I keep pondering why Gen X has skewed distressingly conservative. But then I remembered that a hefty chunk of our formative years was colored by Greed is Good, Reagan, and James Spader characters.
@Iresine *points a giant foam finger at the education system that by the time Gen X hit the 80s was already failing hard enough it didn't give most of our Gen the knowledge it needed to like.. KNOW THOSE CHARACTERS WERE THE IMMORAL/AMORAL ASSHOLES OF THE STORY, you know, the bad guys* Gotta give credit where it's due, lol. I do look around at people my age and wonder what might have been had Reagan lost, tho.
@Iresine True that.
I grew up in a deeply Red county and so I did not make many friends as a kid, as I had parents so Lib they had MLK's "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community" and Malcom X's autobiography in their personal library, heh. I did not fit in at school 😀
Moved to a city and made some friends, but mostly homeless people who are gone now. Most of my social interaction these days is online and I prefer people with brain wrinkles, whatever their Gen might be.
Geographically, I did the opposite: moved to a rural, conservative small town in high school after growing up in liberal metro area. I definitely stood out in that small town.
I met some lovely people that I am still in touch with, but I got back to the city as soon as I could.
Bless the people who are standing in the hard spaces.
@blackknight95857669
Unfortunately, knowing that villains are villains doesn't mean that people don't envy them, their power, or their things.
The vast majority of Gen Xers that I know are wonderful, insightful people. But I self-select for that.