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Millennials, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Z and Gen Alpha: Generation Names by Year
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this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2023
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The whole generation thing is just astrology for marketing departments. Xennials use to get called Gen Y, there was no overlap with Gen X and Generation Jones didn’t exist.
Actually, I think it's worse than that. The generational definitions serve as yet another way to divide people against each other. They provide convenient groups that can be blamed for whatever someone is angry about in the world. It's racism for people who are too self-aware to actively support racism.
The old “divide and conquer” works remarkably well.
Keep the poor fighting each other, so they don’t start toppling the extremely wealthy and powerful who are feeding off them.
Okay boomer.
Edit in case it's not blatantly obvious "/s"
There's are cultural difference between those born between 1965-1970 and the rest of Gen-X. I liked a comment posted on Reddit that said that the border between one side of Gen-X and the other was marked by bicycle seats. Banana on one side and BMX on the other.
Maybe so. Am not saying I agree with or endorse this terminology.
Just that I want to know what people are meant when these terms are used. And they are used a lot.
No, Gen Y was Millennials. The Xennial overlap is just acknowledging a small cohort with a very specific experience.
The boundaries are all rather arbitrary, but there is a grain of truth to some of the analysis.
You can certainly look at broad generalizations regarding material circumstances unique to a generational cohort
Not really. People's formative experiences do have a big impact on their world view. The generations are broken up into groups that experienced very different things as they were coming of age.