Having been born in 1964, I have never felt part of any particular “generation.” Technically I am lumped in with the Baby Boomers, but I feel as much attachment to that generation as I do to Gen Z. Boomers, in my mind, were the generation that either fought or protested the Vietnam War, which ended when I was 11 years old.
Gen X, on the other hand, technically began in 1965, but culturally, it is the generation that grew up in the 1980s and 1990s. They are in the Morning in America generation and the Clinton years. The Soviet Union fell, but trust in government was already on the wane. “The era of big government is over.”
What always struck me about Generation X was that they grew up in an environment that promoted self-reliance. They were the “latchkey” kids who grew up before helicopter parents, participation trophies, and for whom political idealism…
