As a 1970 Gen X, I can say that the video below is mostly right about my generation.
Mostly.
At least about the kids like myself that grew up in dysfunctional blue collar, worker class families.
Iron Maiden wrote a song about what life in our youth felt like.
That song is called WRATHCHILD and the first verse goes like this:
I was born into a scene of angriness and greed
And dominance and persecution
My mother was a queen, my dad I’ve never seen
I was never meant to be
We had to raise ourselves because nobody was ever there for us.
For over half a century, we’ve been fighting uphill battles and got shit done while everything around us was constantly falling apart.
Wherever we were, we kept the boat from sinking.
But for what?
Pension and retirement have always been a lie.
It’s always been just an additional tax that we had to pay.
Now we’re tired of it all.
Done.
But here comes the part where the video is dead wrong:
No, we don’t need – or want – connection unless it’s with a dog or any other animal.
What we we really need is a way to check out of the rat race and escape the increasing insanity of our failed society.
We just want to live in peace and as far away from other people as possible.