[Olga]

I was born in rural, rustbelt Michigan in 1960 – tail-end of the baby boom – to a relatively prosperous family with a manufacturing background.

I’ve been reading Automatic Earth for maybe 6 years.

Coming on the heels of the boomers has always been akin to getting to the amusement park only to find it’s been trashed by the ones that got there first.

For me peak wealth has always been something in the rearview mirror and growing up in the 70’s – watching people deny, deny, deny – as the jobs evaporated and expectations diminished was a daily affair. The belief in the “falseness” of the Reagan era was even more preposterous to witness – and then the wars, and more wars and then some more – all that capital spent for nothing but lies.

I am an advocate of the fourth turning and while the boomers annoy me it has always struck me that is was the “silent” generation that dropped the ball.

My two cents.

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