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Originally Posted by nik-
I'm not saying I do it. I'm saying as younger generations grow up, I feel they'll be more and more likely to care about things like this because they won't be raking the benefits like the boomers did. My young cousins care more than I do, I'm sure their children will care even more ... and so on.
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I just think it's a matter of perspective. Before the Baby Boomers people were much more concerned with surviving world wars and terrible diseases. Then the Boomers were more focused on winning the cold war and increasing national living standards and employment. Today we are much more focused on global environmentalism and general wellbeing. The next generation will be focused on other issues that will astound them we didn't consider. But it's not the case that generations before 'didn't care' about things, it was a different world then.