This fundamental truth hit me just now. As I listened to a boomer talk in a podcast just now about "When you buy from Bezos [Amazon]..." it got me thinking.

Boomers have shaped how Americans look at their government. Look at how many people think it's all about the Man in the White House, rather than the Deep State/cabal who controls things behind the scenes! It's not America or the (((people))) who have a firm grip on America -- no, it's Trump's country or Biden's country doing its thing on the world scene. It's like these individuals are the star of their own superhero movie. That's why these boomers expect such great "results" when the person in the White House changes -- but the reality is that nothing ever changes. Gee, I wonder why? Maybe it's because the President *doesn't* have all that much power. It's all about (((those))) who hold the real power. And they change gears occasionally, yes -- but only when they want to.

That's actually very feminine by the way -- women tend to focus on individuals, persons and personalities. Men focus on ideas, concepts.

Boomers have also shaped the very language of Americans. How long have Corporations been a thing? Well, for SOME REASON, Americans look at corporations like -- you guessed it -- individual people! If you go outside the USA, you'll be shocked to discover that such a view is NOT universal, instinctive, or a given.

Americans say "Google is releasing a new version of Android tomorrow."
Brits/Aussies/etc. say, "Google are releasing a new version of Android tomorrow."

Which one makes more sense? I'd say the non-Americans. Google is a CORPORATION controlled by an oligarchy (board of directors, major stockholders, etc.). It is NOT a person with a soul. It is not even the CEO. It goes beyond any individual, looking out for its own interests (and ONLY its own interests) 100%.

Corporations are one of those things that need to be thrown out in the dustbin of history. Look into it sometime. The whole idea of a corporation is ridiculous. The name suggests it's ONE BODY and that body is actually legally required to look out for its own interests -- profit. No one person in the "corporation" is responsible morally for what the corporation does.

(By the way, I owe my current redpilled status on Corporations mostly to one great docuмentary I watched, exposing the evils of the Corporation)

Businesses are one thing. Even huge businesses spanning multiple continents. But calling them an individual, with individual rights, etc. is ridiculous. They don't have a soul, they don't have a body, they are NOT a person. So they shouldn't be a legal "person" either.

Basically, when non-American English speakers talk about a corporation, they say "Amazon" as a stand-in for "The people at Amazon" or "The individuals collectively referred to as Amazon" which is why they use the plural form of verbs. Amazon IS indeed a business, made up of people. So this is highly accurate.

Matthew, I would clarify that the Baby Boom generation are not all in the same category. The generation starts from 1946 and ends at 1964. The people who comprise the first half are decidedly liberal while those of us who were born after 1955 didn’t get hit hard with the 1960’s hippie crud and are mostly conservative. We saw this demarcation even in the early 70’s when we were just youngsters.

After, the “2nd half baby boomers”, all of the generation groups have become more liberal.