Looking at the generations from the Fourth Turning perspective

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(06-10-2018, 01:34 PM)sbarrera Wrote:

(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).

But in that "traditional" America there were, for the most part, no stores open on Sunday. Don't believe we have returned to that meme anywhere even in red America, Chick-Fil-A notwithstanding.

I seriously doubt though that the Millennials will make like the last generation of its archetype, the GIs, and return us to the days of the Organization Man/Suzy Homemaker lifestyle. Someone here mentioned nostalgia for the days of Mom and Pop shops on Main Street. For said return to happen many would have to be willing to sacrifice some of their conveniences.