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[–] 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

another gen-xer here. What haunts me a tad is that we are such a quiet generational cohort that we risk not even existing in future historical anlyses of the decline of the US. We may just get lumped in with the boomers. I do feel like we were much different than them, but we never got anything done, or led anything. There was always this feeling that we'd get our chance when the boomers faded out of the picture and they just never did. I suppose we had to fight for it and we didnt (enough), or something.

If you Google prominent gen-X politicians a list of republicans come up starting with vance. No dems on the list. Then ask again for prominent genX politicians on the left and you get cory booker, Gavin Newsom, and Beto Orourke. Its like my whole generation never existed.

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