PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoWhen boomers said they wanted to "protect children" from the media, they created MPAA ratings and the Parental Advisory stickers. When Gen X said they wanted to "protect children" from the media...message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down136file-text
arrow-up1-24arrow-down1message-squareWhen boomers said they wanted to "protect children" from the media, they created MPAA ratings and the Parental Advisory stickers. When Gen X said they wanted to "protect children" from the media...PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down13·2 days agoBoomers are retiring, and all Big Tech CEOS from the last 10 years are Gen X (a few Millennials too)
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 days agoBig tech CEOs aren’t creating the surveillance state, they’re just profiting off the demand for it. Also—politicians and cultural figures reflect the values of the groups they come from, but CEOs just reflect the values of capitalism.
minus-squarePiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down9·2 days agoI’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.
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 reflect the values of the groups they come from, but CEOs 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.