I think Tyler misreads this. While he’s right that Boomers are viewed as a force of nature, ‘Ok Boomer’ signals agency to fellow Ms/Zs rather than impotence. I hear it as, “we can just go around these people or run out the clock on them. They no longer matter.https://twitter.com/tylercowen/status/1192502834803040256 …
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I’m reminded of the Seinfeld episode with the Mandelbaum family. That episode starts with Jerry giving them the benefit of doubt on relevance, but ends with what’s effectively an “ok mandelbaums” punchline. By the end it’s no longer even worth humoring their self-importance
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Much of the reactionary political wave in the west is a growing sense of unease over China saying “Ok America/West” In both cases the confidence behind the posture is somewhat insecure, but it can only grow, while the deprecated adversary can only weaken.
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Heh it’s a pre-emptive ghosting of soon-to-be-ghosts. The Boomer reaction strikes me as “do not go gently into the night, rage rage against the dying of the light.” Especially the youngest ones with a few decades left on the clock.
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Pipe dream in the boomer time frame
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Ok, Mr. President
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