Which American Generation was the best?

Question

The 20's,World War II generation,The 50's, The 60's, The 70's, The 80's, The 90's?

Answer 1

the X century

Answer 2

You are not defining 'generation' very clearly. The WW2 generation were still alive and working in the 1950s and 1960s. The leaders as opposed to the soldiers of WW2 were active in the 1920s (Churchill and Roosevelt were both in politics). How would you distinguish the 80s generation from the 90s generation? I thought generations are roughly twenty years apart. The generation after the WW2 generation are the baby-boomers.

If you mean when was the best era in which to live, I think I would have liked the 1950s - peace and prosperity - but since I'm a white male I would have had an easier time then than some others.

Answer 3

All of them and none of them.
I find our facination wit rating things to be a little tiresome lately, this is far too complex of a question. Also you are not very clear, not using the correct termenology, are you talkign about people coming of age during those times, or people born during those times. The boomers of the 50's and 60's were kids and then teenagers during a very rough time in our history. How effectiver were they? Or do they seem to have so much influence because of there sheer size, the Gen Xers were born during the late 60's through the 70's, we have become a digital generation, and although the boomers have labeled us slackers, we are a very productive group, very into political causes (just more diverse than boomers) are far more tolerant of people different than we are, are just as irresponsible with money, and have been responsible for supporting some really crappy music in the 80's (I am so sorry that I ever owned anythig by Flock of Seagulls).
The Greatest Generation as they are refered to, the people coming of age during the end of the depression and WWII, they did a lot of good, they sacraficed well beyond what we today would ever cxonsider during a time of war, they rebuilt the economy post war, helped rebuild the peace. They also helped keep segregation on the books, were responsible for war crimes (as are all armies lets not turn a blind eye to the evils of war), became the first really consumer driven generation since the 20's, all those GI's bought cars and houses, and had to keep up with the Jones, helped set up the global warming problems of today, helped set up the middle east crises, etc ,etc, etc.
Let us resit the temptation to make a list, and just accept us for what we are, a nation of flawed people who for the most part try to do what is right, are in general very generous with our wealth, and when we screw up, boy do we screw up big.

Answer 4

The Greatest Generation is a term sometimes used to denote the younger half of what is often referred to as the G.I. Generation. The term is derived from the title of a best-selling book by Tom Brokaw and is generally assumed to mean those born in the United States from about 1911 through 1924, with an alternate label, that of the Interbellum Generation, sometimes applied to persons born from 1901 through 1910.

In contrast to the Interbellum Generation, whose children were predominantly members of the Silent Generation, the Greatest Generation went on to give birth to the majority of the Baby Boomers, who then challenged their authority during the turbulent 1960s and early 1970s, especially over the issue of the Vietnam War.

They were the generation that fought during World War II and many again in the Korean War, and went on to rebuild the world's industries in the following years.

Answer 5

It's common belief that the WW2 generation was best. They managed to pull together as ONE in our country and fight against a common enemy even when things here weren't going so well. They went without so our troops would have food and warm clothing.

The closest we've come to that type of cooperation and brotherhood is in the first few days after September 11, 2001. Somewhere since, we've gone our own selfish, and sad ways.

Answer 6

WWII. I love their music, I appreciate what they sacrificed for the future of America, and I'm nostalgic for a time period when everyone wasn't cynical and suspicious of everything in our government. Maybe they should have been, maybe not, but I like the idea of that atmosphere much better. The children born in that decade were the originators of much of the amazing technology we have today - they somehow learned to see beyond what was considered possible, and we owe them a great debt.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

The KKK generation.