Millennials vs. Those That Have Come Before Us

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.