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

[Skabungus]

Odin Wrote:

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.

Well, I don't really think it is a class thing.  I see millies doing it, and they are not all upper-middle class folk.  I think it is the shock that someone is willing to just say no to their demands that causes them to be enraged.

Incidentally "getting together and organizing a hostile takeover of the system" is in fact an end run.  It is rupturing the status quo just like the BDS  campaign against Israel: a millennial-powered attack, modeled after the BDS campaign Xers launched against South Africa.  In both cases you had Boomers hanging around providing ideological banners, but the strategic approach was an end run.  Millies following the Xer suit.  End run.