Dan the man

Almost everything. Being a baby boomer I enjoyed a life filled with wonder and promise where everyone had a bright future, there was little uncertainty and we were able to pursue and live our dreams. We were all conscious of the environment and did our part to keep it clean, this was long before plastic, we had glass bottles paper grocery bags and canvas shopping bags. We reused and recycled before it was a thing, we composted our food, not just us but the whole neighborhood. We had 3/5 TV channels and that was enough to entertain all of us, mostly because we spent our time entertaining ourselves, learning all we can about the world we live in thru trips to the library and actually asking questions to real people. We didn’t fear our fellow man, we helped when they were down, we celebrated their achievements with nothing more than a simple gathering of friends and family. We had very little but wanted for nothing. Our political climate was more comprehensible with leaders we believed in. No matter how much we disliked the current administration we knew in four years it would change maybe for the better maybe for the worse, but not so bad we were unable to live a good life. We were always able to make rent or pay our mortgages without a bunch of roommates, we were able to pay our way, sure, sometimes we had to tighten our belts cut back some, but we never had to worry about the future. Now?! Well, it a whole different shitshow. I’m not ever sure I will be able to get my social security when I retire in just 3 years. Housing costs are out of reach and rents are absurd, everything we need to life is outrageously expensive, our political climate is a joke at best, we truly are the laughing stock of the world. We (baby boomers) raised weak children who rather live in their parents basement with zero to none responsibility. We gave them drugs to alter their behavior because they cried too much, too loud. We created machines to make our lives easier and us lazier. Thankfully I will be dead and gone so I will not have to watch the decline of the greatest country in my world.