Dennis Prager and Helen Andrews discuss the boomer slogan "don't trust anyone over 30" and its contempt for elder wisdom. Andrews argues her Orthodox Christian faith counters this, teaching respect for tradition and the dead. Her book Boomers profiles how the generation promised freedom but delivered disaster.
In the most narcissistic statement you could probably make, don't trust anyone over 30. The— they were announcing that we are the wisest humans who have ever lived, and they still believe it.
It's astonishing, and it was all the more annoying then because it went hand in hand with the boomer worship of youth. They thought that you knew more and understood more before you had any firsthand experience of how the world actually works, which to me sounds pretty backwards.
That's exactly right. That's what the— and my antidote, I was vaccinated against the boomer thinking by religion, because if you take your religion seriously, You know that you trust people over 30. In fact, the people I most trusted were over 2,000. So it struck me as bizarre. Then did you ever come across I'm okay, you're okay? Oh yeah, good heavens. That's another. So I added this description. I'm okay, you're okay, America stinks.
That sums it up pretty neatly. Of course, that slogan never held much attraction for me because I know I'm not okay. I need to get better, and I'm trying to get better every day.
Where do you come from? A religious background?
I do, I do. I am an Orthodox Christian. I attend a Russian church.
Yeah, you see, it doesn't surprise me. You wrote a very wonderful book, Boomers. It's up Folks, biographies of various leading boomers in there. The men and women who promised freedom and delivered disaster. Helen Andrews, I hope we speak again.
Thank you so much, Dennis. This was fun.
Good. Thank you. Not shocked that she came from a religious background.
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