What do you think caused the notion that fighting back is immature in Millennials?

[MillsT_98]

(07-20-2016, 09:12 PM)disasterzone Wrote:

(07-20-2016, 08:26 PM)MillsT_98 Wrote:

(07-20-2016, 03:43 PM)Odin Wrote:

(07-20-2016, 11:42 AM)Skabungus Wrote:

Odin Wrote:This is a big thing that annoys me about many Xers, they seem to think letting one self be fucked over by the Powers That Be is a good thing.

No.  That'd be a wrong interpretation.  Xers don't think that's a good thing, and they have most of their life trajectory to point to as an example of why the think it is a bad thing.  Instead, Xers have learned first hand, that jumping up and down throwing temper tantrums and ranting that you are deeply offended is a glorious waste of time.  Thus, Xers would advise to work smarter, not harder.  Find an end run around the system.  Millies (reflecting heavily on the Boomer culture they so worship) tend to feel entitled, offended and predisposed to temper tantrums in response to people puncturing their world view.

But we're NOT just "jumping up and down throwing temper tantrums and ranting that you are deeply offended". Sure, that behavior is common among many college-age upper-middle class Millennials, but that is a class thing, not a generational thing.

And "finding an end run around the system" is a stereotypically Nomad thing, Civics prefer getting together and organizing a hostile takeover of the system. The fact that Bernie Sanders got as many votes as he did is because of organized collective action by Millennials.

It's probably pragmatism you're talking about. We're going to need that in the 4T.

I first resort to trying to get favor from the higher ups through brown nosing. I don't try to change the system but try to get what I want within the system by befriending the right people and using system loopholes other people don't typically read about. If that doesn't work I complain very loudly. If the system seems absolutely hopeless to change for me, I find a workaround because it's pointless to wait for something that may never come. It's better to get things done fast and utilize as many resources and methods as possible. What generation does this sound?

That probably sounds like X to me, not that I have much personal experience with what you just described, but that sounds like something Generation X would do.