As I was watching

The John Candy documentary, i was once again reminded of what we have been robbed of by the older generations.

Back in the 70's to the early 90's, there were groups of artistic people who all worked together. They started their careers together, helped one another and created some of the most memorable and wonderful art we have ever seen.

When the older generations turned to greed of business and quick money schemes in the late 80's till today, we were robbed of these organic groups that formed and came together to create amazing things.

Now we are all sequestered in our lovong spaces, only coming out to work till exhausted, and going back to maybe eat and sleep. Because of the greed of the older generations, the younger ones are forced to work eternally, never being able to explore and enjoy who they are and what their contributions to society and culture could have been.

That always makes me sad and angry at how much we have had stolen from us simply for the desire to hoard money.

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bijouxbroussard · F

Those working together were the older generations. 🥺

FoxyGoddess · 51-55, F

@bijouxbroussard Yes, i understand that, but they took away any ability for anyone younger than them to have the same potential friendships and cooperatives.

bijouxbroussard · F

@FoxyGoddess You do know that a majority of Gen X voted for the candidate who represents the 1% this time ? That’s where blaming one generation falls apart.

FoxyGoddess · 51-55, F

@bijouxbroussard The loss of what I'm talking about happened over 20 years ago though.

I understand you dislike hearing disgruntlement over the older generations, but modern day history has shown they created a lot of great things, then destroyed the ability for others to do the same, from community theater to buying houses. Yes they did a lot of great things, but the current events of today are also caused by them, regardless of who voted how. I'm not saying Gen X is any better. Mostly, we stopped giving a shit because we have never had the opportunities to do something, good or bad.

bijouxbroussard · F

@FoxyGoddess I’m not sure how to explain why being lumped in by generation bothers me and I don’t expect you to understand. I refuse to take personal responsibility as a baby boomer for disenfranchising younger generations, just as I don’t hold anyone who wasn’t there personally responsible for originally disenfranchising my community.

Maybe it’s comparable to when I discuss Jim Crow and what happened to people in my community—Someone invariably accuses me of being "racist against white people".

When I post about these things I’m stating what was law back then—how people like Trump and the GOP seem to be inching towards a return to those days. And I know very well that not everyone white supports him—there were white allies in the past, too.

Mine was the first generation of that community coming out from under that system, with more opportunities to aim for occupations previously closed to us; to choose where we lived, where we went to school, to achieve things that Donald Trump and his followers believe we could never earn without a DEI label.