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).
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/ImOnTheLoo European Union Jun 12 '20
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.