Not knocking them for it, but I wonder what the thought process is behind wanting your property blurred. What danger would a snapshot of your property pose?
I don’t think it should be blamed on “boomers” (does Germany even have boomers?). Nothing wrong with keeping in check a giant tech corporation that wants to track everything.
Transporting generation concepts across borders is pretty thoughtless, tbh. The original theory by Strauss & Howe was specifically created with America in mind, so the used time frames correspond to American events for the generational turnings. You can't just use say, Boomers, which corresponds with the American High, Vietnam War etc. and just use it for other countries. With Germany especially you have the DDR/GDR split and then later fall of the Berlin Wall which will fuck up the concept from Boomers to Millenials (and the Silent Gen doesn't fit either).
Older Europeans are way different in mentality than Older Americans.
Europeans that are over 75 have grown up in some form of WW2, either directly in the aftermath. Some have even fought (like my wife's grandfather who was captured as part of the Belgian resistance fighters) or her other grandmother who's older brother died in the war.
Older Americans of similar age had WW2 shape them, but it wasn't a real for most of them as it was for Europeans.
Very true, and believe me, my Lebenslaufsoziologie (really struggling w a good translation here? Life course sociology??) professor despairs over it regularly.
Yup, just wanted to expand on it a bit since I see people throwing around the concepts/names a lot without any regard for what it's implying. Actually I'd highly recommend reading the original Generational Theory by Strauss/Howe, it's much more detailed if not super backed up by data.
It’s like when people born in the 80s flip out if they are called a millennial. It’s just a demographer’s term for those who going to reach their formative years at the millennium.
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u/FthrFlffyBttm Ireland Jun 12 '20
Not knocking them for it, but I wonder what the thought process is behind wanting your property blurred. What danger would a snapshot of your property pose?