Some of it has been attributed to the different conditions that generations grew up in.
There is the X Generation- the children of those protesting hippies, most of them were left to grow up "naturally"- meaning, without protection or
guidance, (neglected) while their parents went about on much more pressing missions of changing the world or experimenting with altered states of
consciousness and sexuality.
The surrounding culture of demon children films, and pro-abortion frenzy, helped to make kids who were tough survivors, with low sense of self value.
The "No Future" , "Life's a Bitch and Then you Die" young culture developed.
We didn't learn to hope we could change the world, we learned to survive the chaos of the world that was beyond our power to influence. We didn't grow
up learning little kids and their dog/dolphin/bear buddy could always save the adults from catastrophy, like our parents did.
Most people of that generation are most likely to be preppers, and probably the best suited to survive catastrophy, really- the modern day pirates or
colonials. We don't bother with throwing a fit, it never got us anything when we were a kid, we just pack up what we need, grab a weapon and deal
with whatever is coming.
Our children seem to have some of the hope my parents did, but hope to do it more intelligent ways- using technology. I somtimes think they are making
a bigger impact than we realize. They are being more sneaky than the hippies, and I think that is wise. Hippies back then didn't have drones to worry
about, for one thing....
JUst realized how reading my post, I got pictures in my head of The Terminator 2- how the mother illustrates my generation, and the son, the
edit on 1-7-2014 by Bluesma because: (no reason given)