OK Boomer
I believe I get the OK Boomer thing. Way too
many of us have done what people seem to inevitably do as they get
old: become fearful, recalcitrant, ultraconservative.
As much as Boomers would like to be able to claim that so much of
where progressive thinking has evolved had its origins in the
breakout liberalism of the magical 60's (and there is some truth in
that claim), far too many of us have now abandoned those beautiful
attempts at personal freedom and stretching the boundaries. Now,
like almost all grandparents and olds, they've traded in that
passion and inspired madness and desire for insight and freedom,
traded them for some perceived security. They've forgotten what Ben
Franklin said: those who would trade liberty for security desrve
neither.
The adage has always been that people are liberal in youth, but
become conservative in old age. I think it has something to do with
accumulation of "stuff". "Stuff" makes people fearful of losing
their stuff. And children probably make us more mindful of
protecting them, and hence less likely to risk our lives, fortune
and sacred honor on dangerous endeavors.
© 2020 Chuck Puckett