GenoPax t1_iyceyff wrote
There are selfish twats in every generation, but in every generation they choose a great ignored “sin” of their parents generation and attempt to solve it but ignores the virtues of the previous generation that addressed their issues. So this inter generational partisanship thing is over blown but highlights a real tension. Do you thing the vast majority of people see beyond generational stereotypes? Some very young console their lack of understanding and wisdom by dismissing their elders as “boomers” and some older folks dismiss the younger generations discoveries because of their stubbornness and close mindedness that comforts them in their circumscribed ideology? I guess my main point is there are selfish twats in every generation, but in every generation they choose a great ignores sin of their parents generation and attempt to solve.
[deleted] OP t1_iycgsbc wrote
Oh for sure, I think I found it interesting because in the time Kerouac wrote his book it was a time of great abundance, rationing had ended, there was a huge freedom and wealth served on a platter.
Sal and his friends took it to an excess, and the book was very popular because of it, because it chimed with the population.
This isn't a pop at boomers, I think it's just that this book would not be anywhere near is popular or relevant to young people today as it was then.
GenoPax t1_iydxjt8 wrote
Yeah, I agree with most of what you said. But remember those were the children of wealthier upper middle class, but most people were poor. They didn't have cars, much less nice things to frivolously spend on, like trips. Trips. The unprecedented wealth that the majority of the population of western countries have has never been experienced by people the past.
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