Baby Boomers Busted!
The media claims Generation Y suffers from apathy and lacks socio-political participation.
Yet, it is my fellow millenials who are paving the way and defining the viral economy. Those in charge of traditional media are missing the boat.
I do understand that there are many more distractions facing my peers but should this undermine our ability to thrive? And who is to blame if the Western world goes 3rd world in a decade?
Let’s see – the baby boomers were children of one of the hardest working generations; those who helped to recover the planet after two world wars.
Many boomers consumed their parents’ fruit without regard to pollution, death, racism, war, agism, carbon footprint, future generations – anything.
Yes, they enjoyed frivilously – shitting on some of the poorest nations in the world via the World Trade Organization and left the divide between rich and poor at a disgusting level. This can be seen in the following documentary on how Jamaica’s economy was exploited and erradicated by the US and the WTO during the ’70s.
This method was replicated throughout the world. Yes, this may have been the case for centuries but the level of natural resource exploitation this time around was disgusting.
So I digress, I don’t blame all boomers, in fact their motivation was positive. The rapid and dramatic change in economy has altered the traditional career path and thus the drive requires a change too.
‘Go get an education they said, work hard and you will get that great job – they claimed.’
Well, food prices are at astromonimcal levels. Oil, gas and house prices are atrocious. There are no jobs.
The boomers are getting laid off and their jobs are being given to people in my Gen Y for half the wage and twice the work – and more often than not, two roles are consolidated into one position.
The claims that the recession is over are absurd and simply mask the aforementioned obvious obstacles preventing an economic return – and according to Harry Dent Jr. who predicted the recession, we are headed for a depression by 2013.
You may disagree with me since I did not use any sources or primary examples to highlight this belief but telling me that Wall Street is recovering will get you an eyeroll. On the micro-level, my generation is feeling the brunt of this damage.
The politics of the last ten years were ridiculously corrupt and were executed in a manner which led to mass murder, torture and terrorism – with little to no regard on how our economy will survive and who will be flushed down the toilet with it.
…And so, everyone is wondering why we are so apathetic to participating in the social sphere.
Wake up people! You fucked up the world and now are gonna have to fix it – and yes it may be too late.
Well I still believe in Gen Y! And I am here on their behalf to deconstruct the media tyranny being perpetrated
by boomers….STILL!
You may think I am bitter and resentful – but I think my venting is miniscule relative to those who have been
harmed even more by the recession than me, those who went to fight unjustified wars, and those who have been left uneducated.
There is no one to blame so let’s just pick up the pieces together. All this garbage about my generation being lazy is such crap – we don’t care about the same illusion the media-crits have been waving in your faces for the last half century.
We care about things we can control and those we can’t are quickly losing clout. The participatory nature of the internet will clear that up in a few years.
This all said, the internet is fueling an ability for any niche passion (as ridiculous as it may be ie: Britney Spears, Pizza, what-have-you) to be profitable. Information is rebuilding the economy and this time around sincere media is winning – not the filthy lies which have been spewed and filtered for our ‘innocent’ eyes for the last however many years.
Gary Vaynerchuk is one of the pioneers behind this revolution and I thoroughly believe he has mastered the new economy.
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Now I must note that this criticism is with all due respect. I have respect for the wisdom of all baby boomers and elders – I just needed to get that ‘off my chest’.
Now let me ask:
Do you fellow Gen Y’s think we will make it? Do you disagree with me? And how about you Boomers?
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Agreed. I’m forced to consider self sustainability as the only option for our generation. We so called first worlders, the Gen-Y techno-class need to learn how to live off of staples, within our means, and consuming with consideration and calculation. Its not about buying organic or carbon neutral goods, its about learning how to live without the greed of previous generations. Having what we need to sustain our own lives, without debt, without consumer sprawl, may be the only hope for our species, and its up to our generation to revolutionize the ways we look at survival.
I think the self sustainability you speak of will prevail through individual marketing and ‘social equity’. I would say a bit like being one’s own CEO. It is happening in multiple disciplines and with the internet, consumers are out there to seek it out.
Agreed – we need to completely revamp the way we look at economy politics and the structure of debt. Everyone had a bit too much fun and the crash was humbling for most. Also, the world has learned a much needed lesson, so I am hopeful that we will be move towards this paradise.
We just have to make sure the cycle doesn’t repeat itself down the road!
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