Millenial Turnover

[David Horn]

(10-12-2018, 11:41 PM)gabrielle Wrote:

(10-09-2018, 10:55 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(10-07-2018, 10:41 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: CNN has one of the better articles on how the Millennials might look at things differently politically.

Unfortunately, they seem more than a little distracted.  It's as if they live in a bubble that floats through the world of not-them.  They don't feel any real attachment to that world, or any responsibility for it.  They are angry about their lives; they see themselves as pawns in a game they don't play.  Many are just accepting of their fate.  It's sad, to be frank about it.  If I have to use a single term, it's lethargic.  I'm not sure what breaks that pattern.

That's interesting--young Gen Xers were described in just such a way back in the day, but the word we were summed up with was "apathetic," while here you use a word that implies that Millennials are just being lazy.  

Young people can't and shouldn't be expected to save the world.  They're still struggling to find their own footing in it, and they're also trying to enjoy their youth while they have it.  Millennials certainly have the potential, due to their numbers, to become a powerful force in shaping the future.  

But I don't think generations are as uniform in their beliefs and outlooks as some of you seem to think.  A lot depends on the prevailing winds of the times, and that involves multiple generations.

Why they are not engaged is interesting, and likely correct as you stated it, but the fact that they aren't is still the issue.  There is no other option out there to correct a political system that's circling the bowl.  Eventually, the mess will arrive at their door with zero options, and the cost to correct the mess will be enormous.  Just global warming alone will transform the country.  Xers, Boomers and Silents won't be around to suffer the consequences, but the Homelanders and Neo-prophets certainly will.  Who will they blame?