two sons work hard and don’t complain. Unfortunately, The world is not as nice anymore and I feel sorry for them.

[@Galm1Cipher0]

@@7superdaimajin did you really have to be that mean?

[@11Kristin11]

1957 here, too. We moved a lot and I was in 5 schools by 5th grade, because our fam had to follow my dad's job and he kept getting transferred. We were OK but certainly not "well off". I started working at 14 for $0.60/hour and I've been working ever since, including while putting myself through university in the early 1980s while standing up for myself as a female. I agree with the whole "Leave it to Beaver" stuff. I watched it on TV but never felt connected to that AT ALL, or to any of those stupid films we had to watch in school.

[@richardrogo4243]

I'm with you. I was born in the 50's, came out to CA for Wisconsin to be with my Grandparents; they owned a chicken ranch; that's where I started work at 6 yrs old. My Dad was a biology teacher and Mom stayed home. We livered in a thousand sq/ft house; two parents, six kids, dog, cat and bird. Never a new bike from Santa. Payed my own way through college and it wasn't free! Not a hippie or jock, or good student. With that I became a strong person!

[@jnyerere]

The reason I love History so much is because I'm amazed at how quickly people are to forget it. I'm turning 30 at the end of this year and I've sworn to always engage with Gen-Z (and subsequent generations) and talk to them about what it's like to navigate the world as them rather than make stupid generalizations based on a false sense of self-righteousness. I truly believe that Gen-Z is the hope of this society. They've had a front row seat to the shit show and are best equipped (more than any generation before them) to change things for the better. And I support all their endeavors in doing so.

[@Fennily]

Same I really think every generation is smarter than the one who came before. Gen Z is gonna take us places, I hope I get to live to see what they can do

[@camwad1238]

The Flying Dutchman yes but we agree in a lot of the same things aswell and agree in a lot of the issues we face it’s just the solution we disagree on which is the same with every generation

[@chytstorm]

I'm a boomer trapped in a millennial body with a gen x heart. Where the hell do I fit in?

[@ciaomamabella]

YES YES YES. I cried when I read your comment. I agree. Im a millenial. I have a Gen Z son. Hes uber special and I see some much hope and uniquness in his generation. I couldnt agree with you more. I stand alongside Gen Z with care.

[@javiervalenzuela8284]

Millennials had a front row at what happened during the early 00s. There was a generation who had a front row seat at of WW2 and they are the silent generation. Boomers had a front row seat of the cold war and later participated in it. Just seeing it doesn't mean anything.

[@clintonmcbride6438]

Boomer: "We had it hard too ya know! My first job only paid me $1.65 an hour back in 1962! You try budgetting on that!" Millennials, who have to actually understand money: "My inflation calculator says your first job would be the same as paying $14 an hour today. My actual real life wage is the same as if you had made 85 cents an hour." Boomer: "THAT'S NOT HOW MY SCHOOL TAUGHT ME TO DO MATH YOU INGRATE!"

[@samnicholson5051]

Those boomers with the "I earned just $x.xx an hour back in the 1960s" are all too common. At least in Ireland, they can't pull that crap on on anyone, because it was all pounds, shillings, and pence back then.

[@leslieparsons408]

Here's an answer from a real Boomer: Your calculator is correct. When we boomers got out of school we walked into a job. I made $1.60 in High School!!! In 1969, a young man could graduate or drop out of HS and within 6 months he could have an apartment, a brand new car and a stay-at-home- wife. A few years later they would be able to buy a nice home. My sons are millennials and when they got out of their fancy private Universities with their fancy test scores they were offered a shit sandwich on stale bread. NO. Things are not what they were. We have big problems and we need stand up and admit it and fix it.

[@Troglor048]

And that's from official inflation sources.

[@archaicnymph2977]

Millennials still suck at math too

[@gavinreid5387]

1962. Those boomers were the very first ones, age 16.

[@DrizzyDrakeII]

Not enough people bring up the two stages of boomers. My grandmother always rejected the label of baby boomer simply because it encapsulated hippies too 😂

[@theroldan8675]

lol

[@gavinreid5387]

Exactly. The image of the 60s baby boomers as hippies doesn't cover even half boomers. Those who were teenager ain't the 70s had a much more nihilistic view of life. The hippie dream was over and Punks were the replacement subculture.

[@madmax8949]

There's two Boomer groups. The second group: Boomers II, aka, Generation Jones, is the set born between 1955-1964. They weren't old enough to be drafted into Vietnam. Big difference in sensibilities.

[@matthewgallant3622]

I mean, idk if there’s really a huge difference. Boomers born in 1946 would been 23 in 1969. You wanna believe there weren’t very many 23 year olds at Woodstock? Lol they like to believe they were better than younger boomers but were they? My parents are later boomers and went to high school in the 70s, and I know that time is known for being full of drugs but was it that different?

[@madmax8949]

@@matthewgallant3622 I may have smoked pot with your parents!! LOL, I graduated in 1976 and was 11 when Woodstock went on and I don't even remember if I knew about it at the time or not, probably not, as I was more interested in sports. It's like having older siblings, you're not really interested in what they're doing, because you're doing your own thing. You may be interested in some of what they're doing, but you're still gonna have your own friends and ways of doing things differently. Not having to grow up under the specter of war and threat of being drafted made a huge difference in the way we thought and acted. We became spoiled brats! High-minded in a mindless way. P.J. O'Rourke (b. 1947) wrote a hilarious book called, The Baby Boom, How it Got That Way and It Wasn't My Fault And I'll Never Do It Again. Tells you all you need to know. I highly recommend it.

[@dshepherd107]

You’re doing a fantastic job. To me your videos remind me of a college course. For those who trash an entire generation like the Boomers or the Millennials... they didn’t just appear out of a vacuum. Each generation is the product of the last. The Baby Boomers were bombarded with Consumerism in a booming economy, much like the youth of today are bombarded with the message that you’re nothing of you don’t have social media status.. if you’re not an “influencer.” They didn’t know anything else. It was the norm. The pendulum swings from one extreme to the other, & often back again as we try to find our way, as we evolve as human beings. As an X-Gen who grew up working class in the steel mill suburbs near Chicago, I can tell you a lot of us grew up rough. And I think as a result, those of us who had children overcompensated w/their own children, which contributed to this idea they instilled into those children, the Millennials, that everyone was a winner, every attempt at anything was equal in value, whether a success or less so. Hard work & dedication to a discipline wasn’t necessarily required to acquire accolades. So is with this new trend in which everyone is so easily offended & willing to socially & publicly condemn & destroy an individual for a mistake, especially if the mistake or misjudgment happened 20+ yrs ago, when it might’ve been considered the social/cultural norm. And I’m not talking about issues like racism or misogyny bc they were always foul & wrong. We are social animals. We evolved to live in groups. As such, the vast majority of people tend to follow set social & cultural norms. We follow the herd. So if you think you would’ve been so different, think again. When looking at a whole generation, you need to look at their actions through the events of the times they lived in. Did the Boomers make big mistakes? Absolutely & I get pissed off about it bc it affects me now. Did my generation make mistakes.. obviously, but if you think future generations won’t judge yours as backwards, uncivilized, selfish, etc., compared to them, you simply don’t understand history or human behavior. We are what we are. These videos are gems.. little windows of insight into the past. It is a gift. Learn from them. That’s what I try to do. I’d much rather try to understand the why of a thing in the hope I might avoid similar pitfalls, rather than just rage & fling blame around as if I have no weaknesses, no faults of my own.

[@ceilconstante7813]

Debra Sheppard Great Comment!

[@MustWorkWeekends]

Well said Debra. I also grew up in the "suburbs" of Chicago (NW Indiana- steel mill country). It's nice to read of others who share my perspective. Thanks for sharing your views.

[@paulbroderick8438]

The misconception that the next generation has been ordained(duty!) to achieve more than the previous has led to a very 'disenfranchised ' younger workforce. The manufacturing might of America gave a multitude of high schoolers a foot on the first rung of the ladder to achievement. With outsourcing, excessive military expending and the lack of social safety nets has given rise to overall dissatisfaction. Money spent on guns, bullets and 'foreign aid' should be directed towards deserving home based causes instead. As an immigrant to the USA, from the UK, the level of crass consumerism is unsettling to witness.

[@francinesmith8109]

Who the * yuck cares why the BOOMERS did what they did to everyone!!! They still did it and ARE totally responsible for their actions, even in their old age. Nothing has changed. Simply put, they are all abusive and greedy animals that will be gone soon. They will not be missed for one millisecond, not one of them.

[@RyelSteele]

Wait, what, personal responsibility? You are definitely a Gen-Xer. Too bad we belong to the lost generation.

[@bluetickfreddy101]

Born late 50’s One of 4 kids Parents did the best they could It was a wonderful childhood

[@carriesee7209]

Wow ditto to a T

[@terryellis7692]

My dad and mom were born 1947 and 1948. I am a gen x. I hear alot of gen x were abused severely by their boomer parents. Mine was bad enough that my brother huffed gasoline one day at age 18 and crashed a 2 ton truck and died(same brother that abused me). My moms response "when you told ME what he did I was devastated" umm yes thanks for making about YOU mom. Oh and I'm pretty sure my mom knew her golden child was doing what he was doing. Also golden child scapegoat dynamics are abusive to say the least. Seems many boomers are like this. My dads mom didnt go to ANY of her children's weddings. Why? Because she was a sociopathic narcissist. And thus created that in her spawn. And l say spawn because some of the shit that my boomer parents spew out of there pie holes was horrid. They were controlling and obtrusive. My mother was so narcissistic she was in competition with me. I say was .... because I dumped my parents. They were not capable of love. Yes they fed and clothed me but that's not love... that's required maintenance..... which they think I owe them for. It sad really. But do I hate ALL boomers? Nope. Got a few at work and I love them all. Especially one i closely work with. Thought he was kind of bossy at first but when i got to know him i found we had alot in common.... however he is 66. So that means he was born 1954. So i wonder if the earlier boomer gen was more the problem .... idk but it seems they have some real issues. One subscriber commented a gen will hate the one before and after but I really just despise alot of those boomers

[@terryellis7692]

@MissGuided Me no. The problem was that is was all about THEM when it should have been mostly about the kids. They were too selfish to nurture. What happens when you dont care for say a house plant? You dont give it the love it needs to thrive? It dies or doesnt thrive. Same happens with people and sometimes we also die or are completely disabled in life. Being a nurturing caring parent means you have to be selfless and my own mother treated me as though I was competition. Never actually nurtured me or built me up. Therefore making it very hard to be a successful person. I have to work 100 x harder than those that had parents who were not sociopathic weirdos. Just saying. Of course I need to move on and FIX all that but the point is I should never of been put into the position to have to. Point blank.

[@terryellis7692]

@MissGuided Me also educate yourself of narcissistic parenting before you blame the victim. Harsh.

[@lorietitus354]

John Newman Best comment so far. A person only knows what they know. You do the very best you can with the tools you have. So did my parents with their 6 children!

[@patriciaalbi9549]

Teaching, nursing, secretarial work and flight attendants are all REAL professions!!

[@UMullerOfficial]

Agreed ❤

[@JOHN----DOE]

But do you want to be limited to them? I sure as hell didn't, and it was a total uphill battle for women to establish themselves in anything else. Read sometime about what women like Ruth Bader Ginsberg had to put up with in law school. At least they let her IN to law school, which was rare.

[@akashicklovebpd1264]

​@@JOHN----DOETo bad they didn't make not working illegal for everyone.

[@evamurray2564]

As a gen x, I notice alot of opinion pieces about boomers and millennials. Seems like gen x should be called the forgotten generation. Most of my Xer friends and I, grew up with both parents working and lived a life of basically no parenting. Most of what is said about the generations are generalisations. Treat people as individuals.

[@magicalomaha2804]

Gen X was called "latch key" kids. They had to fend for themselves with so many working and single moms.

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

Tell the CIA, that, Eva. They are behind this campaign of boomer hate.

[@maria-melek]

My mom's eldest sister is a Gen X and she is workaholic and I love her but sometimes I feel like she doesn't love me. My parents are late Gen X/ early millennial born in '84 & '85. I'm a Gen Z born in 2002. My generation we're so scared of growing up because we feel like we're going to have to deal with a lot of financial stress, working a 9-5 job, feeling like we're not good enough, older generations see us as dumb kids who only play video games, social media, selfish and yeah I guess, but we also think about life and the future. I feel stressed and scared but I'm also hopeful about the future I hope that things will be good.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Boomers were my teachers in school and were terrible at teaching, they were narrow minded, lacked personality and like a typical boomer, they felt entitled. Some would skip through chapters in history class if they didn't like a particular chapter. I had one teacher in high school that he only taught three times throughout the year, yeah he only had three actual sessions throughout the year. The 60s generation are the worse in my opinion. You hear the same stories from them about how they partied and f***ed their brains out. They were legends in their own minds. Also in my school, They discouraged any type of skilled trade or labor jobs, even if it paid more than a degree job. They were the pushers for the whole college crap and increased the costs for the credit hours to the point of putting one into debt for the rest of their lives. They had the attitude that If you didn't have a degree or crappy teaching certificate you were below them in society.

[@daniellebeaulieu1673]

great post, bang on. The least they could do is admit where they went wrong and do what they can to rectify. We all make mistakes. Instead.... excuses animosity ungrateful....... Maybe on a personal note: most boomers have families and children, most kids these days will die alone without having the chance to experiences any of life's true meaning or purpose

[@RADIUMGLASS]

@@daniellebeaulieu1673 thanks man. Agreed they rarely admit mistakes. I make mistakes we all do but you and me can admit it, it's a part of being human. Unfortunately boomers grew into becoming sociopaths and they will never gain the respect that the prior generations did. Boomers will not mellow out as they get older, just get greedier and angrier, even into old age their irresponsible lifestyle is causing them to have high rates of STDs, it's a fact. They hate getting old, they can't accept getting old and they want to relive their past.

[@daniellebeaulieu1673]

@@RADIUMGLASS 'they hate getting old' 😃😂😃😂 so true

[@RADIUMGLASS]

@@daniellebeaulieu1673 and they hate when u tell them that they crashed wall street in 1987, they blame everyone else though they were the traders at that time.

[@daniellebeaulieu1673]

@@RADIUMGLASS so true!😃can i ask your age?

[@JanKut]

I’m 14, I really love watching things about 50s and 60s! It’s like they lived in a different world than now, the discussions going on about it is really interesting!

[@cimbalok2972]

Very interesting. I was a child of the 60s and I looked up to the hippies. I was a hippie wanna-be. I liked their emphasis on peace and love. (Also the fashion.) My mom was a professional ballet dancer and my dad was a music teacher. I disappointed both of them by becoming a folk accordionist and getting into Slovak and Romanian (neither of which is my heritage) folk music. I was a rebel in a very boring, innocuous way. Thanks for the video.

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

same here.

[@cimbalok2972]

@@contactjoy4140 never thought of that! No, I wasn't bored, especially when I discovered awesome new folk music. Actually, my mom is pretty cool. It was mostly my dad who was scandalized when I chose folk over classical.

[@sallyduros]

Hi Maz! Good to see you here.

[@cimbalok2972]

@@sallyduros Well I'll be darned! Hi Sally!

[@UniQueLyEviL]

Okay the boomer hate comments were surprisingly bigoted. I thought people couldn't stand boomers BECAUSE of their bigotry.

[@UniQueLyEviL]

@Jade Marie Did you watch the same video I did? They're undeniably bigoted and ignorant.

[@Trevurr]

That's what I was thinking! Everything they were hating on sounded like positive changes to me lol

[@UniQueLyEviL]

@@erynlasgalen1949 What are you talking about? Yes. Boomers were and plenty still are bigoted AND prejudice. Are you happy? All of the 'oh they're older and set in their ways/they're from a different time' sayings and excuses exist for a reason. And you're right that does seem to have gone out of fashion, hasn't it? It's sad. I'd doesn't have to be TECHNICALLY synonymous but it's almost always related and people know what it means in my usage.

[@JCcreates927]

Masked Agent Boomer here that worked 3 jobs to make it. I was deserted by my mom at 16, my dad had died when I was 14. Maybe we all aren’t the same, quit grouping us into one group.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@JCcreates927 the funny thing is that the "ok boomer" children chinwagging their mouths out to older generations and downplaying their existence, inevitably makes them just as bad. We can except fucking artificial dog humans that bark and are too awkward to function but yet can't except something that ended so long ago. We are far more spoiled then the 1950s generation, we have a database of unnecessary and necessary knowledge all on one device and sources to cry to if we have a big boy bad day and bitch about it on the media until all the media finally makes him commit suicide from all the hate. Sure colleges are far more expensive but that isn't because of the babe boomer generation, there were literally 2 generations after them; im sure they contributed in someway. These kids saying ok boomer don't understand much except what the media talks shit about and honestly when they say it in public, all I can think is "oh my gosh is this a sitcom? stop embarrassing yourself..."

[@inkey2]

many baby boomers had fathers who were combat vets who had severe PTSD. My dad was a disabled Vet. He had a bad temper and drank a lot. Because he suffered through the 1918 Flu pandemic (his dad died at 27 years old), The Great depression and WW2 he allowed no luxuries for his children as he thought we were pampered.

[@DrumWild]

I'm technically a Boomer, born in December 1964. I love it when Millennials pin things like Woodstock on me, as I was only 4.5 years old when that took place. But I relate more to Millennials more because I never had job security and never owned a home.

[@niceupdog]

my mom was born in 59, she's around the same. the reason she owns a house is because we inherited the house from her mom/my grandmother

[@alabama2uz]

There's a difference between boomers and what we call "doomers".

[@dshepherd107]

Same here as an X Gen & college graduate w/ a research degree.

[@DrumWild]

@@alabama2uz Oh I know all about the Boomers, Doomers, Zoomers, Gloomers, and Bloomers. Sounds like you ain't kiddin skrr!

[@alabama2uz]

@@DrumWild "All generalizations are false, including this one" Twain

[@bobchannell3553]

Not all baby boomers were raised in a time of rising expectations. I was borne in the late 1950's. By the time I went to inter the workforce, stagflation had been in full force for sometime. And, it affected my parents too.

[@bobchannell3553]

@John Taylor I don't know if you had it better. Many of you were drafted to go to Vietnam, but the economy was a lot better.

[@bobchannell3553]

@John Taylor I never said it was your fault. It's just true.

[@bobchannell3553]

I have noticed it's becoming popular to bash baby boomers lately. I'm a baby boomer too. All I've ever done was try to get by like everyone else.

[@carolpeek7429]

@@bobchannell3553 The economy is always better when there is a war going on.

[@saratheg]

David, I very much appreciate your videos. I'm 33, but my mother is an older Boomer. I was mostly raised by her and my grandparents, who were both born in the 1920's. I'm considered an older millennial, but because of my upbringing and early adult life, I feel more connected to Gen X, like my siblings. I wish more younger people would watch these videos, and maybe understand more about the Boomer generation. My grandparents and mother (were) and are the people in my life that helped me become who I am today, and I definitely couldn't do it without them. Yes, I remember enrolling in college and debating issues with my grandparents. There was never any nastiness involved though. How can we move forward if we can't have decent conversations with each other, or not try to be understanding of each other?

[@RADIUMGLASS]

I noticed the ones born from 1946-1952-53 are different from the later ones. The ones who became adults in the 60s are the ones that in my opinion made things harder for the next generation. I worked around both sets of boomers, those that became adults in the sixties and those that became adults in the 70s, and the ones that I worked around with that became adults in the 60s, were the ones that I didn't get along with, versus the ones that became adults in the 70s, I got along with them quite well as if they were my own generation.

[@sassy0010]

Radium Clock, your points are well made. There were indeed major differences in the mindsets of boomers born in earlier and later eras. I had a bit of a time relating to both boomers born in the 40s and very early 50s (and the Silent ones born during the war). These were those who began the hippie craze and war protesting as they came of age in the 60s. And, just as important, most of those protesters were in college, unlike the majority of young adults I grew up around in my solidly working-class city neighborhood. Most of our young men actually were drafted in that war and either believed in it or had no way to get out of it, so they went. I went to college in the 70s when I came of age, like other kids I knew who were getting that opportunity, as working-class kids in the 60s did not. Things were a lot harder for our cohort. As the 80s came along, good jobs were far more competitive and houses were getting much more expensive. We did not have the same experiences as those who came of age in the 60s.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

@@sassy0010 Thank you for your comment. In my opinion, your comments should be at the top of this thread. It's the perfect comparison.

[@sassy0010]

@@RADIUMGLASS Thank you. You made excellent observations, and these videos are awesome for anyone of any generation who wants to learn.

[@devilgodgamba3647]

the 60s gen boomers rolled around in mud at Woodstock that other people would pee and shit in. even into old age they can't wipe properly and hate anything that has to do with cleanliness. they like dirt garbage and everything that is considered bad and are teaching GenZ this. They brought drugs into the next gens but blame the next gens for everything.

[@vegataxkc]

The early boomers were the druggies aka hippies...woodstock gen...anti vietnam janis joplin jimi hendrix peace and love gen heroin and coke consumers. The 80s-90s Reagan and right wing religious fanatics effed everything up. The homophobic, racist, misogynist millenials bitching about boomers are a product of the Reagan worshipping Tea Bagger--3%--"promise keeper," MRA, NRA, fake ass patriot, trumptarded nationalist fascist theocrap types that Frank Zappa warned the intellectually savvy college educated 60s boomers about...

[@cindylopez6561]

I was born in 59. I had a Beaver Cleaver childhood, and was very spoiled. But I never did drugs... never even tried pot or smoked a cigarette. Worked all these years. But I was not prepared for the harshness of life. I thought life would always be the way it was while I was growing up. Trying to maintain that happy ever after life has proven impossible. Looking back, I can see I had an absolutely wonderful childhood, and realizing that it’s all downhill from there and continually getting worse is hard to deal with. My dad was a WWII veteran, but did not see combat. That probably saved him, as he was always very affectionate and did not suffer from any war trauma. I thank my parents for giving me a wonderful childhood ... I just wish I was tougher.

[@andytaylor5476]

I think life back then was less stressful, optimistic, financially stronger and happier. I believed life was only going to advance and the world would come together. Yes my expectations were too much but I still believe in some of my dreams and hopes.

[@MostafaMoghbel]

What a savage, he was one of the 3 people smoking weed in a school of 5000. I love it.

[@laea19]

I love it. I'm a Boomer, born in 49 who never, ever would think of smoking anything. Lol, now my millenial son, 36, and his girlfriend make me "special" cookies...that make me feel "special". Going to ask him how, so I can make them too!!

[@nyakwarObat]

@@laea19 i know a boomer born same year as you. They did every drug available and a whole lot of bed hopping

[@thegardener3650]

There's too much division. We're stronger if we work together.

[@7superdaimajin]

We're stronger if we push the Boomers off a cliff.

[@MisterAAnderson]

VIVA LA REVOLUTION

[@kiwitrainguy]

7superdaimjin - Wow, what an amazing coincidence, that's just what us Boomers used to say about our previous generation. Not really, it's just how every generation thinks about the previous one.

[@ExpertBustice]

@@7superdaimajin We all get a turn being the generation at the edge of the cliff eventually. It always happens, and you'd do well not to advocate setting a precedent that obligates your own future demise.

[@djtheshooter6748]

All I know is the America I grew up in from the late 50's-80's etc. no longer exists.

[@Crashbanksbuysilver]

Something changed in the mid to late 80's...globalization really started to go to next gear. The moral norms were changed in the late 90's.

[@ThimbleFox350]

I have to wonder what the high standard of morality that people keep referring to that is lost today. What's changed? That we openly embrace LGBT people in our society now? That marijuana is becoming legalized? (You'd think geriatric people who grew up in the 60s would love that idea) IDK I just wonder what this moral high ground that everyone is talking about is..

[@clintonmcbride6438]

Meh. The world of the 1990s no longer exists. Ch-ch-ch-changes.

[@ericcriteser4001]

Started in the 60s.

[@ibew7091]

The biggest difference is the dumbing down of America started in the late eighties, The boomers have to communicate with idiots

[@kateyes13]

I think it's super helpful to get perspective on how previous generations experienced their upbringing, so often our generational clashes are rooted in misunderstanding and miscommunication. These clips give me a lot of insight into what life was like for my parents and grandparents.

[@maggietaskila8606]

A good part of the reason was that the Great Depression, took so many families off of the farm . The parents were always present communities and families in many ways had spent their entire lives under the care and expectations of the community . The Depression took the family to the city and working under tyranny of a boss . Fathers were no longer their own boss , mothers were no longer a part of the succes of the farm, working at the side of their husbands and participating in the day to day decisions of the family buisness ( the farm ) . With the father out of the house he became less influential in the childrens lives , and knew less and less about his children , making the mother the head of the house, soon father was only good for the money he brought home and little else. It has grown into a culture that sees men as unnecessary for anything , not even the financial needs of children , tge woman could do that themselves or with the help of the government. I was born in 1951 , I grew up on a farm, the oldest of 5 . None of us became like our generation , because we did not grow up in the city , those of my family and friends that did , embraced the baby boomer rebellion ,from what I don't know except perhaps the interruption of family life . Kids never uh nderstand what it takes to make a living until they Have To do it themselves .

[@fliegeroh]

Boomers, do you remember the phrase "Don't Trust anyone over 30?" Generations always blame the previous generation for all the troubles of the world.

[@patriciaribaric3409]

It was 28; you're slipping...

[@patriciaribaric3409]

28

[@mollyahern6982]

YES! And I thought it was a horribly absurd and unfair thing then and knew it would backfire. It could only be said by people who could not see one day ahead because they were so high.

[@luvlyleo2836]

They gave their children what they didn’t have. Before children had to work, everyone worked if you wanted to eat. Men worked. It was about survival.

[@ericscaillet2232]

Et voilà.

[@LittleImpaler]

That's what my generation needs.

[@keineahnung6124]

Im a baby boomer, but I wasn't spoiled,I had to clean my room,do the dishes at least 2xweek,got me a paper route at 14,had a job after school all through high school,and saved my money to help me get a college education,all this while most of my schoolmates were going to Rock concerts,smoking weed,and getting pregnant.I'm blessed to be son of immigrants.

[@eurekahope5310]

Thank you for mentioning the divide in the Boomer generation. My parents were from the first group who were serious, not iconoclasts, and taught us hard work and personal responsibility.

[@rb032682]

There are multiple sub-divisions of the boomer generation, not just two.

[@khappy1286]

Mine too. I have excellent disciline and ethics.

[@Jay-cz5pw]

I’m part of gen z, and my father is a boomer who was born right at the end of that era. I know that the boomers opened a door, but they closed it pretty firmly with a pay wall behind them. My generation and the generation above me suffer from higher levels of mental illnesses such as depression due to many of our mothers being stressed when they were pregnant, making us much more susceptible to stress levels. This is only compounded by the fact that many of our parents and grandparents are barely going to be able to retire if they can at all. It’s worrying that they can’t and we may have to help support them when they were the ones who were going to have the greatest chance of being able to. It’s less that the boomers didn’t do anything good, but many of them were able to buy homes and not live in debt for years like many of us will. To finish off though, I feel like it should be pointed out that many of the boomers are just leaving the work force, and many won’t for a long time. This means that many of the higher levels in the job market are being filled before we can even think of getting in at all. We know we aren’t going to go anywhere, so we are left questioning why we had to be born nowadays and not when there was even a slim chance we could afford the cost of living on a minimum wage job.

[@ay613]

I'm from gen z it's quite clear we need guidance we need God

[@kinkle_Z]

I'm a Boomer who couldn't afford to buy my first house until I was 62 at the bottom of the housing collapse. I had 2 bachelors degrees and an MBA. My high school dropout parents, who weren't very bright and who were alcoholics by age 40, bought their first house at 26/27 years of age. Oh... and, in 1964, after reading Erlich's "Population Bomb," I knew I couldn't morally bring a kid onto an already overpopulated planet who would experience what you are now. I just couldn't be that selfish. Sorry that your Boomer dad didn't see it that way. Good luck!

[@MartymcFly-zz2pg]

​@@kinkle_Zmalthusian psychopaths run the world

[@brucereeves2478]

Mr. Hoffman It is easy to be from a different generation and say " well that generation needed up everything for us and now we have to live like this!!".. I am generation X and my dad's generation is the boomer gen, he didn't have a very good life as a child. He taught me morals and ethics. He said that I know right from wrong and just because others do something doesn't mean you do as they do. I came from a broken home and was raised by his parents so I feel lucky and grateful to him and my grandparents. Life isn't easy for anyone no matter your background. Our society still has enough structure from my grandparents generation that blaming one or the other will solve nothing. Technologies have had more impact on society in such a short amount of time that society moved faster and was never able to acclimate and understand repercussions of the deluge of information that assaulted it. Education is the key to fix all the wrongs. Live and let live is an ethic that could do good for society. I agree with your views on many things. My children have had to face a world where information and knowledge moves at light speed but their education is horrid. I know that mine wasn't what it should have been but I continued educating myself and still do today. We cannot cram anything more than the basics of education into the minds of kids. These kids are not learning even the basics. They are however being pounded by force of opinion from the very ones who are tasked with educating them and their morals and ethics are way less than they should be. Not blaming them because I don't think a lot of people are sure what morals or ethics really are. It's not the generation before you to blame but if you aren't afraid of learning and seeking what is moral and ethical then you have the ability to educate and change society for the better. It's not one generation or another that is at fault. It is the individuals that have to fix society and stop just thinking about just themselves. A sure guide to figure what is a good moral or a good ethic is to ask " Hey would I want my child to do anything that. I'm about to do or experience because it may be wrong morally or ethically?" We all instinctively know the difference between right and wrong!!!!

[@loverrlee]

Thank you for engaging in an actual intellectual conversation about the social context and implications of the generations. You’re one of the only Boomers I’ve heard who actually wants to discuss it as civilized adults instead of just being condescending and acting like they know better just because they are older.

[@robertmarino2666]

The man who made the observation that boomers never made the connection between working and having food or a place to live was shockingly accurate ! The draft got me a week and a half after I got my first apartment ! it was 2 years overseas then homelessness followed by another 2 years on unemployment and the GI Bill before I made the connection …..

[@Dentsun4228]

You mean people back then didn't know you have to work to get money to buy food to eat?

[@blancavelasquez9859]

Dentsun4228 kinda like most teens this day and age that want everything for free

[@user-sf4sj1in3s]

Yeah. I hear ya! But you now have survivor techniques!

[@user-sf4sj1in3s]

@@Dentsun4228 Well duh! Our parents took care of everything! I'm trying to make you laugh! Enjoy life!

[@CarlSagan6]

you got fucked, bro

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Ted Benna, the idiot who created the 401K plan was not technically a boomer, but was a young man throughout that era. He now regrets his idea. Corporations no longer have to set aside money for lifetime pensions and now all that money goes for CEO salary and bonuses. When the old pension plans existed, bankers and managers of big corporations we're typically financially responsible but when the 401K came into play that all changed. BTW, Richard Stanger, another boomer wrote the laws.

[@uselesshillbilly9520]

they do whatever they can to protect themselves. when they end up being abused in the nursing home, no one will care.

[@wandah9468]

Didn't know that one, 🤬 what a can of worms.

[@JK-ug7rm]

I grew up Gen X. We learned to be color/gender blind. I didn't learn about femenism and racism until I was a young adult in college with all the special interest groups promoting their individualism, while trying to limit others. The pendelum has swung way too far to the other side. The pendelum is swinging back the other way, and its causing a lot of havoc in society/politcs. I blame all the problems on extremes.

[@ubelmensch]

The way "anti racist" activists divide the world in "whites vs people of color" and are constantly inciting racial animosity and victimhood between both really grinds my gears.

[@ubelmensch]

Also the "color blind" thing in America and Europe is so fucking bullshit. No culture anywhere else is so unwillingly unaware of racial and ethnic differences. In-group preference and out-group prejudice is something as natural in human cognition as trying to walk. Despite this, hate toward others is not something natural. We're not inclined to hate our differences, but in fact to celebrate them. However, globalization is doing the exact opposite: it's destroying our differences, and making us sacrifice our diversity in favor of this braindead consumerist global culture. No one wins by thinking that we are all equal, except for the people who are in power.

[@nicholasfaldetta2456]

Jaqen H'ghar I completely agree. This is something alot of people on the “Left” fail and/or refuse to understand about people who are on the “Right”/ Populist, Nationalist, or Libertarian. I love the world. I am American of a fully ethically Italian background so Ive experienced essentially both an American upbringing as a Millennial, and a old school Italian American dynamic too. I love the world, and all the people in it. I love that Japan is Japanese, and has a thousands years old culture. I love African Americans and their unique place in American history, and all they have legitimately persevered through, and the contribution to our nations culture they have made. I love Latin Americans, I love the cultures of Europe, and everywhere else. The left however is hellbent on pitting everything as a everyone vs the “Whites” fight. As wel as gender and a bunch of other stuff. They don’t believe in actual diversity where nations are unique. They just want to destroy the west. Its pure Marxist Fanaticism. Thankfully populations are waking up before it is too late. Im very optimistic that things will get better. However I also understand

[@raceyboy]

@John Bold We already had it figured out by the 80's and 90's. Everyone knew racism was bad. Millenials and Gen Zer's act like it's a new thing. Uh, everything was fine until you guys came along.

[@raceyboy]

@John Bold I agree absolutely.

[@tamiweber7241]

I’m a baby boomer and very proud to be. Born to parents that survived the “Great Depression.” We were cooked homemade healthy meals. No fast foods. No picky eaters, we ate what we we’re served. Parents worked hard and we were given the necessities of life and great morals with work hard to succeed in life. I was told by my mother “Never make fun of or treat anyone differently because they look different than you. We as baby boomers never encountered racism we were all friends and we were not going to let society run our lives. Friends of every nationality, religion and sexual preference. We wanted “Peace” not “War.” I would clean the house because I didn’t want my hardworking mother coming home to clean. I took it upon myself to clean the house out of love and respect for my “Rock” my “Mother.” Baby Boomers did spoil their Generation X children by buying them more things and they spoiled their Millennials by buying them even more things. Now Babyboomers continue buying their Generation X, Millenials and their Generation Y and Generation Z. We Baby Boomers are guilty as charged because we can’t help ourselves we love our following generations so much and we don’t want them to do without. We want them to fit in and never do without💯

[@7superdaimajin]

OK Boomer.

[@bluecollarmark]

Just like any Generation, Boomers had good and bad points. I'm sitting back and watching what the millennial' will do.

[@MonsterSandwich99]

give us the hot seat then and you'll see.

[@alienmewn]

Honestly, I think instead of blaming we should just learn to help each other through this and find solutions.

[@jcook1633]

Sarita Moon, How refreshing to find your objective and solution based response! (:

[@ay613]

Indeed

[@anyu]

Thank you for making these videos. I'm 27. Both my grandfathers lived in another state and died before I was a teenager so I was never able to hear them talk about their experiences. Hearing you speak in an unbiased way about a time I feel I don't connect to is very comforting to me. 💜

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Josephine Fox Fink, "Experience Becomes Memories", read it. The woman who wrote it was born in 1895, the same decade as my grandfathers, had a lot of knowledge when it came to her generation, as well as society in general and into 1985. She died in 1989 at 94 years of age, this memoir should be read in schools everywhere in America. Its only 112 pages and it wouldn't kill anyone to read two pages a night. People of her generation were independent, content with life and by far had a better outlook on life. 73-year-old boomers can't even compare.

[@maxzorin2658]

I looked it up.

[@khappy1286]

Socirty was very very different then. Not able to compare apples to oranges.

[@TheRealVivia]

Understandable but that’s over 125 years ago so much has changed. Still may be a good read though but a lot of things will be skewed and outdated.

[@laughingsands5638]

@@TheRealVivia wrong. the only things that changed was the way payroll is operated and hiring practices.

[@jimthompson7402]

As a "boomer" born in 1948 I recall most of my peers being self-absorbed and interested only in material self-gain. Avoiding the Draft was a major concern to those of eligibility. Some were concerned about the overall immorality of armed conflict, many pretended to be in order to acquire inclusion in various groups to profit in free drugs and sex. People generally tended to be superficial at best although there were a few genuine souls who paid a heavy price for being straightforward and honest.

[@dollysafran9107]

I was born in 1958 to very hard working parents born 1932 and 1936 respectively. I was intentionally isolated and instilled with the values and morals of their generation. It was mind blowing to be thrust out upon the 60s and foward. Namaste.

[@Investigativebean]

Parenting has never, and still doesn’t come with a manual. I think we are all just doing the best that we can. Unfortunately, environment, and circumstance does come into play too.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

on-the-job-training was common during the Victorian and Edwardian eras and it went into the greatest generation, but when the baby boomers took over, they changed all of that and they were the ones that required a college degree for almost everything.

[@josephw2905]

RADIUM CLOCK Nowadays nobody can get jobs because said jobs require "experience" aka an unpaid internship. Back then this experience was possible because you could work for room and board: food and a bed. We need to go back to this. It worked.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

@@josephw2905 room and board, food and a bed and maybe a few bucks on the side and then came the boomers with the idea of "legally" unpaid work. Ted Benna who was a young man in the boomer era created the 401K plan thus ending the possibility of an actual guaranteed pension. That "bright idea" ended up making corporations fiscally irresponsible and help increase CEO compensation and since a company no longer had to put aside money in a managed protected pension, all that money now goes for CEO bonuses.

[@christinakritch478]

Very wise! I could sit and listen to you talk for hours. I'm binge watching your content right now. I'm an 80's baby but have always been an old soul. Growing up I was happy sitting in my grandmother's kitchen listening to the adults talk. It was frowned upon but I snuck in when I could. And I've always had the sense of longing for "the olden days" which I didn't always understand. Anyways great content and I'll be looking forward to more! 💖

[@warrengday]

A Baby Boomers generation is something that happens about every 84 years - I really recommend reading the book The Fourth Turning (An American Prophecy: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny) by: Neil Howe, William Strauss. You'll love it,

[@sassy0010]

Sounds great, Warren. I will look for it. Thanks.

[@warrengday]

@@sassy0010 Think of it as a year, and a year has four seasons, and each season is about 21 years long, each season is unique with its own patterns, and each season has a generation with its own trends of behavioural patterns (which their Generations books goes into even more).

[@warrengday]

A 10 min summary kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2nJamaHecx6mLc

[@jaredcox1932]

I am 14 and i apologise for my generation sending those horrible comments and i also hate how my generation gets affended so much where you can't even tell a joke about hardly anything and i love your channel keep up the good work

[@nedi1150]

It's wonderful to see a 14-year old make a comment like this, there are many much older than you that appear to get up in the morning and go online to find something to be offended about, good for you, your parents are doing a good job. Every generation makes mistakes and there should be no blame for any specific generation as you just can't compare, taking into consideration how we are constantly evolving and change is constant.

[@Overton_Windows]

Jared Cox that’s nice of you. Really. All the heart and stuff that matters is there. Just maybe start using spellcheck.

[@dldfarm]

Jared Cox oh shut up

[@harrisonread133]

I don't want to be mean to a kid but you do know that the way you and your generation are now are because of what the previous generations did or didn't do. I do see more and more young people waking up and getting involved and trying to push back the Insanity so there is some kind of hope.

[@panchohalo2158]

@@harrisonread133 Shut up Boomer

[@d00vinator]

The one thing which was overwhelming for me (born in 1953) was fear of The Bomb. You’re a few years older and didn’t hide under the desk with your butt in the air, waiting to be fried. I didn’t expect to live to be an adult or even a teenager; my greatest ambition and biggest prayer for my life was that I could live to be fourteen, the age I could get a scooter license. That I might live longer was simply fantasy.

[@StephanieKawaidesu1]

I'm early GenX, my parents were of the "Silent Generation" born just in the last few years of WWII, brought up by those who lived through the Great Depression. All I ever hear about is Baby Boomers and their plight, when really GenX were the first to suffer from Boomers massive social changes, which dragged many of the later Silent Generation along with them; forcing them to conform with society's new norms. First and foremost was the 'women's lib' movement, which took my mom away when I was only 6. Even though it wasn't financially necessary, she went to work and rode the corporate ladder because society rewarded her richly for doing so. My brother and I were raised by a veritable revolving door of caregivers and latchkey public school programs of dubious quality. Then there was the mainstream acceptance of divorce, which then broke my family apart, like many of my friends' families. GenX was basically the first self-raised generation, who to this day harbor unresolved abandonment issues. The excuses presented on the video that Boomers didn't know how to raise children and there were no instructions are laughable! What a bunch of BS. The generations that came before them didn't have instructions either, and even with the advent of the internet, instructions for our generation and beyond are merely subjective. Boomers somehow insanely believe all the generations before them had divine instructions?! Boomers' excuses and selfishness resulted in a whole generation lost. This created a GenX parenting style that begat the name 'helicopter parents' in our effort to be the complete opposite kind of parents to our own children (Millennials and GenZ). Millennials were then instilled with an entitlement mentality which exceeds that instilled in the Boomers, yet face the most terrible of social and economic circumstances, ironically created by the Boomers. It is now all but impossible to have a 1-parent income-earning family. Through massive government grants promised to institutions of higher learning, colleges and universities have raised tuition to the stratosphere because the higher they raise the tuition the more money they receive from the federal government (who of course, takes it from the taxpayers). Prices of everything have inflated beyond reasonable affordability for the majority of Americans of all ages, but those who have yet to have any chance to become educated or establish a home are the worst off. I recommend Howe's the 4th Turning for some understanding of what comes next. History bears that he widespread loss of ethics, morality and the rule of law always foretells catastrophe.

[@InternetMameluq]

' All I ever hear about is Baby Boomers and their plight' I read your whole post, don't worry, but this sums it up pretty well. You know, I had a feeling that they were like this their whole life, because they still are so self obsessed and greedy at old age, when they should be the wisest, so logically they must have been even more immature and destructive when they were youthful... That explains how the world has deteriorated so much in the past few decades.

[@StephanieKawaidesu1]

@@InternetMameluq Thanks for reading my whole post. I just felt the need to vent my spleen. ^_^

[@rb032682]

@Stephanie - Do you mean those "new norms" which brought about the reduction of racial terrorism such as Jim Crow? "Women's lib" did not force people to be greedy.

[@breAnnasmama]

Stephanie Kawaidesu well said. Will u do a favor for me and post this under my comment as well ? It won’t let me copy it and paste it or id have asked permission to do that .. but I wholeheartedly agree with u on these valuable points made. ! If not it’s ok , just would’ve loved to see this going along with what I was saying. Very insightful and true. Ty

[@breAnnasmama]

RB she didn’t say that. She only explained an impact of not having a two parent family being able to have certsin roles in raising children and the effects of nature v nurture that have impacted some of us .. I get whst ur saying and you’re right to make that point .. but it wasn’t meant to say that exactly. And i def. see the importance of women’s lib .. I’ve had to do the job of both parents , working and supporting us by myself .. I had a let’s put it cordially , a non consensual pregnancy .. and chose to carry out my pregnancy and raise my child rather than the other options some would make .. but my greatest blessing and joy ever known has come from being a mommy. Had a horrible childhood and it’s bn hard to raise my daughter over the last 18 years due to circumstances with working , my extensive health problems , I was born 2-1/2 months early and had life saving surgery and have had my life saved a few times in 40 years... so it’s bn a very hard struggle with sickness and also having so many responsibilities thrusted at me Since as far back as I rem. Yet even still , I take the good from it. But if not for women’s rights I’d not have bn able to sustain what life I’ve bn able to .. but I get What she’s saying. My mama had horrible parenting skills and it’s bn tumultuous relationship from her side. I didn’t have a father ever truly be there for me. Mine was badly abusive. Neither of my parents wanted me and I was told that so many times .. funny how that happens. Where I wasn’t wanted , born within a marriage , that I’d endure such traumatic experiences which Led to no one else wanting me to go through with my pregnancy & raising my child. But yet I’d never want her to ever hurt or feel anything but love and acceptance, encouragement, support, confidence and security, seeing good examples and learning to grow and develop with a foundation of faith , hope , trust , love , discipline and valuing hard work and respect given and shown. There’s many elements to the issues between generations as a whole and each individual has a diff. Uniquely felt story and circumstances.. but still, id say the OP giving her account of how she sees it , how she’s bn affected in her life is a pretty good depiction of what she’s experienced and some pretty insightful points that she’s taken from her experience. But I do understand where you’re coming from.. just saying she wasn’t saying that exact point .. some ppl do tend to only feel that Way, though.. but anyway.. while it’s beneficial and important to have equality , it’s also important anytime someone’s raising a child , that the child is able to not just be provided for in terms of $, furnishings , essentials , but also a foundation of a loving bond. It is that bond and heart connection that are so essential in a social aspect, as well as with growth development and security and well being that affect each person and whether it’s neurologically , emotionally , mentally , spiritually , intuitively and lovingly , as even in terms of the bonding chemicals , stress combatting chemicals , endorphins ( aka endogenous morphine ) dopamine , serotonin , oxytocin - the bonding chemical , affecting central nervous system as well as autonomic & sympathetic nervous system, also affecting social behavior, defining roles and relationships, sense Of well being , immunity even - these things are vital for all living things to survive AND thrive .. and to impart various traits and qualities and examples in others .. and it’s just necessary for all to have that secure nurturing relationship/ foundation at the core or it affects ppl adversely ,lifelong. .. but while there are obv. Rights& privileges in society that are expected & needed/ deserved , just saying that as that option should be given equally , it’s also important that little new & growing lives need & benefit from dramatically, from having the family unit in place and examples of love , suppt. , discipline , hard wk or a job well done being important, provisions financially and emotionally , as well as seeing love and security and stability during crucial developmental stages , esp. and that’s diminished significantly bc of those things not being able to be provided in the ideal - mate for life - committed 2 parent fam. Home structure & doesn’t mean women should be treated as subservient or men only being useful for financial gain or provisions .. sadly we see men not being treated as men , not knowing how to thrive as men due to extreme behaviors and mindsets in society , women being objectified or wearing the pants as they say , raising kids alone , yet in honesty relationships should dictate the roles within.. bc ev ones diff. Just bc a mama has a kid doesn’t mean she’s limited to staying at home being a house wife and just bc a dad has a kid doesn’t mean he’s supposed to be limited to having to go out n be the breadwinner . I respect dads that stay at home with kids just as I respect women & vice versa if u swap roles . But sure some ppl prefer raising a kid alone or prefer the option to pursue careers or to nurture their children etc. but importantly, it’s Necessary we all understand that at some points we dont always get the ideal circumstances. Can’t always pursue our dreams personally but st least we get a season & time for EVERYTHING in life & have opportunities to cultivate the best of our knowledge wisdom insight abilities talents and gifts and that’s sometning we wouldn’t have had years back but there has to be a balance when it comes to human lives and the issue generationally isn’t just about one seemingly privileged group ruining it all. There’s many factors to the way the world has become & will be headed. With all the conveniences/ advances in tech , dependency upon it & social foundations becoming deteriorated , values shifting/ some beinr lost , were going to see gaps & probs generationally & individually . But just bc ppl label a gen. Doesn’t mean everyone In it has those flaws or characteristics.. even if the boomers had a hand in the way corporate& political practices are, doesn’t mean they’re to fully blame either . We are always connected to the past & future . Only strong as weakest link as they say. The ways of the world are always evolving into worse situations/ circumstances yet there are always some good things that come from it all too. We have to take the good from the bad. Yet , ppl fail to change the bad and only sit n feel helpless to promote Change & thats sad. Where each can do our best to live a life of blessings in righteousness , being loving & havjng wisdom, strength,understanding, discipline, suppt. , stability , security , compassion & just being the change / diff. Positively as best as we can, while focusing on what we can do rather than what we can’t , We’d be better for sure.

[@scruffyscrubs5468]

I'm a baby boomer and my dad worked, mother kept house. When I left home I worked. I finally retired. I have seen all lot of political division, deep division in my life time. It was bad in the 60s but it's totally ballistic now. Less morals today then when I was growing up. Each generation is a little worse then the one before it.

[@stephendacey8761]

I am so glad I stumbled on this amazing channel and I am absolutely fascinated with your viewpoint on baby boomers. David, you are so correct when you talk about the younger half of baby boomers like myself (born in 1962) and graduated from high school in 1981 from a white upper-class area. I remember asking my best friend while still in high school what he thought the future was going to be like, and he said it will be a lot better than it is now because that's just the way life is. I was a little skeptical about that. I pretty much grew up as a teenager in the 70's where life was absolutely unbelievable. There was no draft, music was awesome with Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, etc. People went clubbing, and attended concerts, and sports were probably at their best (before all the outrages multimillionaire contracts) and movies had the best actors playing great films unlike the junk in Hollywood today, and T.V. was great especially compared to today. But you are right in saying life was a bit too easy because it was because many kids did drugs and their were parties every weekend at some kid's house, or in the woods having a bonfire until the cops chased us out. It was almost like a a magical time where I thought it would never end until I graduated from high school and Aids scared everybody. It was like God punishing us for being a free-spirit, or something. Boy do I miss the 70's!!!

[@apextroll]

It's always going to be the best and worst of times wrapped up in one.

[@MacksumX]

All this boomer hate came up when the Gen X's and Boomers started making millennial jokes, it's a way to fire back in opinion.

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

MacksumX its the CIA stirring up this stuff. They fear the Boomers as the plot WW3. they anticiapte Boomer resistance

[@d74morris]

who r the gen x's

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

@@d74morris They were those born right after the Boomers, spanning roughly 20 years I think A google search on Generation X will probably have the years.

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

Making fun (teasing) is one thing. Buy the pure hate for boomers is uncalled for. To hold us accountable when any modest intelligence know is people with big money and power who get their way to our demise. But Millennials would do well to ponder their values given to them by the schools, colleges and TV. Those values are absurd. you earned it. with the Boomers, they don't point anything specific about us. just insinuations with no specifics. On the other hand, I can point with pride that we told the government to take war and shove it. you will soon be drafted if you Gen y or z. WW3 is on its way.

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

@@lukellisapedo2953 What they have is a hatred of war and injustice. They can be or were, very vocal. voices are all any of us have. Boomers, I hope, will not fall for WW3. I hope they will disapprove. The CIA began slighting Boomers in 1980 with the Punk movement. They got all the rock stars to cut ttheir long hair but then the metal crowd let their hair grow long. Wars are nothing but lies. The CIA specialized in lies.

[@takeahike2993]

“I knew 3 people who took marijuana…One of them was me!” 😂 A national treasure for capturing our society. Thank you.

[@Thulesmann]

I was born in 1956 to Finnish immigrant parents who were born in the 1920s. My mother lost her home and was a refugee in World War II. My father was a boxer as a young man and served in the Finnish Army during that war, and his experiences made him into a very strict authoritarian father who tolerated no signs of weakness in me. I was not allowed to grow my hair long and I had to dress in a neat and Consevative manner and behave like a Man at all times. The hippie movement was something to be observed as an outsider to it. The result of all this is that I feel as if I were of my parents' generation but somehow born into the Baby Boomer generation. It's a weird feeling of dislocation in time. But I am not alone because many of us had strict parents who rejected the permissiveness of Dr. Spock. We're not a monolithic generation.

[@battleofwills7189]

It amazes me just how different life is in the U.S., compared to, for example, Scotland where I live.

[@Thulesmann]

@@battleofwills7189 l am curious to know how the two countries differ in that regard. Please elaborate. I have always wanted to visit your beautiful country.

[@melodyjordan6052]

Papa Tabio. I had strict parents too. I could not date until I was 17.

[@Thulesmann]

@@melodyjordan6052 Yep! No dating allowed for me either because in the world that my parents came from you didn't date if you were still a teenager, and if you were a boy you didn't date until you had completed your mandatory military training at age 19. My parents brought that world with them when they immigrated across the Atlantic and they imposed it upon my sister and me. So I didn't go on any dates in high school nor did I attend any high school dances. One time I said to my father, "But everyone goes on dates in high school in America" - to which he angrily replied, "And that's why America has so many problems!"

[@armlovesmetal1036]

Much the same for me but my parents are from Germany and my folks were born in the latter 1930's. We, as children, had to work for what we wanted through doing chores in the home and our homework was done first before going outside to have fun. I was in school 7 days a week. Regular public school for 5, 1/2 day in German school on Saturdays and Sunday Bible School. There was never saying no to my parents and there were no excuses. We did as were told otherwise my mom would take out the wooden spoon and my dad would give us the endless lecture. They expected a lot from us.

[@dl7694]

It is a fact that they created and gamed zoning laws to limit housing starts.

[@ajkendro3413]

The zoning laws were created in 1926 well before boomers were around. The case was the Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Company decided by the Supreme Court in 1926. Having said that, the manipulation of zoning laws has been a problem ever since and not just the boomers.

[@sallyduros]

As a late boomer woman, I was given only three choices of career: teacher, nurse, secretary -- by my father. All fine professions but not what I wanted.The choices were limited because it was expected that REALLY what I I would do is get married and have babies. Again - a fine choice to make if it is the choice you want to make. My lack of choices threw me into despair and a rage when I was young, which had repercussions for my life some good and some bad. (OK call me a brat.) Thank goodness we have learned so much more about raising children now, how our brains develop, how our culture forms us. Thank goodness today that our freedoms are such that men assist with child rearing and women assist with business. Art and music is for everyone. I have a lot of hope for Gen Z. If we can put away the binary, black and white thinking of the past and think in technicolor, all of us working together with GenZ leading the way can develop solutions for the problems that ail us. I guess I am an optimist too.

[@katk3489]

Beautiful comment 💚

[@7superdaimajin]

OK Boomer. Thanks for telling us how oppressed you were.

[@leafyisfearmydear9884]

I was understanding you, until you put on the rose-tint glasses with the last paragraph. A late boomer woman would make you somebody born in the early 60's. By the late 70's, when you were in your late teens, women were beginning to have more choices than teaching, nursing and/or secretarial work. You never mentioned what your professional field is now, but you obviously found other choices. One thing you seem to overlook, as you placed your rose-tint glasses, is that younger generations are facing a much more expensive housing market, high university fees, and all in all, a far more challenging world. You isolated one incident in your life in the late 70's/early 80's, which wasn't particularly called for, because the choices for women were increasing at a time when your generation simply didn't have the challenges that the current young generation are having. I'm sure somebody could be a little more elaborate with the difficulties that the younger generation are facing. I hate to say it, but your comment is typical of Baby Boomer comment.

[@sallyduros]

@@leafyisfearmydear9884 I know the younger generation has challenges that we did not have but they also have opportunities. I was simply focusing on the opportunities in my comment. Thank you for brushing me with that broad stereotypical pen -- so useful!

[@Mysterious_Person.87]

​@@7superdaimajin as an Asian Gen Z introvert, you are so mean 😢

[@nette9836]

This is such a terribly fascinating and insightful channel. I'm so glad I stumbled upon it and am excited to see more! It's always refreshing to come across balanced perspectives like this where you see the deeper meaning behind why certain groups of people act a particular way (and also, that they are still individuals and can't be properly represented just by a group's stereotype).

[@christopherpaul1810]

I'm Generation X and the Boomer's parents were my grandparents. There was strict rules to follow at my grandparent's such as only water or milk at the dinner table, and they were very religious and we were expected to attend Sunday mass every week. For that I grew up with good manners, strong work ethic, and a sense of doing the right thing.

[@teebobaggins]

Its crazy that so much hate is thrown at a generation that fought so much injustice.

[@candicegerman2748]

I'm a baby boomer, and I don't resemble any of those negative comments ....

[@princessunicorn669]

candice german this makes me SOOOOOO Angry 😤

[@luvdylanstar]

I was just thinking the same thing. I was,born in 1949. I was raised by rather strict parents by todays standards. I was loved, dotted over by family as the first girl, but my mother never stood for anything that resembled demanding and deserving. We had manners, we never expected anything, we asked and if it was reasonable, it was yes, but i dared not act like a spoiled brat, never. My mother would not tolerate rude or 'give me' behavior. I knew how to sit quiet when adults were talking, Never interupted until i asked if i could speak. My mother was hands on, she did work part time after my younger sis and i started school, but we didn't get every new gadget because we had to have it. We had toys, but usually only on spechial occasions, birthday, christmas, easter. We did chores and we never wined about anything, not allowed. We were taught to share and care. We cared for others, we cared for animals, we cleaned up aftet ourselves. My parents had fun, they had company on weekends or we visited their friends. We could play, but had to play nice, had to put things back and i never felt spoiled, i was polite and still am to this day at 70 years old. I was blessed to go to college, but it was only because it wasn't extremely expensive. My mother believed in education and bought us books instead of toys. Took us to the zoo, museums, nature walks and woke us up to lay on the hood of the car and watch meteor showers or look for the sputnic passing by. I was taught compassion and respect. Right from wrong, kindness and we shared everything we had. As a teen, i naturally pulled away as normal children should. I had to earn my freedoms and could lose them as well. I never was told that as a woman i could only do certain things, that was society, my mom was a very strong woman and until i got to college did i begin to understand that the white men had suppressed women, people of color and had their own private mens clubs. So, it was only natural for me to care about others rights and equalities. As Vietnam took my friends just as we got out of highschool, i had to question why my young friends had to leave to go fight in some land i never heard of. I would send them care packages and wrote letters religiously. Then i started going to their funerals, i went to my boyfriends funeral and i began to grow up quick. I began to want answers to why my love and soo many friends had been taken and killed someplace. I had to know, and when i learned why, i had to do everything to bring awareness to why our youth was being used to fight in old mens battles for greed and power. We had great music, thank the lord, the music is what saved many of us from being violent. We shared our love and loss in music. We shared knowledge and social injustice in music. We "the counter culture" faught for womens rights and equality, we faught for human rights and racial injustice, we faught for the truth about Vietnam and demanded they bring our brothers home and we learned to stand up against our own governments misuse of it's children, and that those dieing in Vietnam did so for not my safety, but for political reasons and war profits. To say my generation where spoiled is not true for my midwestern upbringing. We may have had more than our parents, but my older cousin was much more of a spoiled brat than i ever was. I appreciated any and everything i was given or worked for. I never thought about only myself, it was about love and peace for all, not just a few. I raised a beautiful son with the same love and taught him the same values of respect, kindness and compassion for all living beings, human and animals. I taught him to love the earth and nature, to respect it and to treat everyone with kindness. He was the best kid, he turned into a wonderful young man with a big honost heart ful of kindness and would share everything if someone needed it. I am not sure i knew anyone, or asoociated with people of my generation that lived like that. Maybe they existed, but not all of us. That describes none of the people i knew and know from the boomer generation. In fact i get so much love and respect after working with troubled youth for Yearsi feel a strong connection because i don't jydge.

[@joyceeforbes8457]

candice german -Amen . Myself too a Baby Boomer and society at least is not taking that away . The generation now need respect. NOT MORE $TUFF ! We did not know what $500 NIKE$ We’re let alone possess a closet full of them and every other designer Lust on a Christmas list called Everyday , want it MY WAY !!!! Grow UP COVET MONSTERS , AND RUDEST GENERATION ON PLANET

[@isabella6206]

Me too I was free and happy sue me!

[@michellelambert8729]

@@joyceeforbes8457 $500 Nikes? Better be a badass to wear those out in public.

[@mattk3083]

In one generation, the price of a home increased 1000 percent or more. Thanks boomers.

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

OH so it was the boomers who raised the prices and infaltion and not the Fed or the big financiers. Your a joke and moron, too.

[@rb032682]

Boomers did NOT invent greed.

[@mattk3083]

@@diligenceintegrity2308 *you're... Also, typical boomer sympathizer going to admonish them of responsibility for the degradation of society and blame big brother. If that's true boomers aren't bad, they're just stupid and narcissistic.

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

@@mattk3083 Matt, your clueless. You know that, right? I can see right thru your sorry @$$. your a 100% loser!

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

The baby boomers were the best looking, healthiest, and they had the best music still to this day. They stood up to the government against war. They fought for equal rights and made the world a better place. The younger generation is just angry because life was better then, than now. The wages have not kept up, and it takes alot more to live now. My father worked himself to death to make our lives better.

[@Robbo766]

There were also a lot of people of the Silent Generation who were having an influence on the sixties Counter-Culture. A lot of Baby Boomers were like, ''yeah, man, peace and love, baby'', but were a completely different monster by the 80's - especially when getting a promotion at that corporate job. I agree with a lot of things you said, and I do agree that younger generations are angry because life was better back then.... However, it's probably wise to look at why younger generations are less happy than baby boomers. I think they have valid points.

[@jennsyk7520]

I'm a late baby boomer and I'm so tired of social engineers slapping labels on generations or individuals, it's a separation game for them. I'm also tired of being brow beat for who I AM. I AM who I AM and I don't want a label.

[@princessunicorn669]

Jennsy K you’re Gen makes me SOOOOOO Angry 😤

[@jennsyk7520]

Lacuna, I don't think I'm any more special than anyone else. Haven't you ever questioned why the government, religion, and MSM put labels on us to separate us? Why do they keep us in a state of dismay? Why do they talk down to us? I am the I am presence on the planet, so are you and if you haven't realized that yet that's you're problem not mine.

[@princessunicorn669]

Jennsy K, your deflecting big time and we can all read between the lines and lame excuses. You should pay for your Crime!

[@princessunicorn669]

Jennsy K, Crime does Not Pay!

[@FazeParticles]

Ok boomer. Until you boomers call out communistic laws and policies being enacted or pushed boomers deserve the hate. This doesn’t stop until the communist takeover of western civilization comes to an end.

[@MustWorkWeekends]

I was born in 1970. I never considered my parents baby boomers but the offspring of baby boomers. While I share a common view that boomers spoiled their children, I believe it was with the best of intentions. On one hand we can blame the parents for spoiling their children or we can blame the children for not growing up and realizing that the world doesn't exist to give them more. Or...we can be more realistic and come to the conclusion that every generation does the best they can in an ever-changing, ever-evolving world....stumbling and recovering as best they can. I spent half my life with a chip on my shoulder because my parents raised me as a free-range child, free to come and go as I please and do what I wanted. I have now come to the conclusion that I would not have the progressive mindset and "unique" perspective I have if it were not for that freedom. It comes down to personal responsibility. Do we spend our time blaming the choices of those who have come before us or do we take responsibility for our own paths in life? The answer to that lies above my pay grade I'm afraid. Thank you for yet another great video. I sure wish you would post your whole films instead of just clips though. Perhaps it is the "spoiled" in me that wants more for free. Kudos to you sir. You inspire me as a filmmaker.

[@rachill52]

A PERSONAL TAKE ON BOOMERS the actual “entitled” generation. My parents are 62 and 64. Both preteens during Vietnam. This generation (imo-coming from a middle class white background), cannot relate to their adult children when it comes down to the fact that its not the 90s anymore. For me, asking my parents to try and step into my shoes and attempt to see things as i do, is impossible. I get the label “entitlement” thrown at me the majority of the time. I’m told “you kids are so entitled, you haven’t been managing your lives correctly.” We too go to collage, go to a trade school, get married with children, both work full time, kids sleep while parents watch cheers and svu (sorry mom haha). Those are relatively experiences that we should be able to relate to with one another about, or so one would think. Trying to express to this generation why the family doesn’t eat at the dinner table every night, why a company hasn’t raised pay, why for some to obtain an affordable home at a decent fair price is not as prevalent as they believe it to be. To give a personal example, expressing or complaining to my parents that I feel as if the “finish line” keeps getting pulled out of grasp is a real problem. The reward for hard work and long hours doesn’t equate the same result anymore. I express my feelings of shortcomings with an expectant attitude, I’m met with invalidation. The chip on my shoulder is overrated according to the Baby-boomers. Has anyone else had a similar experience??? Is there a lingering feeling of some gas lighting happening......? Or is it really just me? Thoughts? I was born in 1985. I have 10 years of mens barbering in my past and current. Live and work in a small midwest town. A wide variety of working class with a population currently 9000ish. I’d describe it your generic American town. I have a lot of generations in my chair, all have made lasting impressions on my life. I will admit, i have found I usually butt heads most with Baby-boomers and GenerationX. There you have it, MY two cents on BOOMERS. Peaceeveryone!!!

[@skatecrew090582]

Wow that's describes my relationship with my parents to an extend

[@mayaj4846]

Sounds like my parents

[@danika9411]

Your parents sound like mine. I think the lack of empathy in the boomer generation is a big problem. And then they wonder why their kids stop talking to them 🤦‍♀️

[@iowabassman4701]

There are 2 distinct millenial generations as well. The 80's kids and the 90's kids.

[@ingloriousMachina]

Honkall p. Honktrane This is true, and there's a vast difference between them.

[@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295]

Yeah us 80s kids are like gen x lite

[@Kawsaki]

Yeah us 80s kids really are the Xennials

[@Not-Ap]

That's because the current method for charting the generations makes no sense. if you look at it astrologically (yeah I know people look at as hocus pocus) the answers to why certain people from decades act so radically different becomes alot more clear.

[@Frugal_fitchic]

I try to respect all the different generations and what they have to offer. I’m a Gen X and nobody cares about me anyway LOL

[@FreeJulianAssange23]

You have to make people care.

[@issecret1]

That's the best, isn't it? Nobody hates you

[@EnvironmentalCoffeehouse]

Excellent piece. My generation ( I’m at the tail end of boomer dome, born 1959) We lived through the best and the worst- high school was in the 70’s for me. Second generation +

[@johnlabus7359]

For the life of me, I can't understand how the Silent Generation gets off scot free in the conversation about what went wrong. This generation didn't fight in WW2 or Vietnam. They came of age in the fifties and early sixties. They were kids during the Depression and WW2, but didn't carry the burden of having to provide during those times. Many of them came into the workforce when the wealthiest were paying the highest federal tax rates in any of our lifetimes: taxes that paid for the infrastructure that bolstered their lives and their young families. Most had substantial job security, unions, pensions, and strong careers that were often obtained without a college education. They were also arguably the generation that benefited the most from the tax cuts of the Reagan years as they were either established or later in their careers when they were making the most money.

[@InternetMameluq]

That's not fair or accurate. First They came of age in the forties and fifties too, and second they are the ones that built that prosperity that led to the baby boom. It didn't just fall out of FDR when he squated over a toilet... when he still had the use of his legs. It wasn't 'their money' but it was their blood sweat and tears. Third: Reagan came to power at the tail end of their reign; if it could be blamed on them at all it's only a very little amount. Given what they lived through I'm going to need to see some damned good data that proves they learned to see that 'government is the problem'; I don't believe they turned around and decided that everything they learned over the course of their lives was a lie.

[@ronweiss4115]

I am a 66 year young free-spirited hippie athlete. I am proud of that era. I learned critical thinking and started questioning. I was indoctrinated in School and College, but now I reject those lies i learned. I am also an independent researcher and when one researches one finds out the lies one was taught.

[@meganruchwatercolors7186]

Yes!!! Agree

[@ronweiss4115]

@@meganruchwatercolors7186 Thank You

[@wandah9468]

Younger than you, (62) but yep I'm right there with y"all.

[@IncredibleC85]

Your channel is actually one I would support.unfortunely I invested everything in my music and more than likely won't get my R.O.I. But I won't let that stop me from sharing your content💯

[@UKindness4]

As a boomer I watched hippies turn Yuppies without regard for anyone except getting rich and once there lauding it others face and politically selling out. Mansions and selfishness was respected not kindness and looking out for your fellow man.

[@areyoujelton]

Damn David, you really opened a can of worms with this one!!! I just want you to know I love your boomer self. This is coming from a millennial.

[@naelpontes8444]

David, you're so cool! I'm binge-watching all your videos. Thank you for existing.

[@earnyourimmortality]

Extremes are the problem. Given too much or too little creates imbalance when applied to just about anything. Moderation is key but easier said than done. With that said I really appreciate the hands-on historical insight presented in your work Mr. Hoffman.

[@redmustangredmustang]

I can understand the parents especially the males during that time. A lot of them came back from WWII after seeing death all around them. They grew up seeing their parents struggle during the depression and now they came home to these new opportunities their parents didn't have. The GI bill to go to college or buy a home, jobs being in demand since now consumers are spending money. Surburbs being built that could provide that "secure" feeling. These people just wanted to settle down after living through such a turbulent time that monotony was actually a good thing. They didn't want what they lived through to happen to their children so that's why the obey authority came along and as kids and teens always do they rebelled into seeing the hippies culture. Then those same hippies became the authority figure and they essentially became their parents.

[@ronndapagan]

I am a baby boomer (1956). I was raised by parents who grew up during the Great Depression and raised that children were seen and not heard. I and my brother Kelly were given what we needed not what we wanted. We were raised in the projects. In 1973, my mother gave birth to our baby brother who also got what he needed not what he wanted. I want to say that my generation rebelled against the establishment and changed society in general but not everyone in my generation followed the changes. Most of us had parents that demanded we respect authority and learn what we needed from education to graduate. My yougest brother and I are the only two siblings that made it through high school and college.

[@jherod2024]

It’s all relative. Every generation has it’s pros and cons. Every human has flaws (some more than others), yet have the potential to DO BETTER and BE A BETTER PERSON as a result of the good that one does individually, as well collectively. That’s what I take from this whenever I hear about the differences among generations.

[@ET-RAMBLINGS]

For years 1943 stood as the "official" beginning of the baby boom. Sometime during the last few decades, 1946 was recognized as the starting year. Fact is, the birth spike in the U.S. began in 1943 with the first wave of returning soldiers.

[@rageofthenorth]

Thank you for posting these. It’s important to understand the past so we don’t repeat it. It’s difficult to understand previous generations thought process as their values at times can seem alien as society itself is constantly changing. I find your content allows the viewer a moment to look back with empathy at our parents or grandparents and realize they were just people attempting to survive in the world their fore-bearers left them. It’s far easier to demonize than it is to take a long look back and try to piece together who they were and how that impacts who they appear to be now. Your videos make this exercise easier to understand and hopefully allow generations to unite and find common ground.

[@James-vq1qk]

Baby boomer here and I wasn't raised ANYTHING like this. I remember a very slight few that were spoiled. Life sure wasn't easy for many of the so called boomers. It's just a blame game. Ranch kids busted there butts and worked hard . I didnt even have a TV until I was 10 yrs old. Can't lump everyone together , we've all had our own life experiences . So many narrow minded people these days . Sad🙄

[@CrazyAssDrumma]

I like how you present your ideas and you sound real smart and caring

[@JohnQuilyQuinlan]

love your uploads man, i went and bought a book for my Mrs after seeing your upload on beautiful Jim key, thank you.

[@RyviusRan]

I think the problem is that the baby boomers lived in a time where the wage gap between business owners and their employees was much smaller. No one sane can deny that decades ago a person could raise a family with one job and have only a high school education. My father made around 35-40k USD in late 70s/ early 80s. That same warehouse job pays pretty much the same wage despite inflation being 3x in the present. Simply put Americans have access to cheaper tech but everything else has gone up with inflation. The single worker family is dead unless you are part of the upper class. Also medical insurance is down the drain. Back in 1986 my brother had kidney failure and was on intensive care. The hospital bill was around 750k and my dad's insurance covered everything. Try to find that kind of insurance on a simple warehouse job. Also getting a college education is much more expensive in the present. Just from the time since I was in college tuition has gone up like 300%. From 1958 to 2008 tuition was over 100 times more expensive while minimum wage went up 8 times.

[@meganruchwatercolors7186]

So true!!! Its all a shame what is going on in this world today.