I think Gen X still believes that they saved Africa from communism by listening to a rock music concert. Live aid perfectly combined activism with consumerism.

Gen X grew up under rampant consumerism of the 80s. Plastic action figures and dolls. They have all of their nostalgia invested into brands.

Gen X will never shut the fuck up about how they were the last generation to play outside.

They get mad about regulations. "We used to have candy cigarettes and lawn darts." "Why don't they show guns in kid cartoons anymore?" "Kids today are too soft".

They grew up entirely under Reagan, so they believe all of Reagan's policies: "welfare queens", fear of frivolous lawsuits, anti-union sentiment, etc.

They spent most of their childhood eating leaded painted chips and inhaling leaded gasoline. I believe this causes Gen X to have behavioral problems in the current day.

They experienced the 90s crime panic as soon as they get out of high school and now they still obsess over local crime numbers. This is probably tied to some racist beliefs.

The 90s culture told them that it's wrong to work in an office jobs because it's boring and they're all meant to be rock stars. They think they're too good for a steady job.

Their culture they were raised by tells them that they are rebellious but they aren't rebelling against anything. 80s rock music presented a generic image of rebellion against nothing in particular, maybe cold war rebellion against communism. Today their instilled rebellion manifests itself against social movements, ie rebelling against "woke". See Kid Rock as example.

Gen X loves fast food but they want to murder the people who make fast food.

Gen X didn't have the internet until they were already adults. They never developed skepticism for the internet properly. Facebook bricked their brains.

I think a lot of their beliefs are probably influenced by Reaganism. They internalized Reagan's policies as children because they were too young to see the biases.