Growing up gen-x, we were the first generation of kids with dual incomes, indulged to vulgar extremes of whatever we wanted and it was fun, our once outraged boomer parents never gave us any reason to question anything as we wore layers of brand name clothing, got new celica’s when we got our licenses, private schools, again perhaps they got yuppie zapped while we were watching mtv in our rooms…but with what we see now and remember glimpses of earlier decades. Our parents knew Vietnam was a joke, our grandparents had zero idea or could fathom how their own government could ever be nefarious. And the onslaught of all the tech, it’s our kids who are still gaming as adults because we indulged them like our boomer parents did us, but in our youth we didn’t then think we had anything to fear, it’s in the years my kids are young adults that really are the products of “between two ages” which is a non fiction book from the 70’s written by a then white house advisor of how the technology would play a downfall in the future and so far, all those things have come to pass. The blue light toxicity isn’t a myth, it ruins the dopamine tracks in the brain and dumbs people down. Had I had an inkling about things I know now, I wouldn’t get the you need to get out more look from my kids as well as my parents. The boomers dropped the ball at some point and what they were questioning was far bigger than they knew and it’s a branch off the same bush of a large poison ivy plant. They had no idea how far back these parasitic elites have done the most nefarious s ever, and perhaps they only knew to question Vietnam and social injustice which they didn’t know the system was designed that way, when it ended they went silent. Who knows.
Think of some of their songs like “for what it’s worth” or “something’s in the air”…that’s just my little theory.
This website has many references but the ordo ab chao series is very telling, John Hamer book etc
But this is one site I’ll give you a link to and I’ve cross referenced the books names, terms, people.
This place we are in now and how we got here, if you like documentaries rundownofreality is on substack and has a rumble channel with excellent documentaries the best being “the whole chess board and how we got here”, but they are all informative things and I recommend them all to see the full picture.
I’ve discovered and a lot I didn’t know the extent of.
And I’ve found a lot of buried books online in pdf form, sometimes on rumble you can find people reading them;)
Begging your pardon, but this is rah-rah bullshit. You're probably the sort of person who tells people not to forget to register to vote, to write their senator, to make their voices heard, etc. That dog won't hunt.
Context is always welcome, heat, not so much. I write about democracy because I have lived through the machinery that tries to silence people, not because I hand out bumper-sticker slogans.
If you ever read the rest of my work, you would see I am not exactly the rah-rah type. 😉
The summary of your article seems to be, "Gen X blew it in their youth by being too ironic, cynical, and detached, and as a result, things were allowed to go to shit. But now in its late-middle age/early dotage, Gen X can redeem itself by choosing to be more politically engaged, and save dumbocracy." I don't subscribe to this pov. (Btw I have written a few articles about Gen X stuff lately, and someone in my comment section posted to your piece, which is how I became aware of this article-- I admittedly *don't* know the rest of your work.
Growing up gen-x, we were the first generation of kids with dual incomes, indulged to vulgar extremes of whatever we wanted and it was fun, our once outraged boomer parents never gave us any reason to question anything as we wore layers of brand name clothing, got new celica’s when we got our licenses, private schools, again perhaps they got yuppie zapped while we were watching mtv in our rooms…but with what we see now and remember glimpses of earlier decades. Our parents knew Vietnam was a joke, our grandparents had zero idea or could fathom how their own government could ever be nefarious. And the onslaught of all the tech, it’s our kids who are still gaming as adults because we indulged them like our boomer parents did us, but in our youth we didn’t then think we had anything to fear, it’s in the years my kids are young adults that really are the products of “between two ages” which is a non fiction book from the 70’s written by a then white house advisor of how the technology would play a downfall in the future and so far, all those things have come to pass. The blue light toxicity isn’t a myth, it ruins the dopamine tracks in the brain and dumbs people down. Had I had an inkling about things I know now, I wouldn’t get the you need to get out more look from my kids as well as my parents. The boomers dropped the ball at some point and what they were questioning was far bigger than they knew and it’s a branch off the same bush of a large poison ivy plant. They had no idea how far back these parasitic elites have done the most nefarious s ever, and perhaps they only knew to question Vietnam and social injustice which they didn’t know the system was designed that way, when it ended they went silent. Who knows.
Think of some of their songs like “for what it’s worth” or “something’s in the air”…that’s just my little theory.
This website has many references but the ordo ab chao series is very telling, John Hamer book etc
But this is one site I’ll give you a link to and I’ve cross referenced the books names, terms, people.
This place we are in now and how we got here, if you like documentaries rundownofreality is on substack and has a rumble channel with excellent documentaries the best being “the whole chess board and how we got here”, but they are all informative things and I recommend them all to see the full picture.
I’ve discovered and a lot I didn’t know the extent of.
And I’ve found a lot of buried books online in pdf form, sometimes on rumble you can find people reading them;)
https://www.overlordsofchaos.com/
at the top left you can also tap for a drop down menu for specific topics
Interesting, will check it out thank you 😃
Come read my article
https://econandcohorts.substack.com/p/1965-69-not-gen-x
"Don't you forget about me" is a Great song, Heather. And yes, I believe GenX will step up. It's time.
I really hope so Jeanine, it seems to early in the cyclical circle of life for us not to. 🩷
Right on, Heather.
Well said! 🔥
Thank you Liz from one Gen X 👸to another 👸.
Democracy isn't worth saving.
I would love more context for your comment.
Begging your pardon, but this is rah-rah bullshit. You're probably the sort of person who tells people not to forget to register to vote, to write their senator, to make their voices heard, etc. That dog won't hunt.
Not what I asked but your comment says enough 🤣 you obviously have not ever read anything else I have written.
You asked for context, which I attempted to give, sorry if I failed
Context is always welcome, heat, not so much. I write about democracy because I have lived through the machinery that tries to silence people, not because I hand out bumper-sticker slogans.
If you ever read the rest of my work, you would see I am not exactly the rah-rah type. 😉
The summary of your article seems to be, "Gen X blew it in their youth by being too ironic, cynical, and detached, and as a result, things were allowed to go to shit. But now in its late-middle age/early dotage, Gen X can redeem itself by choosing to be more politically engaged, and save dumbocracy." I don't subscribe to this pov. (Btw I have written a few articles about Gen X stuff lately, and someone in my comment section posted to your piece, which is how I became aware of this article-- I admittedly *don't* know the rest of your work.