I think it's as much an indication of the Boomer sell-out as anything else. The "don't trust anyone over 30" crowd are now in their 50s and haven't let go of the rebellious self-images of their youth, despite the fact that they are the dominant political and cultural group, they are the establishment, they are the Man.
They can no longer be politically radical—it's against their best interests to do so—but they can cherish their mythology of being the radical, badass, young, misunderstood, hard-done-by generation, as they tool down to the Mall in their SUVs to buy a re-release of the Beatles.
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Date: 2006-10-19 08:04 pm (UTC)They can no longer be politically radical—it's against their best interests to do so—but they can cherish their mythology of being the radical, badass, young, misunderstood, hard-done-by generation, as they tool down to the Mall in their SUVs to buy a re-release of the Beatles.