02-19-2022, 03:20 PM
(02-19-2022, 12:33 PM)sbarrera Wrote: This is a great list of Pros and Cons of the generations, most of which I am in 100% agreement with. I can't weigh in much on Zoomers because I barely know any, certainly not in enough numbers or well enough to pass a judgement on their collective peer personality.
I wonder - should "conventional" be a CON for the Millennials? I think it can be a PRO. Millennials have established a "basic" mode of being and expression that is acceptable, relieving one of the pressure of crafting some unique persona that stands out, as Gen Xers have felt motivated to do. What good is ever more extreme individual expression if we have so many real-world problems to solve? What help is being a maverick when conformity is actually of benefit? For example, in pandemic response or labor organization, two issues of huge importance to the young adult working population.
I agree, and that description of Generation X applies even more to some of us Boomers. We need both individualists and organization, but Millennials are potentially bringing some collective awareness and willingness to respond together to balance out the individualism prominent in the previous two generations. I hope it's enough, and IF it is, they will vote in the 2022 midterm to maintain Democratic control of the House and Senate, and not empower libertarian economics-- still most-predominant in the Republican Party yet again. They first learned to be real civics and vote in midterms in 2018.