[WARNING: this is a completely unproven hypothesis, not load bearing, not even researched]

– Hypothesis: there’s an alternation of privileged and unprivileged generations.
– Privileged generations: greatest generation, boomers, millenials, alpha
– Unprivileged: lost generation, silent generation, gen X, gen Z
– What I think is the key variable to measure privilege: self-confidence.
– Unprivileged generations are unprivileged because of economic and social dynamics that harm them in the formative years. The strongest example I have: gen Z being damaged by unrestricted access to social networks.
– Privileged generations breed (most of) the following privileged generation (boomers -> millenials, millenials -> alpha, lost -> silent -> X -> Z), assuming that the reproduction cycle is about 2x of the generation length. Privilege is partially inherited.
– You can even tell by the name if the generation is privileged. High sounding: greatest, boom, millenium, alpha (the beginning). Low sounding: lost, silent, X (anonymous), Z (last). Even the upcoming suppossedly unprivileged generation could have a name (beta) that also denotes being unprivileged.
– Is this all an artifact of whimsical naming of generations? Or is there a cycle?