• Boomers are having their last dance in charge.
  • Gen X leaders are stepping up to replace the last of them.
  • Younger leaders are taking charge of politics and corporate giants such as Boeing, HSBC, and Costco.
  • EnderWiggin@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I’m fully in support of Kamala, but she’s not Gen X. Close, but no cigar. She was born in 1964.

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      5 months ago

      She’s Generation Jones. So am I (b. 1963)

      Damn, they even have her picture on the page 😆

      Generation Jones is noted for coming of age after a huge swath of their older siblings in the earlier portion of the Baby Boomer population; thus, many note that there was a paucity of resources and privileges available to them that were seemingly abundant to older Boomers. Therefore, there is a certain level of bitterness and “jonesing” for the level of doting and affluence granted to older Boomers but denied to them

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        5 months ago

        This reminds me of the Xennial generation that fell between X and Millennial. This also sort of shows how little we can really actually equate from these 20+ year generational spans. Really I am just happy she’s not old enough to collect SSI yet.

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      The dates for these generations are not set in stone. Lots of organizations use 1965 to 1980 but the US SSA uses 1965 as the start.

      People born around the transition points are going to have more in common with each other than with people born earlier in the date range. Especially when you consider families having kids a few years apart but each is apparently a different “generation”.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X#:~:text=U.S. news outlets such as,born between 1965 and 1980".