This is the book I would have written. I've been discoursing about the Boomers and their drive to ruin all things - and then blame the young - for yeaThis is the book I would have written. I've been discoursing about the Boomers and their drive to ruin all things - and then blame the young - for years now. The only things I would have omitted, or at least trumpeted the FACTS as opposed to the liberal rhetoric bandied about like an expensive joint, are these:
1. Aggressive policing works. Stop-and-frisk nabs criminals off the streets and is a huge success. This has been proven by research (that the author chooses to ignore because it blights his liberal bent.) Broken windows policies work. Too bad facts are things lefties hate since they love crime so much... especially crime committed by people of color.
2. The wage gap has been debunked. But this author crows to the mighty heavens the $0.78-to-a-man's-$1.00 myth as if it were gospel. Omit this falsehood or explain the facts: Women make personal choices which affect their pay grade, such as educational majors and having children; women choose jobs that are safer, yet pay less than dangerous jobs overwhelmingly chosen by men; women take more vacations, are absent from work more frequently, and are shooting themselves in the foot by engaging in entitled activities such as "me-ternity" to get time off from work. I shouldn't HAVE to review or remark on these facts, but since everyone apparently still believes this farce, I must.
3. Feminism was, and is, a Boomer phenomenon of utter entitlement. The author completely ignores this in favor of bashing white men every chance he gets. (Another aspect of liberal stupidity is, of course, self-hatred.) Racism is, by any other name, still racism. Though a review of the pure facts does point to the truth that many white men did have some advantages, feminists use these as cudgels to bludgeon white men of any generation into submission. If anything, one could argue that "male privilege" is actually a manifestation of gynocentrism: the reason why men went to work, absented themselves from the home, the care and feeding of their children, and the loving caretaking of their wives was to work hard and provide the finances to support that very same family. Feminism has done its best to dismantle this fact and reframe it as "oppression," and this has been thoroughly discussed elsewhere. The author does us all a disservice in failing to point out that second- and third-wave feminism came about as a result of Boomer entitlement and sociopathy. He missed a great opportunity... likely because he was too afraid to step on too many toes already mashed by his assertions. Quite cowardly.
Otherwise, I heartily recommend this book to everyone, Gen X like myself and younger, so as to get perspective on why things are so "fucked up" today. Sure, blame us, a little. But we're not the ones who have squandered the future. We get the blame after Boomers have dumped on us... but it's obvious that today's policies came about and were carved in stone long before I was born in 1975. We are the lost generation. Now we're here to clean up this frat party. It's going to be a long, tough job......more
Simply put, as I have shelved this book, this is one that everyone MUST read. In fact, I insist that this is a work of required reading for all studenSimply put, as I have shelved this book, this is one that everyone MUST read. In fact, I insist that this is a work of required reading for all students of sociology and "gender studies" majors. Perhaps it will change minds that only men are perpetrators and only women victims of rape of any kind....more
The trouble with these kinds of religions, where the emphasis is on having as many kids as possible, is that there are many possible victims... and noThe trouble with these kinds of religions, where the emphasis is on having as many kids as possible, is that there are many possible victims... and not much possibility that they will stay silent forever....more
It would have been a more enjoyable book if the author had left out much of his reactionary, high-moral-grounding leftist screeching about "RACISM!" OIt would have been a more enjoyable book if the author had left out much of his reactionary, high-moral-grounding leftist screeching about "RACISM!" Otherwise, a great adventure story and a wake-up call to the States to remember the not-quite states of America....more
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