Which Generation of Americans Was “The Best?”

This photo appears to have been taken about the same year I was these kids’ age, ca. 1965.  It depicts white and black school students , all standing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

What made this generation “the best?”  The unquestioning belief that the United States is the greatest country on Earth,  and that God goes out of His way to bless America over the other 200+ sovereign countries around the world?

I’m willing to believe that these kids’ parents’ generation, those who abandoned their educations and fledgling careers to overrun European fascism before it overran us, was, as they are frequently called, “the greatest generation.”

What did we “boomers” do?  Well, lots of us became fairly affluent, often as a result of the sacrifices our parents made on our behalf.

But what are we doing now?  For one, 76 million of us just reelected Donald Trump, a man whose political base is largely composed of hateful morons, a man who’s dead set on baking the Earth to a crisp for profit, ruining American education, and making the billionaires richer with each passing year.

It’s hard to understand what’s “the best” about that.