(10-12-2018, 02:54 AM)pbrower2a Wrote:(10-11-2018, 11:13 PM)Galen Wrote:(10-11-2018, 02:12 PM)Eric the Obtuse 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.
I think the Millies are finding out that while they may not like how Xers go about things we have the advantage of being competent. This is not something that Boomers are known for. The GIs did not disrespect the Lost and what ever you might think of the Lost in the end the GIs realized that they were necessary for the outcome. I saw them interact enough to realize what was going on.
Consider this scene from Patton movie for a moment.
It is Hollywood and a bit overly dramatic and also a combination of two different events that actually occurred. In spite of that it contains much truth about how the Lost and GIs interacted. Many of us Xers will go out of our way to help a Millie that is trying and not giving up. The Snowflakes, on the other hand, are who Xers tend to have no respect for because quitting is the true failure.
In my experience the Millies who are not living in their parents basements are going to have enough of a grip on reality to realize those surly Xers know what they are about. They don't have to like us, they just have to respect us and understand us enough to realize we are trying to clean up a really big mess that their grand-parents left. In the end I think most of them will let the Xers do what needs to be done because all of the other options will be worse. That was the choice the GIs faced when they were young. For them listening to the Lost gave them the best chance of surviving which they recognized.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises