It COULD be a Gen X problem. Having been raised thinking Reagan/Thatcher were the shit does rot one's brain.
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Right. I'm Gen X, under the generally accepted grouping, yet I think Thatcher & Ray-gun were the worst.
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We were actually raised to think politicians are corrupt and the only thing you can trust are rock stars.
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But now all our rock stars are dying off.
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I actually find the way Trudeau poses as a rock star vaguely amusing .
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And the media plays it up, and eats it up, themselves. Gross.
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All of the (sometimes mandatory) hedonism. None of the ideals.
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I wish!! I grew up in bland suburbia and was still taking the school bus as a senior in HS.
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Which bland suburb? Philly?
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No, north of IBM's then-massive Westchester County, NY, campus.
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Wait, where? What years? Mom was stationed at White Plains, dad at Armonk in the 70s-80s. @stanleyrogouski
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