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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Every generation is different from those that preceded it. You think Boomers had the same attitude and cultural priorities as their grandparents? And like every other generation in history, Millennials will have different attitudes and priorities when they're 45 than they have today. The Boomers were going to transform the world. No more war, no more corporate greed, no more empty materialism...
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Well except that Millennials will have to adapt. North American Boomers were a generation of plenty. Everyone got cars, were able to afford houses, had a social license to consume and pollute as much as they wanted to, etc. Millennials by all accounts are going to end up with more debt, less wealth/property, less children, less religion, and shorter lives than the generations before them. One of the things peter12 always harped on was the cultural nihilism of the younger generations, and he had a point even if was a little too in love with Christianity. And I think it was you who brought up the dogmatic elements of the new left, and I wonder if that's what we're seeing, religion's role in social cohesion and community-building being replaced by the brand of activism being practiced right now (and there's way more to it than social media and "outrage culture").