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We hit one third of boomers being dead in the last few days. (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Crazy that you're the only person I've found in the thread that realizes this. Generational theory largely accepts that the concept of monolithic generations is reductive. Yes, people born in and around the same time can have shared cultural experiences, but the idea that those are what purely shape you ideologically or that you behave as a component of a monolith are ludicrous. And then there's subgenerations, microgenerations, etc. Just look at the sociological research of Karl Mannheim for a very complex discussion on the topic.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Them's a whole bunch of fancy words for saying "don't generalize."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Generalizing is fine and a useful tool in certain situations. In others, it's not, and can in fact be very harmful. It's also sometimes good to explain why you support one versus the other in a particular scenario. Y'know...because that's how conversations work.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I found two more! Get em, boys.