As a person of Generation X, the lost generation between Baby Boomers and Millenials, I find this battle interesting. The reason why is because it is a matter of not understanding anything about any generations.
The baby boomers do not understand that they created the Millenials with their technological revolution, baby seating, privelaged life.
The Millenials do not understand some of the hardhsips that Baby Boomers had to go through to try to create a better life for their children such as 20% interest rates and the Vietnam War.
All generations try to create a better life for the future generations no matter what anyone wants to complain about, if one does not believe that then you do not know your history.
At the same time, everything in life is a choice, what you choose to do with your life is a choice, yes your parents have a say in it but the voice that is created is your own. If you do not want to go to college because you do not want to end up in debt, then you do not want to go to college that bad.
If you think people are lazy now, then we shouldn't have created video games and IPads while working 60 hour work weeks instead of spending more time teaching people the values you need.
If people of any generation think they are lacking in morals then that is our own issue. If you are more concerned with whether the Bachelor gets the choice of 1 of 12 women versus the homeless person that you stepped over, that is your choice.
In the end, it is about responsibility and if we think anyone is really concerned about making your life better without you doing anything we are delusional. Even the Bern is not interested in helping you, he is only interested in keeping you blaming others because that is how he is able to get things done. By the way, it is interesting that Millenials blame Baby Boomers yet they are trying to get one elected as President.
There are people that live in this country from the age of 2 minutes to 100 years old and yet we always seem to focus on certain groups as being the 'power' in this country. Always putting people in groups is how we stay divided and in that case no one has power, even the ones you think have power, it is only perceived.
We need to stop having conversations at a table on our phones and see what is happening in the world. We need to understand that even though racism still exists, it is better than it was 50 years ago. We have to understand that as we want to be online more, businesses will suffer because of it. We need to understand that as we try to put the country in a fog of marijuana, people aren't going to be very motivated to do things.
This country has always had problems, we have fixed some but the ones that really matter we let ourselves be more concerned with how Prince died.
That is how every generation fails.
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