Archived Whenever you hear/read the word "millennial", mentally replace it with "young whipper snapper". (whatever)
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Archived Whenever you hear/read the word "millennial", mentally replace it with "young whipper snapper". (whatever)
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[–] RoundWheel 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I know it's popular to attack the baby boomers as a defense of the Entitled Generation, but I've never read any accounts to justify throwing such a wide net. Which is applicable to the Entitled Generation. Normally the example I see provided is really simple human greed of a small number of individuals, whereby the generation as a whole were well known for standing in opposition. Can you cite some examples?
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[–] RoundWheel ago
The differences is, the Entitled Generation actually is entitled. You can look at the current socio-political state of things and the massive boost in support for socialism, communism, and massive expansion of entitlement programs. Which in turn is mirrored by the $15/hr movement and other such junk. Not to mention the huge rise in anti-capitalism sentiment (which is frequently, purposely and ignorantly conflated with crony-capitalism). There are well established reasons which squarely justifies the Entitled Generation moniker.
Likewise, the Baby Boomer generation does not go all the way to 1999. It ends somewhere in the 60s, IIRC. As such, your 1950-1999 range casts an impossibly wide net to which I've never seen anyone attempt to encompass.
The defense of the Entitled Generation is frequently pushed by saying every previous generation says, "this", but this too is dishonest. The Entitled Generation stands out like no past American generation. They are unique in all of American history. Accordingly, while not true of everyone born of this generation, the seemingly majority very clearly have embraced and endorsed unamerican ideals like no other generation on record.
In now way, shape, or form, is it disingenuous to cast the Entitled Generation in their own light.