10-12-2018, 02:54 AM
(10-11-2018, 11:13 PM)Galen the Quack Wrote:(10-11-2018, 02:12 PM)Eric the (Green) Wrote: Yeah, I know Galen and folks like him would love nothing better than for millennials to not learn from Obama and not to vote, and they usually get their wish, Obama notwithstanding. But Obama tries his best.
According to Bezo's Blog they seem to have the not voting part down.
The oldest members of the Millennial Generation are turning 36 this year, and that is about when a generation starts making its way into the high public office. Millennial style in politics is far closer to GI style than to Silent, Boom, or X style. Neither the Silent, the Boom, nor X gets it right with the Millennial Generation.
The Millennial Generation has no desire to be stepped on, and it is finding out from Donald Trump what to avoid. Obama may not be perfect, but at least he gets much right.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.