Too Much Headspace

I heard the "Greatest Generation" meme one time too many today. I'm so sick of it. Overlooking the blatant nostalgia aspect, this is an idea propagated by members of the generation in question, plus members of the following generation who grew up idolizing them. So a little bit of bias.

And what did they do that was so "great" other than fight one of the bloodiest, nastiest, ugliest wars in history, and set the stage for the next one? Look at how many of the institutions directly responsible for the current economic and military mess are headed by, owned by, or advised by "Gen Great".

That's not even my biggest problem with it. The ultimate standard of evaluation for any generation is did they leave a better world for their children? If this generation truly was the greatest, it means they raised a generation of children, and another of grandchildren, that are less great than they were.

In other words, they failed.