Looking at the generations from the Fourth Turning perspective

[sbarrera]

(06-09-2018, 07:12 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:

(06-08-2018, 05:26 PM)sbarrera Wrote: I will now post my look at one of the items on the list of "what to look for in the generations" that started this thread. This is how Millennials enforce a code of good conduct - ie, how they are recreating an expectation for social norms.

http://stevebarrera.com/millennials-as-c...ial-media/
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I recently posted a list of patterns to look for among the living generations in the current social era, based on Strauss & Howe generational theory. I wanted to take a closer look at some of the items on that list in a series of posts, and I’ll start with one under that most talked about of generations – the Millennials.

The item in particular is the second one in the Crisis era box – “look for the Millennial generation to enforce, among peers, a code of good conduct.” You can see this happening in that ubiquitous phenomenon that is defining the times – social media.

If they are to enforce a good code of conduct, then it will not have been they who formulated it. A Civic generation without the influence of older generations could act much like the leaders of the French Revolution -- seeing demons to expunge from society... the corrupt, the old-fashioned, the parasitical, and those of suspect loyalty. That is not to say that the ancien regime deserved to continue.

 That's a great point. The Civic generation is getting its code from the Idealist generation that raised them. In the case of blue-staters the code is respect for the environment for social diversity. In the case of red-staters it is respect for the military and for "traditional" America (that is, 60-years ago America).