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I think there's a conversation to be had about how GenX fits into our world today, its unique and mostly ignored experience, whether we had any impact on society at all now that we're all in our middle ages, what we could've done better, and whether we can still leave a mark in history. That said, I for one don't think Bret Easton Ellis …
I think there's a conversation to be had about how GenX fits into our world today, its unique and mostly ignored experience, whether we had any impact on society at all now that we're all in our middle ages, what we could've done better, and whether we can still leave a mark in history. That said, I for one don't think Bret Easton Ellis is the representative voice for our generation. Sure, I'm quite familiar with the scene of the 80s and 90s he wrote about. But in the big scheme of things, his point of view feels very niche, obscure and obtuse, and even foreign to me despite that he had written two very successful novels. I find the choice of singling him out for a feature highly perplexing.
I would've much more preferred to know what thoughts and reflections, if any, Douglas Copeland has about our Generation today now that we have the benefit of hindsight.
Or, perhaps even a different angle of analyzing Ron DeSantis, who might very well be the first GenX president in the White House. Notwithstanding that I personally can't say I'm a supporter, I would find an analysis of how or if the GenX experience has shaped him quite interesting.