@ajuvo Im a very early GenX, but I would not bind it too much on the date of birth. There is no hard switch. Adults are the product of the Zeitgeist when they grew up. Anyways, I love to observe changes in society and differences between generations, because understanding why people are like they are helps in understanding society and it's mechanisms.
As a GenX I was and sill am pretty annoyed by the constant whining of GenY/Millenials and now I am even more annoyed, even disgusted, by the authoritarian mindset many GenZ have. They are a product of the environment when they grew up and they was always protected, guided and under supervision. Of course they will develop authoritarian tendencies.... But I have to apologize to GenZ as well. You are the offspring of my generation. We created this environment, probably with our own experiences in mind. Sorry.
The the Millennials I have only one message: Stop whining. No, you are not the generation with the most disruptions, catastrophes and setbacks.

Here is an incomplete list what happened during my lifetime so far:

1974 - energy crisis, I was quite young but I clearly remember the TV reports of empty streets and mass panic, economical collapse, mass unemployment
1978 - the big
1980 - second energy crisis, mass unemployment etc.
1983 - the Able Archer Crisis, the world on the brink of World War 3 (WW3 was always something like a background thread all the time)
1989 - fall of socialism, over night a complete change in all aspects of life, mass unemployment, collapse of social structure all around me
mid 1990s - the reunification crisis of Germany, I was a student at the time, my parents was not able to provide me one cent, so I started to work beside my studies in a time of mass unemployment
2002/2003 - Dotcom-Crash, I was right in the middle of it because my company was and still is in this industry
2008/2009 - financial crisis, companies didn't pay for months sometimes, many didn't at all and went bankrupt, I nearly lost all
2012/2013 - "Revisionskrise" in Germany, something like the aftermath of the 2008 crisis, again massive economical impact
2020 - Covid, good for my business, but a huge impact on my personal life, like for most people
2022 - war in Europe, still not concluded
2024 - the USA elected a crazy Emperor, since my business is in IT it effects a lot of it and not for the better

Depending where you live there was some other crisises, but that's what I experienced. We GenX had the same as you Millennials plus some extra...

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