I'm A Boomer and I Helped Destroy My Country

Hello I'm 73 years old and I'm from a generation called Boomers. We were all born between 1945-1964.

As you can see, after a few short years of social activism and playing my part in the sexual revolution I then spent the rest of my life shopping and taking advantage of cheap mortgages, reasonably high wages and going on holiday.

I was delighted to play my part in empowering huge corporations while small independent businesses went bust and my local high street became a ghost town. Afterall my milk and bread is cheaper at the supermarket so I'm saving money which is the main thing, nothing else at all matters other than saving money.

Even though I warned my children not to watch too much television or otherwise they will get 'square eyes' I ended up watching more tv than my kids did.

I suppose I was being ignorant really not realizing or appreciating the incredible wholesome positive that is the television set, it has framed my entire political and social thinking. Hurrah for television and lots more of it, I don't know what I would have done without it. You can't beat television for the divine source of truth now can you, especially the news.

We never had it so good and our government made sure of that. I'm so grateful to them, there is no possible way they could ever do my country or this world any harm whatsoever, that would just be silly conspiracy theory nonsense.

By the way I'm not quite sure what all this destruction behind me is about, I've know idea how my community or country became so trashed, very odd, but nothing to do with me.

Anyway, lovely to meet you but I must make a move as I'm taking the wife out for Steak & Strawberries at a pub we've haven't tried before.