Reflecting on the scorn heaped on the
generation of which I am a part, I have the following opinion: that
the millennials have been handed a practically destroyed country
which long ago parted from its founding principles and is the economic
sick man in a rapidly developing Multipolar world. The attitude of
previous generations is like handing us a burned down house and then
calling us a bum because we have no roof over our heads.
The first major mistake of previous
generations was the Cold War.
There was conscious decision to pursue
the strategy of containment against our former soviet ally after the
Second World War. This may have been wise, considering a joint
American, British and Japanese invasion of Russia after the First
World War accomplished nothing except to prove that the Soviets were
no aggressors in the situation. This had a few consequences: it meant
that America was committed to police actions, the first of which was
to take place in Korea. This was was pursued in a limited fashion. At
a time when America could have used its nuclear weapons against both
Russia and China with little retaliation, this was not done. The Baby
Boomers betrayed the soldiers twice: once in Korea and again in
Vietnam. You elected draft-dodgers but never a Vietnam vet. The
ruling class of the Boomers/Generation X made sure it was nowhere
near the bush. Eisenhower warned of the military industrial complex
in a farewell address the likes of which had not been heard since the
time of Washington. This was not heeded. The CIA, long-derided as out
of control even by its creator, now had a national security state to
uphold, and could classify information as such in clear violation of
the Constitution. The New Deal was never turned back, and expanded
during the great society. Thus, if any Millennials are on welfare, we
have you to thank for the crazy system currently operating.
Your diet was/is insane. Any
generation that acts surprised when cigarettes turn out to be bad for
you are fools indeed.
You still pay taxes to the criminal
IRS.
You began the national obsession with
TV. The Millennial obsession with media is just an outgrowth of this.
Thus if you decry computers, tablets, smartphones, video games, first
think of how many hours of your life were wasted in front of a mind
control box.
Stupidity is not a market that
Millennials have cornered. The decline in compulsory education began
with Baby Boomers and have simply continued. You generation did not
push to the final frontier.
You are bunch of drug addicts. Pill
popping became common, and drugs were scheduled based on their use by
groups not towing the state line. Drugs: just because you couldn't
handle your mescaline or acid doesn't mean someone else can't with a
stronger mind. Just because you smoked dope and laid around doing
nothing does not mean that everyone who used cannabis does it as
well.
Prisons became a big business, and the
multiplication of offenses that will end in incarceration is legion.
This reflect the 'law and order' obsession of the boomers and their
Gen X children. You also fear violence so much that you were willing
to give away your implements for defending yourself against it via
gun control.
As for money, and in this I mean the
general lack of savings, home-ownership or independence in my
generation: there are no jobs left. You made sure they were all
shipped overseas, which will benefit your stock plan but not the
worker trying to make a living wage. If you think I'm wrong on this-
quit your job, move out of your house, attempt to rent with a small
income and obtain a decent job with an empty or limited resume. I
dare you.
Israel, once capable of battlefield
victories only seen in the Panzer forces that were looked at in awe
by the incompetent football fan general officers in the US, was
locked into a relationship with the United States after the Yom
Kippur war. Kissinger is still walking around, somehow not in jail.
Thanks. The last President with any balls was Nixon, but he was a
crazy asshole. While on the subject of Presidents, thanks for helping
cover up the Kennedy Assassination. And King. Thanks for killing the
American Prophets.
Government official stories: Violating
the Laws of Physics, 11/22/63-9/11/2001.
Then came the 80s, were if you were
not on coke you were getting religion to wash away the sins of your
youthful years where you confused altered states of consciousness
with conscious revolution. Again, thank you.
Thanks for aids too.
Reagan, while admitting guilty in Iran
Contra, never atoned for these actions.
Another thing: Ronald Reagan is not
the messiah. It is telling that the only half-decent President you
helped elect was an actor outright.
The prevailing political climate is
that of a choice between equally socialistic bankrupt political
parties. The only modern political party which represents the
principles of minarchy clearly laid out in the constitution is the
libertarian party, and regarded as extremist by the media you lapped
up and supported. Don't tell me Faux News is fair and balanced. Don't even try to tell me MSNBC is the answer either: I hope it keeps 'Leaning Forward' until it falls on its face. Most of you probably have no clue who Edward
Bernays is. I would tell you to google it, but that would require you
using the address bar to navigate to a search engine. This is like
rocket science to you people. Also, the next time a member of your
generation says 'its all greek to me' I am going to respond with
'Kione or Attic'? Prior to the regimented school system you
supported, funded; regard as holier than those Ten Commandment of the
bronze age you demand be posted in front of our court system buildings which has
more in common with ancient Germanic customs than anything in
Leviticus, Greek and Latin were well known by educated people. I
digress.
It is not that the millennial
generation is alone socialistic- it is that the intellectual
groundwork for such socialistic beliefs was laid by the Baby Boomers,
whose parents accepted the criminal Roosevelt government which
illegally seized gold and dragged the country into the Second World
War in 'defense of democracy' at the side of the largest
mass-murderer in history until the Rise of Mao in China and fought to
'save the Jewish people' while turning away Jewish Emigration
attempts from Nazi Germany when it would have saved many lives, and
entire branches of families that perished in the gas chambers.
The purchasing power of the dollar has
fallen continuously under the stewardship of the shallow end of our
gene pools known as previous generations, and now the millennials
face a national debt headed to Greek proportions. It will be great
when we pull your Social Security benefits.
Your homoerotic sports are another
matter entirely. Content to watch grown men in tights play with balls
and tackle one another, you began the decline in American manhood
which has simply accelerated. At least many Millennials undergo
martial arts training, making them more than passive spectators.
Worse is the fact that your generation
actually trusted the government. This makes yours a generation of
dupes and idiots.
Now to speak of economics. This is a
complicated subject, economists have made sure of that. But for every
time I hear a boomer talk about this generation's problem of feeling
entitled, I can't help but laugh. Your generation is the last that
will ever see cradle to grave private sector jobs. Your generation
had a cult of the job. It worshiped the idea of working for someone
else and collecting a check. No wonder corporations moved overseas-
you felt entitled to vacation and benefits which are a fantasy. You
also worshiped college. Instead of telling your kids to take time
off, or figure things out, you shipped them over to universities to
serve as adult day care. Our infrastructure is destroyed in this
country. While America labors forward with rusted bridges, Japan and
Germany build maglev lines
The record of those that came before
the Millennials is clear: You took the most powerful country in the
world, and saw it defeated in two major land wars in Asia. You opened
China and armed them. You voted for draft-dodgers, both two term
presidents. You 'cured' Vietnam syndrome by again stomping on Latin
America. You saw the greatest industrial power of all time gutted by
'free trade' policies, and set in motion globalization. You took the
dollar and destroyed it. Your generation took the largest creditor
nation and turned it into a debtor. You 'ended racism' by passing
civil rights laws and replacing Jim Crow with prisons. You took the
vice of cowardice and made it a virtue- everywhere men started
depending on black uniformed police and stopped taking care of
themselves.
So tell me again how the Millennials
are the dumbest generation.
These problems my generation has been
handed by you- while you sit on retirement and fiddle, Rome is
burning. Each of these problems have been enough to kill many
empires. It will be the accomplishment of my generation to happily
lose the empire but be lucky enough to keep the Republic.