06-10-2021, 08:21 PM
(06-09-2021, 01:17 PM)Captain Genet Wrote: Millennials are definitely conformist, and more interested in security than in freedom. They are politically conscious and more interested in science and tech than in spirituality. So far, S&H are correct.
But I cannot call Millennials "socially conservative". Many of them wear very provocative clothes, have a lot of tattoos, cohabit without marrying their "significant others", and think that using porn and illegal drugs is nothing wrong. MeToo and "cancel culture" don't seem to impact those behaviours a lot.
Old Christian West was definitely too socially conservative, and the sexual revolution was intended as a correction, though it soon become a harmful overcorrection. Maybe things are heading to get more balanced now, though I imagine one Apollonian awakening more is needed to attain the balance.
Isn't what is being considered socially conservative changing? I'm a Millennial & have noticed that people at least in my circles frown on 'hook-up culture' even before COVID. Maybe hooking up was more common in the 2000s into early 2010s, but many Millennials are now entering/in their 30s, a time when people usually want to figure out more long-term goals, including finding a permanent romantic partner. Cohabitation nowadays probably is more of a stand-in for marriage only due to the finances involved in going fully legal (not the wedding but the other impacts like taxes, government benefits, etc). Drugs laws are changing or just not being enforced in some places. Porn is being viewed as less an entertainment category & more in the exploitation/trafficking contexts. Maybe this is only in my circles or geographic area.
