Baby Boomers Are Getting Old. Hear How They Saw Their Youth
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ย. 2019
- This is a clip taken from my 1990 television series, Making Sense of the Sixties where my team and I interviewed hundreds of baby boomers and asked them to tell what happened to them and what they remember from growing up in the 1950s and 1960s. So the comments made in this clip were recorded in 1989 or 1990.
Some of my younger subscribers see the baby boomers as selfish. Indeed in some ways I think they were. I have recently been talking with my baby boomer colleagues, friends and family and as these baby boomers continue to age, there are a variety of concerns that have become more concerning to them. Some are sexual in nature. Those seem to be more male concerns and female concerns. Here are some of their other concerns:
Healthcare and medical expenses: Baby boomers are more likely to develop chronic conditions and require more medical attention. They are concerned about access to quality healthcare, managing medical expenses and finding adequate insurance coverage.
Financial security and retirement: Baby boomers are now retired or nearing retirement age. They are concerned about having enough savings, income, and investments to maintain their desired standard of living throughout their retirement years.
Long-term care and living arrangements: Baby boomers are considering the possibility of needing long-term care such as assisted living or nursing home facilities due to age-related health issues. Some are looking into downsizing their homes or exploring alternative living arrangements such as RV traveling, age-restricted communities or co-housing.
Social Security and Medicare: The sustainability and future of these programs is a major concern for baby boomers as they rely on them for financial support and healthcare coverage during retirement.
Isolation and loneliness: As baby boomers age they may lose spouses, friends or family members, increasing the risk of social isolation and loneliness.
Staying active and healthy: Baby boomers are focused on staying physically and mentally active to maintain their independence (critical to them) and overall health. They try to engage in regular exercise, take up hobbies and focus on preventive health measures such as a balanced diet.
Estate planning and legacy: Some boomers although not all are concerned about estate planning, ensuring their assets are distributed according to their wishes and creating a lasting legacy for their children and grandchildren.
You can find many clips from my series by searching the words "making sense of" on my TH-cam channel. The 6 hour series was controversial when it ran on PBS back in 1991. Some felt that it wasn't "political enough". Others felt that it was just perfect because it looked at the social movements and behaviors of that time, at the way people lived and how they felt, not about the politics of the 1950s and 1960s. I felt that the political issues were historically important but in my view, not the most important part for younger generations, the children and grandchildren of baby boomers, to understand the lives of boomers and how and why they did what they did.
I did not realize until I began to post clips from the series just how hostile some were to baby boomers - blaming the current behavioral and economic ills in America on the boomers, their sense of entitlement and their lack of concern for the generations that would come after them.
The series and this clip was not designed to defend boomers behavior but merely to present how those who lived it saw it when they looked back on it in 1990. I do hope that it gives Genx and Millenials a more three-dimensional understanding of this time in America. If you search to see more clips, you will find clips on many subjects. Hippies. Rebellions. Anti and pro Vietnam war feelings. 1950s high school. 1950s family Life. Rules for dress. Rules for behavior. Marijuana and the early drug culture. Dropouts. Runaways and more.
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"Čh" is cursed :D
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"They greet Dad AS IF they are genuinely glad to see him"
Oh, there's a whole can of worms there.
"Do it whether you like it or not!"
Holy cow she really said that hahaha
And they seem so "relaxed" around him
Fleem Q Swipes yep, as if every one is a character in a play. Hate that! Be real, please.
Gary Oakham the older generations only stayed together despite abuse because it was too taboo to divorce. People are finding that divorce is a viable way out of abuse now, as it should be. It has nothing to do with the people themselves as much as the times changing to allow something to happen without social repercussion.
“Kids in my day didn’t disrespect their parents,” says the people that disrespected their parents in the 60s.
THAT WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT whippersnapper
@@justalurkr ok boomer
guys keep this at 69
I absolutely hate the "disrespecting their parents" narrative. Treat your kids right and they'll respect you
@@CorbiniteVids so true, I'm 61 & learned how to hide myself to not get disciplined. My grandson has never been struck & he's MUCH more honest & respectful. Without fear, so much more can be learned & shared!
My dad (born 1955), counter culture biker (as a teen he built a motorbike in secret in his bedroom over several months then rode it out through the house), used to sing anti-Vietnam songs when army recruitment ads came on TV, and was the only person I've ever known to unironically call someone a "square".
Being a square occasionally had its benefits though, by the time the '80s rolled around, the squarest of the square were rich as hell.
"It's hip to be square." --Huey Lewis
"As though they are genuinely glad to see him"..... key words: AS THOUGH
What is implied in the statement is. "As a kid, your feelings and experiences are unimportant set that all aside and respect your father."
The son looks like he really has news just ready to spring on the father
And yet my pop said it was better times back then. So many baby boomers in the comments claiming we’re “prime for brainwashing” when this was how they were supposed to raised kids
As if dad actually spoke to his children. He grabbed the paper, read until dinner, watched the news and some TV and went to bed. All without much conversation with his wife and family.
Says the blue haired catlady
Every generation goes from “old people don’t understand” to “ kids in my day didn’t....”.
Dany’el that's for sure, even the youngsters so tortured by the elders today will grow into the ppl they hate today. Big surprise coming for today's youth, that's if they're lucky.
Wreckof theHesperas Exactly. The youth of today railing against the boomers will be the elders of tomorrow saying “kids these days have no respect.”
I think it’s hilarious to hear people of my generation (GenX) go on about smart-Alec kids with no respect as I can clearly remember that we as a generation were no different except we didn’t have cell phones and social media but we were just as idealistic and disrespectful as every generation before and every generation to follow. It’s been going on since Moses was in short pants.
Bob Smith I’d hate to break it to mate but I reckon your parents would’ve been saying the same thing about Rock Music and reefer or whatever the big boogy man that ruined young people’s brains when you were coming up.
The only difference now is everyone is filming everything they do now so indiscretions are there for posterity instead of become hazy memories of misspent youth.
time keeps on slipping into the future.
It's a frickin shame.
That being said these young whipper snappers and their fortnites and mindcrafts
This is an okay boomer. He's good.
Good boomer. He’s a good boomer...
Most later boomers are Ok too.
Lol look at us, determining who’s a good person and who’s not. That’s how our generation does it, hell yeah! Let’s make a council to determine which boomers are socially acceptable and which other ones should go curl up in their grave!
@@withlessAsbestos Hah. Being one of those myself, I appreciate your comment... Thank you!
@Tum Tum Or not... If more of us stepped out of our comfort zones, we could make huge changes... Conforming only encourages those ones who want us quiet and useless while they continue to steal from the common purse.
This helps me understand how so many adults seem to have stopped developing emotionally in middle school. That's literally what happened
This made me understand my mother so much. Her idea of normal was me not doing anything but school, church and sleep. She would lose her mind when I started dressing the way I liked and or even expressed myself a little bit too much. I finally moved out and that was the best thing I could do for my mental health. Living like that made me so so depressed.
I wish I found you earlier. My big mistake was trying to get my grandmother to see me. She beg me to stay when I wanted move. And now i'm a drug addict after 10 years. I'm graduated in 2012 (high school). I guess that doesn't matter with everything that is going on. I want to get better but I'm trapped here. My grandmother won't let me leave. Even if I run away, america is falling apart. I'm trapped either way. The best I can do is wait. My health insurance won't let me have a job.
@@faithcyan2462if your insurance won’t let you have a job, i’d suggest doing odd jobs around town for cash, if that’s doable. of course i don’t know your situation so i hope this is helpful. if you’re able to do that, then just save up a fair amount, it would take a while and it’s not fun but i’d imagine it’s doable, and eventually you might be able to make enough to get out and get on your feet. i hope things improve for you!
”These boys greet their dad as though they are genuinely glad to see him.”
This sound sooo sarcastic yet completely serious.
I noticed the same thing. It was instructing them to lie just to make their Dad feel good.
But then I remembered my Mom telling me something similar back in the 1970s. My Dad owned a business and didn’t get home until 630 most evenings, and we got into a habit of scattering at that time. He started to feel lonely and a little like his role was just to bring home the bacon while we did as we pleased. So she privately asked us if we could stick around a while and make conversation with him. It broke my heart to think he was lonely, so I did make an effort to stay downstairs and talk and watch shows with him at least a few nights a week. I’m glad I did. We had some really meaningful conversations, and I often witnessed him fall asleep in his easy chair, he was so exhausted from work. At some point, you realize life is short and could pass you by without ever really knowing your parents. I learned that sometimes, the less comfortable and natural-feeling thing to do is worth it.
Yeah like really passive aggressive
@@dino0228 wonderful comment
dino0228 I’m glad you got to realize what’s important and spend time with your loved one. Too bad my father didn’t want to do that, instead he decided to leave before I was even born. What an asshole
Podomus
Same bro
David is the only boomer that isn’t even a boomer cuz he’s so boomtastic
Lol! Boomtastic is my new favorite word now! 😆
They call him mr. boombastic
BOOMTASTIC I-
You missed the opportunity for “boombastic” instead smh
What a clever comment.
I’m about 40, my Dad would be about 80 if he were still here.
The first half of my life, I resented my father for his inability to express his emotions.
The second half of my life, I forgave him and realized/accepted that he wasn’t ever going to change. I even began to pity him, as I emotionally outgrew him.
He was CLEARY a product of the 1950’s. I wish I had been able to understand WHY he was so closed off emotionally. But it makes sense, now
Well who knows what his upbringing was like. Delia Morris
I am relating to this in a big way. Born in '49, I tried so hard to follow those unwritten rules. Another point that David did not mention was that many of us Boomers were 'raised' by Dr. Spock. His baby and child care books were everywhere. Parents were urged to put the baby on a strict schedule from the very start. Let them cry it out, don't go in to then if they cry and so on. As a result, I never bonded with my mother and we never had a good relationship. I rebelled bit only inwardly; when I was at home I was angry always. I sassed my parents, argued and defied them, all big no-no's at the time. It didn't help that I had undiagnosed ADHD. I finally got a diagnosis at age 70 after living a very difficult life thinking there was something wrong with me, everything was my fault, I couldn't do anything right, etc. This video makes things so much clearer. Thank you.
may i ask if you take anything for it and does it help?
@@jsw7814 Yes, I actually take an antidepressant which does help.
I have heard many baby boomers were physically and emotionally abused (I don't know your life experiences), but I feel like, seeing many Baby Boomers now, they seem like they take their anger out on others because what happened to them when they were young, or imitating what they thought as "healthy". I am honestly glad these times have passed because it seems it created a damaged generation that hurt a lot of others because their parents didn't know what to do or followed extremely bad advice.
I hav ADHD to, Iam born in the 80s. but that dose not stop the older generation from punisching me for living freely, having feelings and question them. the last part is like a death scentence
Wow! What a story! Kudos to you! I am a teacher with ADHD and I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 31. However, getting an ADHD diagnosis at 70 is absolutely courageous. I’m so glad that you took charge of your life.
The boomer we don’t deserve but the boomer we need
ok boomer
Onion toaster Sam love you too son
I totally agree, there were needed
AppleJuice 💕
Of course we deserve it. Speak for yourself.
David is my favorite boomer
I haven't figured out if I'm supposed to be insulted when people call me a boomer. If its an insult, it falls short.
jack shitz who cares :)
jack shitz it’s as much of an insult as millennial is. So it’s not, which tickles me when boomers get so mad about it. It’s the dismissiveness of “Ok Boomer” that’s the insult.
David is my fav Boomer also...but he's also not actually a _Baby Boomer_ ....
@@jackshitz6995 Ok boomer!
(Somebody had to say it)
*Tongue in cheek*
"(as children) We weren't treated as if we were people."
Some things never change.
There evil
Noice username dude!
"... and so we decided not to treat our kids like people"
Suck it up.
My boomer father tried to raise us like this in the early 2000's. Getting forced out as a teen was like walking out of a time capsule.
Tries to rebel against authority.
Actually grows up to become the authority
amazingman63 either you die a hero... or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain
Its just like Yin Yang.
The opressed always look forward to be the operssors
Greatest generation: defeats fascism in Europe, cures diseases (polio, measles, food poisoning), public works, world's best infrastructure, cheap education,and social safety net.
Boomers: Let's rebel against all that cuz they were uncomfortable about sex
@@mrduckman225 actually todays generation is the safest ever, the least amount of drugs and drink, teen pregnancies are going down, less petty crime oh and we all also work about twice as much for about a quarter the pay for much worse housing and also alot less racist and openly hateful towards homosexuality and foreigners. and btw the people in this video are also the kids of the people who freed europe so no dont even try
44yo....
Been told all my life that:
- I'm gay because I like long hair.
- I'll never amount to anything because I liked video games (Now in the IT field making decent money, raising a family)
- "Real Men(tm)" don't cry..... because uh...I guess see point one about my supposed orientation.
Nope, can't see at all why my generation is a bunch of repressed, uptight, depressed, angry children in adult bodies at all. Utter and complete mystery.
Remember Boomers....when you wonder why these 'kids' act the way they do... it's because you taught them to.
strontiumXnitrate lmaooooo
@strontiumXnitrate what a joke. Boohoo men are finally being criticised for their actions! boohoo, men are learning self control and basic human decency ! Boohoo, men are being more expressive and showing emotions! What horror !
Just because you dont like the change that's happening , doesn't mean that it's all a feminist conspiracy to abuse and manipulate men.
Also, if men are just a tool for women , then what the hell do you think women are ? Stop your blind victimisation of the most privileged group of people on earth.
No one is asking you to conform to the new morals and "rules". If you want to be a toxic ,misogynistic, sexually driven robot with no emotions ,then trust me you wont be a rare species in this day and age. There's plenty like you ,who just cant accept the fact that women aren't your enemy and no one is after your sexuality.
This whole entire "conspiracy" to destroy the "Male identity" is truly just an opportunity for the other men who are suppressed by that same "identity" to just express themselves however they like while still maintaining their integrity and dignity as Men.
shion sama agreed.
The current generation of young people are being taught the opposite... And are turning back to tradition.
@strontiumXnitrate men have never been oppressed by systems of power. stop crying over being held accountable for your actions snowflake.
It’s honestly quite amazing what this guy’s accomplished with these videos. It’s so weird actually getting a real glimpse at what the actual 50s and 60s society was like
Thank you.
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmakerI never experienced the 1950’s I grew up in the 2000’s my era is more different
I think my parents grew up just after this era. They raised me to be chaste and formal and avoid dating boys or asking about anything sex related. One of their favorite things to say was “if I’d ever spoken to my parents that way, I’d have been slapped over the head. Watch your mouth, young lady.”
It sent all sorts of mixed messages as I grew up because on one hand, I wasnt allowed to ask for help or ask why something needed doing or even attempt dating. But at the same time they were all “we will support you through anything, you can come to us for anything.”
It was a lot of them turning into their parents, realizing that’s what they were doing, and trying to reverse it before it got too far. It sort of worked, it’s gotten better over time. But I can feel the influence of that sort of… super conservative, uphold the norm sort of behavior from the 60s and 70s.
It’s strange to see. They were raised on the border of a generation, and I’m growing up between the millennials and gen x. It’s strange to be on the border of these massive generations, and fascinating to learn about those that came before us and how they influenced our parents and, by extension, us.
my parents grew up at this time too and they also went between wanting to always support us and telling us what we did/said would not have been ok when they were kids.
Mom and Dad were born in the 60s and 70s. Ive heard the one about “if I’d ever spoken to my parents that way, I’d have been slapped over the head." a couple times, I know what you mean
Same. Just now starting to work out some of that emotional damage. I was never able to stand up for myself or "ask why" for most of my life, which doesn't work as an adult trying to form healthy relationships, or even find a job that respects you (though in 2021 that's clearly an issue for everyone). Just now working it out now.
Hindsight is crazy. I remember being a kid and wanting to have fun and being scolded by my dad any time I wanted to play. Then growing up my dad would always criticize me for being too quiet. I wanted to tell him it's because any time I did want to have fun I was scolded by him. But never could talk back to him, I'd actually get slapped or thrown or something.
“if I’d ever spoken to my parents that way, I’d have been slapped over the head. Watch your mouth, young lady.” You think this is why parents aren't kept in the loop when the state comes in?
They've become the very thing they swore to destroy
Our generation will as well, no doubt.
Lonny Hennessy is there any way to prevent that
@@MinecraftnNaruto I don't think so. Maybe. People become so afraid of the unknown that they put the scary new things in a black box and shun it with the rest of the tribe. Being scared of the unknown is hardwired into us - it kept us alive for thousands of years. People hate the new generation. Always. It's what you saw with jazz in the 1900s, rock n roll in the 50s, it's what you saw with gay people in the 60s, Muslims in the early 2000s, it's what you see today with republicans, and most recently, vaping. I think theres hope though, the internet makes it easy to find your own answers instead of relying solely on the tribe. That's the only answer I can think of.
I think with the advent of the internet society is SLOWLY starting to get their shit together. It’s a long road and every generation will make mistakes, but I like to think we’ll be a good society someday
Lonny Hennessy Why can’t we just realize how stupid and useless that is and just agree to be open-minded. Times have changed, we have modern science and a broader understanding of reality now. We should stop relying on fear to deal with the unknown and start embracing it. Think about how much closed-minded people miss out on, or even just over a generational gap. I just hope i’m still as open-minded as 50 year old and I am right now as an 18 year old.
Ok boomer is not about hating the boomers, it's about needing to ignore their reluctance to make changes, and willingness to ignore facts surrounding critical and time sensitive issues.
@@baraka629 Sentencing others to the gallows, eh? It's incredible how shallow your high horse is! I bet you think you're different than them.
Baraka ok boomer
@@wuzzyyy_ Do not cite the deep magic to me, normie
Mhmm sure...
@@intraserv3123 ok boomer
This relates a lot to how I grew up as someone born in 99. My dad was born in the mid ‘60s, far off baby boomers, but he acted similarly. Telling me (with both autism and ADHD) to stop crying, giving me hidings when I did something wrong or got bad grades, then acting surprised when I lied and hid my wrongdoings and emotions from him until they reached a boiling point. Strangely, he was also the one to comfort me after serious emotional breakdowns, and he didn’t say he loved me as often as my mom, but when he made sure I looked him in the eye when he said it (not great because of the autism, but it still meant a lot). Looking back it seems very paradoxical for him to be both, and he’s relaxed a lot since then, especially since I started actually holding my ground against him in arguments, which seemed to shake him. I genuinely respect and love him, I’m amazed to see how much he’s changed over the last few years.
My dad was born in 72 and I was born in 2005. I also have autism (probably ADD as well) and before I was diagnosed my dad would treat me the same way. When I was naughty I got smacked on the bum and when I cried my dad would get angry at me. When I was crying he would tell me off for whining then tell me to stay in my room until I calm down. One time when I was 10 years old I got really upset, I was banging my head against the wall and pulling out my hair and all my dad did was threaten to call the police unless I stopped. After I got diagnosed he got better, he still had problems with getting angry at me and stuff but he’ll come and apologise to me after. I think he feels really bad for how he treated me before. I’ve talked to my parents about smacking my bum since now it’s considered child abuse and they both regret it. They didn’t realise it was wrong because that’s what everyone did and what they were taught to do. My mum has always been my emotional support though. Although my dad is trying, he still doesn’t understand how I feel most of the time and doesn’t know how to handle me when I’m upset. I don’t like my dad being around when I’m upset and just want my mum.
"These boys greet their dad as though they are genuinely glad to see them..."
oof XD
"Don't even think about sex" What am I supposed to do with the majority of my teenager thoughts
Yeah i as a teenager myself i can confirm that.
But if we "dont even think about sex" then how are we supposed to create more humans to keep the race going, huh
sis True that
That’s about the last thing on my mind, and I’m a teenager 😂
Maia Pardoe you built different
“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” - George Orwell
Every generation hates the one after it. For whatever reason
Exactly, i always see Gen Z’s saying they’ll be better and smarter than other gens, that just builds up the superior complex that makes future gens hate the previous ones. We’ll be like boomers soon
in some cases. not do generations only think they are smarter, but they are overall correct. generation z has been proven to be the smartest generation compared to the last, and this was a statistic that applied to every single generation.
@Liz A Lol the irony. I'm around 25 and idk both generations are dumb in their own ways, but it seemed like things were a lot better off before we came of age tbh.
@@Jbam17 gen z lives in a post information age where you can go into a question anticipating an answer and find the very answer you wanted. They believe to be so smart yet are tangled in a web of scewed statistics and confirmation bias. Im 22 but even I understand how dumb it is to assert we are any better than the retarded baby boomers. Just look at any college campus. Its a cest pool of people fully believing they have the answers to any question. When we look back on gen z they'll make the boomers mistakes look innocent, at least they weren't as fucking arrogant. Granted they became arrogant with age but they're so docile now it legitimately doesn't matter.
As the child of two Boomers who grew up in rural America and who (to my knowledge) did not participate in rebellious activities, I was seriously fascinated by the commentary being discussed. It resonated with me when some of the interviewees were saying how they were expected to be “seen and not heard.” Super interesting clips you captured! Well done.
I’m grateful that my grandmother and I were best friends. She was open minded and respectful of others regardless of differences.
I'm beginning to feel like the Fallout series isn't even satire.
It never was...
....you thought it was satire???
Andrew Mandrona the fear of having to live in a fallout shelter during the cold war was very real. the fallout games just recreated that cultural era (50s to 70s) and pretended as if the nuclear holocaust had actually happened during that time. the world ended during that era so everything in the future is just a relic of that era.
@@astashasta1 _That_ wasn't the part I thought was satire.
The whole insane business practice and American fascism was what I thought was satire, but I guess not.
I think satire needs to have a basis in reality for it to work, and that the Fallout series is great satire. It pokes a cynical (and also nostalgic) stick at 50's consumer culture, early capitalist amorality, and conservatism against a backdrop of the Cold War. Love the slightly parallel universe nature of the 50's technology which makes the design a little more fantastic.
A whole generation of emotionally manipulative parents. Just lovely.
@@Aleara27 did you not read what he said he didn't say anything anti LGBT he said it was wrong how someone groom their child into something that they're not it has happened before everyone knows that trans kids exist he said it was wrong that people use other people's Goodwill for their own gain
Alligator and two are my parents
nymphiir one of the reasons I’m not having kids
Yeah accurate I think
@@Aleara27 sounds like your polarised
this explains why my father acts the way he does, why hes so close minded and doesnt question anything and why he always thinks I'm being overdramatic when i cry.
How do you know you are not being overdramatic when you cry?
@@DadMouse okay boomer
@@Ryan2022 im 17 lmaoo
@@Ryan2022 my dad is 58
The fact you call him your "father" is indicative of a lot.
Thank you, David Hoffman. I’m a Gen Xer born in 1970. Growing up, the 50s and 60s were the eras that governed us. It’s a time considered archaic and distant to Millenials and Zoomers today but it shaped everything that we became, what we chose to accept, and what we chose to reject. We then went on to create the world they live in now. And where I once was that generation in the 1980s and 90s labeled defiant, I see how we influenced the next generations the way my parents’ generation shaped me. Thanks for bringing it to light!
"It's not normal to wear Levi's"
"It's not normal to read comic books"
Wtf?
what kind of stupid shit read's comic books.
That's the thing, it was like that. It seems bizarre to think of it now. But people were being indoctrinated into a certain way of thinking.
Ofcourse, the boomers went on to do the same indoctrination with their own kids of gen x. That indoctrination, didn't take, not because gen x rebelled, but because the boomers weren't really there for their kids. They were all working and gen x looked after themselves largely.
Yet gen x then went on to raise, indoctrinate and parent, in the polar opposite of their own. Where boomers weren't present and let their kids fend for themselves, Gen x became the authors of helicopter parenting. They didn't have a unified philosophy to teach, they all learned different lessons and so they passed on a patchwork of ideals and values. No real overarching design in the their focus.
Millenials, who are now becoming parents of consequence, are adopting the parenting and indoctrination, they themselves felt was lacking. A strong, authoritative moral direction.
I wonder what gen z will be like?
@@toffeecrisp2146 The thing here is that most Boomers are parents of Millenials, not Gen-Xs. I think it's the opposite, Millennials are trying to go against the idea that there should be an authoritative moral direction, but they do it by being authoritative about the moral direction. "You should NOT force anyone to do what you want." How ironic. Now, gen-z are stuck between a rock and a hard place, between the pressure of their parents (or lack thereof) and the pressure of the upcoming gen in power (Millenials) they don't know what to do in a world that has constantly told them "this is how things are done, and there aren't any options," their parents that basically tell them they are free, and the millennials that tell them they should be supportive of a movement that advocates for moral authority masqueraded revolutionary movement for personal and racial freedom, their world is all twisted. I think they are fed with it all and they may be the true real free gen after us Millenials, that is if we don't screw them before that. The question is, in what way are they going to be 'free'?
@@MrFreakHeavy gen x'ers have to come from somewhere 😁
I do suspect most gen x'ers are the children of the early, pioneers of boomer rebellion. The elder boomers as you will.
I'm not certain Gen z will be any more free or any more able to do better than those generations that have come before.
It would seem that each generation, seeks to step out of the shadow of its immediate forerunners, often by adopting opposing views and attitudes. Such is "rebellion"
I can envision, zoomers, becoming, not unlike the silent generation, revolting against the lax attitudes of the 20's. Which I see a parallel in the moralised justice and neoliberalism of millenials and elder zoomers and instead, adopting increasingly conservative values. In direct opposition to the often times, inflexible demands of the generation before them.
Time will tell I guess.
It's not normal to be like you ......
This helps me understand the hippie parents that named me Narottama
Narottama Panitz Unique and beautiful name!
Aoibheann Doyle It’s nothing more than pretentious
Could have been Marijuana Pepsi.
Alexander Vickers cope more, Alexander
@Alexander Vickers
Why though?
I'm all for traditional names, I myself am named with third popular male name in my country (native version of "Andrew", central Europe), but hey
You know what would be REALLY pretentious? Naming a kid "Adolf" in post-Second-World-War Poland 😅
Society in 60's: leather jacket bad
Society afterwards: *imitates Elvis*
I actually really enjoyed watching this. I was born in 87'. I actually identified with a lot of this. I spent a lot of time with my grandparents as a kid. Children should be seen and not heard, control your emotions, Respect authority and don't ask questions. Wild
It’s interesting that a lot of people from this generation rebelled against “Authority” in their youth but became authoritarians later in life.
Yeah... Most of us probably have the capacity to be both the problem and/or the solution
Southern Dandy makes me fear future millennials
Every generation is like that. The Millennial generation rebels against the authority of those older than them, yet have their own authoritarian rules that you don't break.
its cause we all want to be the "Authority"
It's a never ending cycle where you rebel and then eventually society shifts to the way most people like you are once you comprise the majority of adults but then the youth do it again and the cycle turns over again
I still can't afford to buy a house, though
We have the stats.
In 1969, a loaf of bread was .25 USD, a new car was 2000 USD, a new house was 40,000 USD, and people played golf on the Moon. Boomers had an unregulated drug culture, briefly had legal child pornography, and they initiated a sexual revolution where people could marry and divorce underage girls repeatedly. Boomers are scum, and they are rightfully hated and ridiculed after tearing down the moral codes that could have protected them and ensure a civilization that will live beyond them.
@@ProductofSeebach There's good and bad in every generation. I'm a millennial and it's still full of shit.
where do you live?
@Kurt Barryman millenials are statisticay the smartest generation in US history.
What you can't afford mass inflated housing prices and dropping wages?
"There was no truth. There was no authenticity to what people were saying." My goodness, we have, literally, made no progress. So grateful David is sharing this knowledge. This is what history should be about.
"There is no truth." That statement does not make sense. It is self defeating. Hence the lack of authority(Truth) in their words.
Jesus Christ is the Truth
@Daniel McKibben The reason people say this is because the so-called truths they're told are subjective in nature, and you never really get a concrete answer on why something is the truth. This is because of the infinite why. Why is Jesus the truth, because he takes away sin, why do we need to take away sin, because it's evil, and if it is, why do we need to get rid of evil, because it's the antithesis to God, why is the anthesis to God bad. To this day, nobody has given a valid reason for why we're put on this earth. To get rid of sin, so why couldn't a God, who is omnipotent, make it so time fasts forward to the point where we all have gotten rid of sin, while at the same time grants us free will? You have no real answer as to why we're put oj this earth. Just quotes from a 2000 year old book written by people who have claimed to see and experience things that prove God's existence or a purpose to life. I suppose this is what you call faith, but your faith is only predicated on what other people claim is real. Without hearing about the word of God from people who may very well have lied, you would probably wouldn't believe any of it. You only base your faith off of a claim from other human beings. God never came down to you personally. Anyone can claim to be a conduit to God. For all you know, God is speaking through me, to you. How would you know one way or the other? What evidence would you have? And if you have faith, why not have faith in my words instead of some other random people. They have about as much proof of God as I do.
This man and his work a treasure. Thank you for uploading these with your contemporary introduction.
David is the only boomer where we can’t say “ok boomer” to, because he speakin’ facts.
Just wait until you’re old and kids disrespect you and tell you, you don’t understand.
Evolved Ape some boomers don’t understand but think just because everything was good in their era then everything must be fine but that’s not reality
bob lazuli If you think everything was good in the boomer era, you’ve a lot to learn about history. If you think everything is bad in your era, you’ve a lot to learn of humility.
You are being manipulated by people to get your vote by pitting you against the older generation.
Instead, to him we say - “Boomer, ok.”
@@evolvedape2161 That has literally nothing to do with the comment you're replying to. We get it, all generations seem to fall into the same patterns. You're not smart for saying what every single other commenter here has already said 10 times over, especially considering you're not even saying it in response to something relevant.
tl;dr shut the fuck up.
Greatest Gen: "I want my kids to have what I never had - food, shelter, & security"
Boomers: "I want my kids to have what I never had - toys & trophies!"
Gen X: "I want my kids to have what I never had - a father"
Haha, "A mother" in my case, but, well, true in large parts. Isn't there a generation between the greatest and boomers though? Like, the "silent generation", or is that before?
@Omar Ignacio Silvestrini We Xers invented both hiphop and hard rock, man, we really really rock.
True meant my father maybe twice my whole life.
@@Mr.Obongo No student loan debt
millenials: "ah fuck, i cant believe you've done this."
Thank you so much for this. I feel like I understand myself and my parents a lot better now
I had a feeling that a lot of the boomers were mentally damaged, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. Cause it seems like there was no help available, which probably explains why so many of them are bitter about younger generations having more help available, and taking mental issues more seriously.
I have sympathy too for the fact that the attitudes they grew up with would have also made it difficult to seek help later on too. Being born on the cusp of millennial and zoomer in 1996 I obviously have disdain for boomers as a group. The only way I've ever known them is to be a group who simultaneously demand respect while showing none.
I think the biggest point of contention between the generations is the response - or lack thereof - when it comes to climate change. But their tendency to dismiss us as soft doesn't help.
That being said, when I'm talking to an individual it's much easier to see them as just a person and not the sum of their generation. Though I fear we may lose all our boomers before many of us grow old enough to be able to separate the two.
My sympathy does have it's limits though as I believe when there's a significant age gap, (while both sides in any conversation should be willing to compromise,) it's on the older person to have more patience.
Of course I hold myself to this standard too. It's not about hiding the harshness of reality, but rather helping to nurture the young and leave them an even better world rather than begrudging them for taking it for granted.
But the way we view generations is also not helping. We should use them as a tool to give context, not assign blame.
I don't really know where I'm going with this anymore, but tldr we should all have more patience with each other, at the end of the day, we're individuals, not representatives.
I don’t know why the boomers and millennials can’t get along lol. My mom is a boomer, I’m a GenXer, and my son is a very young Millenial (born in 1996 same as you). Maybe it’s just the age gap, but that’s nothing new. The old and young will aways bicker.
But my theory is that society has changed so drastically from when the Boomers were young. My mom once told me back in her day, no one would have given a second thought to littering. She also grew up in a time with “colored” water fountains. She wasn’t even allowed to wear pants to school. The list goes on…
Lucky for my age group, I think most of us feel we are lucky because we got to experience a more old fashioned childhood, but yet we were still young enough to adapt to technology in adulthood. I also think that most (I hope) of my generation cares about the environment, etc. I feel grateful I was an 80’s kids, but I digress…
The boomers can’t help what they are just as you and I can’t. And I don’t say that to excuse any bad behavior, it’s just the way it is. Just remember, you will be old one day too and who knows what your grandchildren will be like. All we can do is try to treat one another with respect and try to do the right thing. My son has disdain for boomers as well, but at the same time he knows his grandma loves him with all her heart and he loves her too.
I knew there was a deeper reason they hate these other generations, there always is.
All well said comments.
Yeah judging an individual based on a preconceived notion of their group is never a good idea. Whether it’s age, race, nationality or any number of things.
@@paulyguitary7651 Well said.
I'm saddened by this blind hatred and ignorance to people. One person born in this generation is different from another.
"Emotions are a contagious disease"
damn.
woah buddy, is that emotion im sensing? we gotta get you to the hospital before those nasty feelings spread
People still believe and act this way. I think it’s a subconscious thing. Emotions shouldn’t be labeled as bad or good, they just are. All of us as humans need to feel we can express ourselves. Having said that, I also believe it should be a balance of knowing your emotions and acting on them. Example: just because you hate someone doesn’t mean you should hit them.
*l o b o t o m y*
Only a Capitalist, aka psychopath, would say that.
To be fair, that's not what was said. In the example used, it was said that emotions CAN spread LIKE a contagious disease, and really, that's not incorrect. When one is approached angrily, one usually responds defensively and potentially escalates from there just like in the example. There's nuggets of wisdom in these overly conservative "how-to" videos.
ppl gotta remember: "ok boomer" is to dismiss boomers who are dismissive of us bc of our age, not to belittle random old ppl
Let me ask you something, and be honest... How much patience do you have for an opinionated preteen who constantly keeps offering "helpful" advice and who feels the need to constantly correct you while you're going about your day?
Is that because of their age, or is it because they're inexperienced and their helpful suggestions are immediately recognisable as unworkable to those with a little more knowledge/experience?
Well, that's probably how these sixty year olds feel about twenty year olds. It has nothing to do with "boomers" vs "millenials" btw; even in ancient Greek writing we find talk of the generational divide.
@@EvenTheDogAgrees Dismissing someone's words because they are younger and thus "have no real 'experience'" is extremely closed minded. Everyone experiences life differently, and it is important to listen and understand other people. That is the starting point of creating proper communication and a chance of working with one another. We are all in this world together, and it isn't always easy.
You remove a group of people's right to share their story, you are deciding that they are not important enough. That is how you create dissonance and rebellion. Has history not taught us enough, or are all those 'experienced' years these "more qualified" older folk gone to waste? With time grows patience and understanding.
Age has nothing to do with knowledge. A 40 year old could have spent his life with every need and want met at his very request, and a 10 year old could have been sent to war, his parents killed before his very eyes, and still find a way to move forward.
Food for thought.
@@psalinas1054 I don't dismiss people's opinions based on age. If that's what you got from reading my comment, you seriously misunderstood me.
Experience and knowledge, however, very much _do_ determine whether you're worth listening to or not. Would you listen to dating advice from a catholic priest that you know for a fact is still a virgin? Shocking! I mean, sure, they lack knowledge and experience, they have absolutely no idea what they're talking about, and have no idea how the whole thing even works nor how to speak to a girl nor whether said girl would react favourably or apprehensive to the course of action they propose... But that doesn't make their advice any less valuable, does it?
Anyway, that wasn't the point I was trying to get across. The point I was making was: twenty year olds are very quick to complain about sixty year olds who don't take them seriously, while simultaneously behaving _in the exact same fashion_ towards an eight year old. The difference being: "if I do it to others it's my god given right, but if others do it to me it's disrespectful".
@@EvenTheDogAgrees can I ask you something? How much patience do you have for someone who is unwilling to accept that things are different these days. Just because an idea was unworkable in your day doesn't mean it still is today. In a lot of ways the younger generation knows better because the experience they have is many times more relevant.
@@EvenTheDogAgrees You're clearly missing the actual issue at hand in this topic. "Ok Boomer" stems from younger generations being disrespected and belittled by older generations simply because of their age, experience has nothing to do with it. Older generations seem to have the mentality of "I'm older so I'm smarter and know better so I don't have to listen or respect you because I'm over twice your age" and that is most certainly not how wisdom works. This occurs very often in the workplace and it can be not only frustrating but also severely counterproductive. Imagine being 25 and having worked your way up to management or any other similar leadership position after putting in years of hard work, obviously gaining experience over that time and still being disrespected and belittled simply because you're younger. Also feel the need to point out that there's no behavioral trend of 20 year olds disrespecting children simply because they're children, don't know where you got that from haha.
Thank you so much for sharing this. It helps me understand what my parents were shown when they were growing up. A new perspective, especially a historical one, is greatly appreciated.
This video was not what I was expecting, and I'm so glad I came across it. Very eye opening documentary, thank you for this.
“We weren’t treated as if we were people”.... proof that hurt people, hurt people.
Cycle of violence! Yaaaaayyyy...
This gave me flashbacks to Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development
Wrong. Only weak minded hurt people, continue the echos of hurting others
@@Loogie-gb4kg EXACTLY!
You need to be strong and patient and move on, I always remind myself of this often.......
Not necessarily but generally
'Children should be seen and not heard'
If you made your kid live by this, good job, you gave them a huge psychological problems.
Children, however, are not the center of the universe. If you raised your child like that, you screwed up big time. There's a happy medium.
@@RudesMom Its alot easier to figure out your annoying, over living in constant fear of being annoying and that everyone talks over, youd say something but you never feel like its your place.
Id choose figuring out how not to be annoying, as too being a walking doormat.
It all depends on the situation
Basically ignoring the child. Today that would be called neglect.
I can comfirm/second this, a 10 year old kid should not have to cry over the sink for feeling more like a servant then a beloved child. And then get unexpectedly hit because they were overheard
Your videos are invaluable resources. History is fun but seeing the individual faces and hearing their voices gives us a whole new perspective of the events. People are so fascinating!
This was super interesting! I’m 23 and I remember them showing small clips of those videos from the 50’s when we were learning about it in high school but it was more with the vibe of “this is how things were” not “this is what they were being conditioned to be” Great documentary!
"These boys greet their dad as though they are genuinely glad to see him. As though they had really missed being away from him during the day, and are anxious to talk to him."
Jesus...
@Jimnez. 84 He'll be home soon. He just went out to get some cigarettes.
Trust me I doubt dad really felt like talking to anyone after work, actually I suspect the last thing he needs is everyone crowding around him: He just wants to sit on the couch for about an hour or so, and hopefully for dinner to be ready and hot to put him to sleep as he unloads about the tedium and nussance he experienced back at Camp Slave (AKA: His Job).
I think the time lacked a strong sense for irony, and so to present as if enthused was to be enthused. We read it as sinister because we're hyperaware of the disconnect in action and feeling, but I don't think it was so sinister at the time.
@@Squigglyline52 i know you're not really out here claiming verbal irony is a recent invention
Actually, I grew up similarly and am an x-er , I think it was ingrained in my sister and I because my dad was always unhappy. When we saw him pull up tv went off and dinner and homework were started.
this guy should be a narrator for books or documentaries.
mac is confused he is.
Bob Gymlan that’s the joke
Cottonball I did’t know he actually does lol
666 likes. I wanna like it, but- I don't want to change it.
mac is confused I like your pfp 🙂😊
Great video David. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing this. It’s beautiful to hear all these from the people that lived back then, it makes you understand historical matters in a much more vivid way.
"The kids havent changed, YOU have." -Carl, from The Breakfast Club
I am Beverage straight up classic
@Weston Meyer lol rigggghhhhhhhhttttttttttt
That was the dumbest movie.
“These kids... these kids are going to be the ones taking care of me when I get older!” “I wouldn’t bet on that.”
David Gilbertson ok boomer
We say ok Boomer, but we never say "Are you ok, Boomer?"
LOL
😭🙈 true tho
damn. 😣
Powerful.
who cares
Being a Gen X kid, now I have to ask why our parents which are almost entirely boomers, were surprised when we by default distrusted and rejected anything we were told was "supposed to be" especially living in the 80s and 90s when prosperity was consistently lost year over year. We were the first generation to do worse than their parents EVER. People seem to forget we grew up being told that constantly. We were fucked and we've been pissed off since. lol
@Steven Gallant dude, I had the basement room with an exterior door. Sneaking everyone in to party was always great and you could still get away with being able to buy beer before all the bs with ID card readers became a thing.
Funny how the on going theme of humanity, at least in the US, is to never take full responsibility for how one lives their own life and the subsequent consequences. "We were fucked." Take a look around. You fucked yourselves.
As a gen z, I relate more to people born in the 1910s and 1970s than I do baby boomers
@@jenm1 you don't relate to a single person born in 1910
You actually were not the first generation do do worse than your parents. Bill Clinton used that as a campaign slogan but that never made it true. It wasn't. Consider my grandmothers, both of whom were born around 1900, and found themselves raising children during the Depression that no one was prepared for. They were doing considerably less well than their parents had in the early to mid 1900s, especially the roaring 20s. Those families really did endure hardship that was unprecedented. There were no government programs to help them out, either. The other difference is that they didn't complain about it. They just got on with living in spite of it. Look it up.
We need more of this content! This is so helpful for understanding past generations. We need to learn more about this as a world in order to not repeat the mistakes of our past.
I’m literally dying rn, as the guy is saying
“It’s not normal to grow your hair out.”
“It’s not normal to listen to rock and roll”
“It’s.. *cuts to state farm commercial*
“i T s j A k E f R O M s T a T E f A R M
Im surprised it didnt cut to some big pharma med advertisement
Dude i just had the same thing happen to me with a 7/11 ad
million dollar comercial
You don't need freedom.You only need Jake from State Farm.
Jeff is my waifu Bfjebfientiebd💀💀💀😭😭😭
I appreciate this video. I hope there's less of a disconnect from our generations moving forward. My best friend is 67 and I'm glad that our age difference actually creates more interesting conversations instead of a gap in communication. It's silly to judge an intire generation. I pick my favorite people based on personality, not age
Both my parents had rough childhoods. My dad especially, they were raised in strict religious households with the "children are meant to be seen not heard" mentality. I didn't really get to know them as individuals until I was older and getting them to open up was a challenge but eventually once they did, I got to know them not just as my parents but as real people. And it helped me know and understand them better and they got to know me better too.
interviewee:
its not normal to wear your hair long.
its not normal to wear levis.
its not normal to listen to rock and roll.
its not normal to-
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Lolol
"these boys greet their dad as though they are genuinely glad to see him."
instead of
"these boys greet their dad because they are happy to see him."
It just goes to show how twisted it was. Kids in this time period knew nothing more than how to put on act. Even the home space, a place to feel comfortable and safe was centered around power and rules. That is so sad.
I noticed that, too. That, and telling the teenage boy to be careful around his mother because witnessing anger would cause her to reflexively become angry.... And obviously he was in charge of regulating her emotions....
That doesn’t necessarily imply that his children *aren’t* genuinely glad to see him, only that this is the proper way to greet one’s father. The boomers failed to pass down what they had inherited, and now their children and grandchildren don’t have the opportunity to live in an orderly world like the one they grew up in.
@@JP-sd7di as a boomer, I find that offensive and inaccurate. This isn't a wholesome video, and I was as capable of seeing it then as I am now.
It does necessarily imply that they "seem" glad to see him: if "seeming" wasn't significant, it wouldn't have been mentioned. They were being trained to behave in a certain way, regardless of their genuine emotion, and every one of us subjected to such films in the day was well aware of it.
@James M do you notice the whole Marlon Perkins flavor of "observe how these creatures behave in their native environment"? It may have been the style of the time; it's also dehumanizing.
@J P
Boomers grew up pretending they could survive a nuclear bomb by hiding under a school desk. That’s not an orderly world.
You know, I could see myself sitting down with you over a cup of coffee and having a wonderful conversation.
You are fantastic and your work is legendary 🎉thank goodness for TH-cam and I sure hope you are getting a piece! Peace✌️
"These boys greet their dad as though they were genuinely glad to see him."
LOL
Reality: Hear your Dad pull up in the driveway and your heart beat gets faster. If you're from a rough family, probably run out the back door and stay out of sight until dinner.
That line makes it sound as if the writers of the Orwellian brainwashing video were aware that the society they wanted to create is all strained smiles and fake happiness. "Just put on your painted clown mask when daddy comes home and don't take it off until you are out of sight and out of mind."
@@nix8666 lmao, do you really believe what these pussified boomers say? Their fathers had to celebrate their 19th birthdays on Okinawa meanwhile their sons cry because he now spends 9-5 on the office...
@@virgilio6349 Just ignore the sons who spent their 19th birthdays in Vietnam watching their friends get impaled by spike traps.
I wish my ears were greeted with the sounds of my Dad's car pulling into the driveway. It's been 14 years since I was face to face with my Father, and it tears me apart in knowing that he is alive and well, potentially hundreds of miles away from me and will be celebrating Christmas with the loved ones of a new family; A new family who gets to see him daily and whom I have never met as I wet my whistle with caffeine and anti-depressants, wishing that I could tell him that I forgive him for walking out on me and dropping off the face of the Earth.
"These boys greet their dad as though they were genuinely glad to see him." -- I envy them, and I envy those in the comment section who have the privilege to see their Father, or at least have the option to.
For those from a violent background, not so much
my grandpa (80 years old) always says “that’s not normal” or “you’re not normal” when i talk back.
BlinkFU lol
BlinkFU that’s tuff
My grandpa is also 80
He's not a boomer, though.
@@inesgoncalves232 but was probably a parent of a boomer.
Thank you for your beautiful video
A trip down memory lane 💞
Love your channel David, from a fellow Levittown kid born and raised!
You see, I spent roughly 75% of my childhood being raised by a man born in 1920 as a farmer. The funny part was, my baby boomer parents were the ones with the imposing rules, and my grandfather from 1920 was the one who could teach you a lesson without ever raising his voice once... Just simply his look could put you in your place and allow you to learn your own lesson.
The boomers didn't live through the depression. They just enjoyed the modern state of overabundance after the fact.
Never trust anyone who has never seen actual hardship.
@@deadinside9565 Couldn't agree more, and the constant indulgence in material things made them weak willed and primed for brainwashing. Its much worse now but the boomers were the ones that first bit the poisonous apple. I'm not sure we can ever go back now.
I’m a gen-xer raised by depression era parents. They instilled a lot of “shut up, suffer quietly, get it done” mindset.
@@deadinside9565 Baby Boomers lived in a world of the greatest prosperity and peace that had never been seen and hasn't been seen since
@@deadinside9565 Like Centennials or even milennials? (I'm a milennial)
1950s propaganda: Show no emotions, conform to the collective, and ostracize those who don’t.
"conform to the collective, and ostracize those who don't" hasn't changed. If you think for yourself you are attacked.
Bro replace "1950s propoganda with "reddit 2020" and their would be no difference
@@f0xn58 Mark Twain had it right when he said history doesn't quite repeat but it sure does rhyme.
Sounds like the Soviet Union to me.
@@f0xn58 Down to the fake positivity. Just be cheerful all the time, consume product and get excited for next product!
Thank you for making this.
You make some of the most fascinating videos I e ever seen Mr Hoffman. U are clearly very good at your craft and making an incredible legacy. Few can say the same. Hats off good sir
Thank you.
David Hoffman filmmaker
What the bad guys did back than: poetry.
and that mad reefer
Poems everybody! The laddie considers himself a poet!
@@Windowsprodukt Money gets back.... I'm alright Jack....... Keep your hands of my.. stack
Yes and no.
Back then*
It so funny that they had all these rules and not being racist wasn't one of them, whew lmaooo
amon carey black people arr the real racist
@Manny P ignore him he wont change
Mike Tate Even if that were true where does that give anybody the right to be racist? Does that justify racism in your mind??? Why do people even bother saying that? There’s no way you could possibly be this stupid. Everybody knows “two wrongs don’t make a right” so the fact that you keep bringing that up as a defense just shows your unwillingness to resolve conflict. Why don’t you just admit you’re racist and go? That you just want to keep on bickering and spreading your hatred.
stop trying to coerce people
Probably because a lot of the people making these rules grew up in the peak of the Jim Crow era. To them being extremely racist towards others, especially black people, was unfortunately a normal everyday thing to them. They were brought up on things like minstrel shows and cartoon characters putting on blackface. It doesn't justify anything but it does give an explanation I guess.
as the youngest child of boomers, this helped me understand my parents upbringing-and what they transferred to my own!-soooo much better. thank you for the insight!
This is wholesome I love listening to my grandma’s stories..she was born in the 30’s and had a hard but beautiful life
It's like a prequel to a dystopian future honestly.
It's become a dystopian present.
@@janesmith1840 oh has it? Is it a dystopian present? Is it really? Oh really now? Is it?
Found the gamer
@@andrewisbetterthanyou I don't know, is it a dystopian present? Is it? Is it really? Really now? Oh, really? Is that so? Is that the whole truth? Is it? Really? Is it really? Really for real? Is that to say it's factual? Who's to say? I don't know, do you?
@@gerrymccarebear1328 I can't tell anymore if it really is? If it is really? Really a dystopian present for really real? Like is it honestly? Is that what it is in the present? Dystopian? Hmm? Is it that that is what it is today really?
It's crazy to think I'm watching this as a young guy in the 2020s. Just something about a young guy from the 1960s growing up and making documentaries for young people in the 1980s and then sticking it on youtube for young people in the 2020s fascinates me.
@Maldrannon Ha! That's funny.....but I would say that my generation GenX is the most sane of the current generations, and we are watching the older and younger ones fall apart. I have hope that the generation born after 2010 will be more like mine, or even better, like the Greatest Generation (my parents and grandparents).
Layers man. Like an onion!
@@maestroCanuck When I was a teenager in the 70's, I saw how older people in power were doing a terrible job of running everything. I was convinced that when people my age came to power, we would do much better. Corporations would be responsible, blacks would get a fair shake, pot would be legal and police wouldn't abuse their power as much. What has happened is the opposite. (I guess pot is slowly getting legal though.)
@@maestroCanuck no ur wrong bro we are the most spoilt ass generation who are gonna cause society to collapse
@@columbobeats9783 LOL you GenX? If so you are speaking for yourself bro! I am contributing in a very positive way to society and so are my peers. That's the thing that counts, what each individual does. Do good and it spreads.
Thank you for posting this
Absolutely love the commentary and backstory you give before showing the actual clip and then the afterthought! Instant subscribe. I hope all goes well and ya make your buck back from these productions!
Is there a way to break the "I hate the new generation " cycle? I don't want to hate young people when I'm older 😭
It is a beautiful question to ask, William. I don't know the answer. I think it takes more “conscious” people who desired to be kind and understanding each other. I like your vision.
David Hoffman-filmmaker
William Eyelash Yes. Don’t become a tired out, disenfranchised, jaded, inflexible, stuck in the past crotchety old person. Stay open minded, positive, and be willing to change.
On the flipside everyone in the younger generations need to stop blaming the older generations for the current problems. While there is some merit to the blame remember they were lied to as well.
I try to just look for the criticisms within my own generation (Millennials) and try and address them. It seems too easy to look to the previous or the upcoming and point to the faults they as an average seem to manifest. Then when those criticisms can be reasonably identified, figure out the how and whys so many latch onto the ideas of their time.
Technology and culture inevitably advances and confuses people. Around our late 20's we get nostalgic for what sculpted us. We turn inward to define ourselves. That's inevitable for everyone ever forever. I think it's an eternal truth that we'll become jaded and alien to future generations.
Consciously and actively look for the positives. Find something that you all agree on. Then find another . . . and another. Try to be kind; try not to immediately jump to defensive mode when criticised (this is something I think every generation struggles with.)
Don't Ask Questions.
I was born in 1964 and was one of those kids who asked lots and lots of questions. Often times I would get punished for asking questions and I did not know why. I figured it all out in late 2017 when I tested positive for High-Functioning Autism. My questions revolved around genuine curiosity and wanting to know why. My parents and teachers viewed my inquiries as questioning authority. "Because I said so" is an appeal to authority, and it did not work for me because I wanted useful answers so that I could do the right thing.
My only saving grace was my grandparents. They talked to me like a human being, entertained my questions, and actually talked with me about things like I was a human being. They had respect for me and were a major valve of relief for my frustrations growing up.
If I were born today in the same condition, I might have a better chance of being diagnosed early. This would have resulted in better social success, as well as a better education. Fortunately, I wasn't diagnosed back then. The alternative to getting beatings because I'm "being rebellious" would have been to be put in the "special" trailer in the center of the school yard for the "retarded" kids. These were kids who were expected to never get anywhere or do anything. My life would have been worse.
We all have to do the best with what we get, when we get it.
Asking why would be sassing back in my household. 😳 born 1961. But I do think kids have no respect for anything or values.
Right there with ya.
My mom wouldn’t let us watch Elvis Presley....we would sneak to the neighbors to watch a Elvis Presley movie...we never got why!
I’m glad you had good grandparents. My grandparents taught me so much
Also consider the fact lost and lots of people do not like constant questions simply because its annoying. Most people don't enjoy being quizzed for 20 minutes.
Thank you for making this video. It helped me understand a little bit of a perspective that I didn't have before.
Fascinating to see this. Your footage is really something special.
I'll pass on this to my kids "Question everything, ask anything, your question may be stupid to those who dont know the answer."
"why question everything?" cause that's emancipation, using your own reasoning skills to carve out a unique life path, to think scientifically and logically about the world, resist unjust hierarchy, resist dogma, etc etc
Electro_blob I didn't know that I was actively destroying all that is good in this world. Could you explain yourself a bit more?
What's wrong with resisting dogma? You don't think people can think for themselves, that they should be told what to to by some self-proclaimed authority?
I don't really know or care about the concept of free love, as long as every person is free to choose the love partner and kind of relationship he wants, no victims.
Your notion of chaos is meaningless as that's a very abstract concept in contrast to a specific one, like ... socialism! lol
Seriously what is chaos to you?
@Electro_blob also, yes I may agree that society is "regressing into chaos" (depending on the very subjective definition of chaos) but I don't think that emancipation aka the ideas I put forward is/are not the cause of that, but the solution. therefore society is not exactly regressing into chaos but simply moving into chaos, by various causes like growing economic inequality. the point is to overcome chaos, not to, as I see it, regress into an idealized older state of society (that was never there)
PREACH!
Electro_blob ok boomer
5:30 "Father I had a feeling today"
"Well don't son"
I'm moving to Fire Island dear!
😆 my dad
Dad, I’m dating a negro!
These videos are wonderful. I'm so glad all this documentation exists. As the years go by - the past becomes dimmer and dimmer.
Thank you Jeff for your comment and memories. If your resources allow, I would sure appreciate your using the THANKS button under any of my videos including the one you have commented on. It is something new that TH-cam is beta testing and would mean a great deal for my continuing efforts.
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This is a perspective I didn't expect to see. Thanks so much for this
When people say they want to go back to the 50's, I honestly don't know what they found so great. Maybe the fact that white suburbanites felt safer? That there was less pollution?
I don't know anyone who is LGBT+ who would like to go back to the 50's, or blacks, or women.
It’s mostly just because of rock
Scott Korin when I hear people say this, they always mention the clothing. Like, the 50’s weren’t good by any means, but I hope people only mean that the clothing was cute.
I’d want things like the music, clothing, diners, wealth, but redistributed so everyone could enjoy
Gimme the poodle skirt lesbians!
It's the vibe bruh, anyone who actually went back would miss what we have.
It's human nature to see the past through rose-tinted glasses.
I am reminded of that line from The Breakfast Club: "My God, are we gonna be like our parents?" I think we all become like our parents, in some ways. And in other ways, we don't.
The scariest thing is when you suddenly say something to your kid that your Mom and Dad said to you:).....now you know why they said it lol
Thank you so much for your excellent work and efforts to make us better understand on who’s shoulders we’re standing...and why. Much appreciated. I just wish the documentary was longer.
Thank you for your comment. If your resources allow, I would sure appreciate your using the THANKS button under any of my videos including the one you have commented on. It is something new that TH-cam is beta testing and would mean a great deal for my continuing efforts.
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I really loved your documentary and it really shows how much you enjoy what you do
People always say: ok Boomer.
But nobody ever asks: you ok Boomer.
7th Division Desert Rats yes, because we don’t hear enough about what troubles them.
that's what therapy and friends are for
When have boomers ever given a shit about anybody but themselves?
I don’t have time to baby a fucking racist or homophobic snowflake lmao.
They're not ok, they are Liberal or Conservative and dont give a shit about younger generations.
In the year 1999, my high-school principal actually said to me; "If you don't start conforming and start acting like everyone else, I want you out of my school!!" What kind of thing is that to say to a 16 year old??
@mister clean no. It's a power trip
Funny. My principal said something similar to me and my mates after we've gathered all the dried up leaves and grass from the oval and started a fire on the basketball court with a lighter.
You must have really fucked up to have gotten him that riled up.
Elyo Doyle a destroyer in of creative spirt
That's how it's been for every generation, because our school system comes from a Prussian Military School Model.
Jesus christ lmaooo wtf
Wow. History certainly repeats itself. The cycle is a bit quicker than I had assumed. David, thank you for braving the criticism and posting content like this! It's very thought-provoking context.
It must have been such an awful environment for children to grow up in. I can imagine some of those kids growing up having never learned to process their feelings or connect with others. Great video, love little time capsules like this.
i hear that but are kids happier overall today?
@@jsw7814 I can't speak for everyone, but I don't have to imagine what Jacob described. Mental health is at an all-time low
Oh they 'connected' just fine. They were the generation of 'free love'. More sex than a Holiday Inn.