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When Gen X wanted to "protect children" from the media they created a mass surveillance state...
I thought that was boomers too.
Boomers are retiring, and all Big Tech CEOS from the last 10 years are Gen X (a few Millennials too)
Big tech CEOs aren’t creating the surveillance state, they’re just profiting off the demand for it.
Also—politicians and cultural figures generally reflect the values of the groups they come from, but CEOs of all backgrounds just reflect the values of capitalism.
I'd say they are even lobbying for that, anyway, average congress member age in the USA is 57 and in the EU is 50. Those aren't boomers.
Shower longer, this thought is half baked.
And use some soap; agesim is suggestive of a dirty mind full of divisiveness, in need of a good cleansing.
Generational Cohort Analysis has its purposes, but viewing everything through that lens is brainrot.
It's the Zodiac of our times. I would know, I'm a GenX and we're skeptical by nature.
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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