I'm 34. Are you implying that since I was 2 during Carter's administration that I can't appreciate what a d-bag he was?
You can read about a machine gun shoot at knob creek or hear people talk about it or watch it in videos but until you've experienced it your appreciation of it is limited by your imagination. But that's okay, I felt exactly as you do when I was 34. No one fully appreciates other's experience until they have it themselves.
Edit: forgot to mention I'm 50ish.