I don't understand why this whole generation concept is so popular these days. I don't think it helps anyone if it's just used for sensationalistic general statements that pit one group against the other. This is the same unthinking logic that racism operates on. I cannot see that this way of thinking would in any way help to find solutions to the real problems or even to identify the actors who are responsible for today's ills. On the contrary, it only helps irresponsible profiteers to continue their greed for profit at the expense of the general public by placing the blame on an anonymous group rather than on the individuals who are actually responsible.

[–] GreatGrapeApe@reddthat.com 25 points 1 year ago

Because the baby boom that created the boomers was an actual generational cohort that shared a TON of similarities and had a huge impact as being the largest slice of the male population as so many died in the two World Wars. That lead demographers into thinking all generations worked like this and it took time to have other generations to compare them to.

Pew just announced recently they are moving away from generational cohorts because while someone born in 1979 is technically gen x they have a lot more in common with millennials born in 1985 than a fellow gen x er born in 1967

[–] ItsABarmcake@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's exactly like something a boomer would say!

Let's get him!

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Get the Pitchforks!

[–] Haywire@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It's so popular because it helps irresponsible profiteers.