05-15-2016, 07:24 AM
I would expect all generations as rising adults question the world they inherit and oppose those elements they do not like. The question I ask is why does only one of the generations respond with an Awakening. It seems to me that campus Millennials are strongly moralistic in their efforts to shut down free speech for those they see as not having the proper morals. So why aren't they creating an awakening?
Also the economic problem we have today began in the 2T. The same negative trends that Millies complain about and flock to Bernie about were clearly present throughout the entire 3T. It got no rise out of GenX. When the US decided to meddle in the Middle East in 1991, from which all our troubles there have come, where was GenX? Did they not care?
I don't buy S&H's nurturing cycle. GenX was raised by the generation ahead of me, who were still mostly functional. In my youth when kids got into drugs, there would be functional grandparents to step in for the GenX kids. I thought back then, what happens when these babies grow up and start having babies, who will be there to care for them after Grandma dies.
Such a cycle may have applied to traditional families, but today these are a rarity. I note heroin is back, and it is being used widely by middle-aged people.
Also the economic problem we have today began in the 2T. The same negative trends that Millies complain about and flock to Bernie about were clearly present throughout the entire 3T. It got no rise out of GenX. When the US decided to meddle in the Middle East in 1991, from which all our troubles there have come, where was GenX? Did they not care?
I don't buy S&H's nurturing cycle. GenX was raised by the generation ahead of me, who were still mostly functional. In my youth when kids got into drugs, there would be functional grandparents to step in for the GenX kids. I thought back then, what happens when these babies grow up and start having babies, who will be there to care for them after Grandma dies.
Such a cycle may have applied to traditional families, but today these are a rarity. I note heroin is back, and it is being used widely by middle-aged people.