The losing of the anti-imperialist insight
The historic failure of the Baby Boom generation
Each generation has distinct social, cultural, and technological experiences that shape the values, beliefs, and behaviors of individuals. The field of generational analysis tracks age cohorts, people born over a fifteen-to-twenty-year span, whose similar experiences with respect to national and world events as well as technological developments give rise to similar attitudes and behavior patterns. The Pew Research Center, for example, has found significant differences in the generations with respect to attitudes toward same-sex marriage and the legalization of marijuana, marriage rates, religious affiliation, political party affiliation, and political ideology.
The generational literature defines seven generations in the USA. The Greatest Generation, born from 1900 to 1924, was the Civic-type generation who were the young soldiers, officers, and factory workers during World War II.
The Silent Generation, born from 1925 to 1945, were children and adolescents during t…