• GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      13 hours ago

      They experienced the beginning of the internet and computers becoming a main part of people’s lives

      They experienced the height of the cold war and experienced genuine concern for nuclear armageddon

      They experienced the end of the cold war and a few years of peace

      They experienced the beginning of grunge, hip hop music, heavy metal, MTV , and the peak of Michael Jackson

      They experienced 9/11, the dot com bubble burst, the housing crash of 2008, the pandemic of 2020

      They lived under the thumb of the silent generation and the boomer generation dominating politics for their entire life (as we all still do today) so there voice was never really heard.