Cycling in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

I'm not sure a digression into generational policy is on topic here, but why not.

Generations are an artificial construct, we assign them values and priorities, but pretend instead they are defined by year of birth.

Frankly, this is strongly revealed by the frequency to which young people, even into their teens are referred to as "millennials" despite the youngest millenials are approaching their mid 20s.

So, I like to lean into this. Boomers aren't defined by age as much as they are by attitude and life status (well established and in power, protective of the power structures in place). Millennials also not by age, but by attitude and life status (economically disadvantaged, but unwilling to meaningfully challenge the power structures in place) and Gen Z (even more economically and environmentally disadvantaged, and very willing to challenge the existing power structures).

But obviously not everyone sees it that way, which means any time you use identity labels for large groups of people, people will get offended and hurt, but at least defining generations in this way is at least remotely aligned with how they are actually treated, even though such definitions erase a ton of people.