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.
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.
@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.
@blackknight95857669
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.