We are a "young" nation, and have always been youth-oriented, unlike older cultures. I have to sorta feel sorry for people in their 80's today who grew up when children were to be seen but not heard, and now get to spend their "golden years" when the elderly are neither seen nor heard.
However, the country appears to be swinging back toward conservative values, and IMO will continue to do so as the economy worsens. Considering that the elderly comprise an ever greater percentage of our population due to improvements in healthcare, the aging of the "boomers" and the birth rate droping, AARP's efforts to make the elderly a force to be dealt with in our society may well bear fruit in the near future. Should an economic depression eventuate, perhaps families will revert to living as a single unit to enable economic survival, and the elderly (as head of that unit and probably the only one in it with any money) might once again become a vital asset to our society, as well they should. Each dark cloud has its silver lining . . .
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