Fair enough. I don’t actually use “boomer” or generational terms that often, because I do see how it has the potential to antagonize and divide, but at the same time, when making a point - a generalized point! - about the difference between a 20-year-old and a 70-year-old, referencing generational differences does make sense, y’know?

I have definitely noticed in my area that a lot of the older generation is not wearing masks, especially older white people whose ancestry goes back to the land many decades, whereas a lot of the younger people and foreign people are all about the masks. Again, more generalities! But this leads me to think that the longer someone has been tied to a land, the easier it is for them to tell their government to piss off with the bullshit. I think about how I would react if I was in a foreign land like Japan or something and the Japanese government issued some nonsense decree. I suppose I would also been more likely to submit than an old stock Japanese man might, just because of that feeling of being an outsider. However, at the same time I find it is pretty rare to find an older person willing to admit that everything we’ve ever learned from the TV is a lie, and I suspect these unmasked older people aren’t prepared to admit that - for example - Covid-19 doesn’t exist, whereas it’s a bit easier to get younger people to suddenly switch and disengage from everything, just because they are less invested.