@Shutsumon@tootplanet.space @mumpsimus I believe the WW2 gen spoiled their kids by massive overcompensation due to the sheer horror of their lives. Because, holy fuck the stories my grandmother would tell me about her childhood. She had no idea that the sheer awfulness of how she was treated was nightmarish abuse. My grandfather had some fun WW2 stories though and his dad came over from Italy. My dad would tell me how years later he realized how prejudice of Italians people were.
@OldandConfused @Shutsumon America basically started thinking people were worth taking care of after WWII because so many had fought for it. Also hella strong unions, shit like that. So there was lots of social/economic support for people. Boomers were born into this and benefited from it, but the right wing started tearing it apart in the 70s-80s.
@Shutsumon @OldandConfused (Today the only people that it is socially sanctioned for the American government to care about and provide for are veterans, because they "served their country." Well, back in the 40s almost everybody was veterans... and there was more social support for everyone... coincidence? Is America only allowed to care about the people who are part of its military? Has that always been the case?)
@mumpsimus @Shutsumon@tootplanet.space Oh hell, they don't even care about vets now. The treatment they get is, frankly, appalling.
@OldandConfused @Shutsumon Yeah, I very intentionally didn't say that the government actually *does* take care of verterans, only that it's socially acceptable to *want* it to. :\