MuckyDick monologue post warning except it's not mostly me talking about myself or me asking you what you think of me.
There is a difference between early boomers and late boomers. Early boomers were already in the work force, voting and some even shipping off to Vietnam when the last of the "boomers" was being born. Most of the named generations cover about 15 or so years while the boomer label covers more like 18 years.
There is a lot of overlap between boomers and gen x where latch key, drink from the hose and run wild until dark is concerned. After spending a good portion of my early years taking a 12 foot aluminum skiff with a 9hp outboard and a couple gas cans scooting between islands miles apart in the gulf all day and most of the night I'm just going to call the rest of the antics cute.
A big part of boomer mentality is shaped by being taught .gov is good coming from the generations who fought communism for their country and survived the great depression with the "help" of their country (the God and Country generations) but simultaneously being exposed to some of the truths that .gov is not to be implicitly trusted. The veil slowly deteriorated as we watched. The late 60's was a mess. By the time gen x'ers were old enough to be aware there was no veil and it was clear no one was to be implicitly trusted.
Some boomers made the transition and recognize .gov for what it is but sadly many did not. You can pick them out here and there on the forums sometimes siding with .gov sometimes just confused about what they support. Sadly, a lot of boomers taught the same values as their parents and tried to put their kids in protective bubbles. That's where gen x differs the most and why I still have some hope. Some of gen x walked into the world eyes open and have been passing that on to their kids. Maybe it's just my geographical location but I seem to meet a lot of "kids", late teens and early 20s, who seem to be level and flying right. It's encouraging.
