One more thought on Occupy Protests
I was thinking about these protests, and I was thinking about how it doesn't quite surprise me, because it seems so in-character for the younger generation. There are various reasons, certainly as this article alludes to, you're going to get a reaction if you screw over a whole lot of well-educated people. But this also seems like exactly the sort of protest I'd expect from the Millennium generation. They are, in general (obviously individual exceptions will apply) more connected with each other, because they grew up with more technology connecting them. They tend to believe in working together and changing the system from within. They are more politically active for their ages than past generations tended to be and also more likely to volunteer. Occupy protests feel so in-character for their generation.
I was wondering to myself, so what would be the sort of reaction I'd expect from my generation? I'm technically a Generation X-er. Generation X is typically more cynical, more prone to individualistic actions, and more likely to try to change the system from without. And then I thought to myself, Anonymous. I don't actually know how much Gen-X influence is in Anonymous, but Anonymous certainly does sound like the sort of thing Gen-X would do. And it's also a generation with enough computer knowledge to do it.
On a side note, while I don't have problems with individual baby boomers, I really do hate the baby boomer generation as a whole. I try to give any individual the benefit of the doubt, since you can't control when you are born, and I am sure many of them are wonderful people. But the baby boomer generation certainly does seem to have been incredibly greedy and destructive.
It's too soon to say much about the younger generations. And things generally don't look so good for my country. But it's quite possible that we can and will fix things up. It's going to be bad for a while, there's no way around that. But the country recovered from the Great Depression. It's weathered tough times before. So, while it may be horrible for many individuals now, there is hope for the future. Especially if we are willing o go back to not selling the future of our children. And laws like this give me hope that we will not continue to increasingly take from future generations, progressively making it harder and harder for them to succeed. I believe in a social contract where the older generations help the younger ones to grow up, get an education, and get a start on their lives. Perhaps we will continue to make steps towards going back to that.
I was wondering to myself, so what would be the sort of reaction I'd expect from my generation? I'm technically a Generation X-er. Generation X is typically more cynical, more prone to individualistic actions, and more likely to try to change the system from without. And then I thought to myself, Anonymous. I don't actually know how much Gen-X influence is in Anonymous, but Anonymous certainly does sound like the sort of thing Gen-X would do. And it's also a generation with enough computer knowledge to do it.
On a side note, while I don't have problems with individual baby boomers, I really do hate the baby boomer generation as a whole. I try to give any individual the benefit of the doubt, since you can't control when you are born, and I am sure many of them are wonderful people. But the baby boomer generation certainly does seem to have been incredibly greedy and destructive.
It's too soon to say much about the younger generations. And things generally don't look so good for my country. But it's quite possible that we can and will fix things up. It's going to be bad for a while, there's no way around that. But the country recovered from the Great Depression. It's weathered tough times before. So, while it may be horrible for many individuals now, there is hope for the future. Especially if we are willing o go back to not selling the future of our children. And laws like this give me hope that we will not continue to increasingly take from future generations, progressively making it harder and harder for them to succeed. I believe in a social contract where the older generations help the younger ones to grow up, get an education, and get a start on their lives. Perhaps we will continue to make steps towards going back to that.