There is no "generation gap"

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1. The very concept of a current generation gap is artificial propaganda

The perception of a generation gap in the 1960s was based on a sense that the World War II generation was stuck in certain attitudes -- about race, about sex, about popular culture, even about what was important in life -- and seemed unable to recognize that their children saw things very differently.

There's been nothing equivalent to that since. What we have instead is an attempt to play off one generation against another on economic grounds. To claim (quite falsely) that the Boomers always had things easy, benefited from a buoyant economy throughout their working lives, and are determined to hold onto their jobs out of simple greed.

This is the generational equivalent of racism. Instead of claiming that immigrants would steal your jobs, the power brokers are now claiming that middle-aged members of the working class have already stolen all the jobs and don't want to give them up. And that's not only a lie but -- like similar racist narratives -- is intended to set the exploited at one another's throats and prevent them from recognizing the real oppressors.

It's pure propaganda and should be called out as such whenever it rears its ugly head.