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bradleyjgyesterday at 1:23 PM1 replyview on HN

I’m not trying to erase anyone’s individual experience, but it isn’t a generational defining event broadly across the U.S. population.


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AndrewKemendoyesterday at 8:36 PM

No

Me, an Iraq combat veteran had a different experience of that period than an investment baker of similar age

That was not true for WWII and to a lesser extent Vietnam due to the draft

The distinction is draft vs “all volunteer” wars