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In reply to the discussion: Excellent rant from a Millenial to GenX and Boomers [View all]Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)35. I felt the same way 41 years ago when I was getting out of High School.
Back then we faced paying for the cold war and Vietnam. Our cheap and plentiful domestic oil resources were coming to an end, squandered on gas guzzling V8's from Detroit. We felt we had been screwed by the WWII generation and we were going to be different. Funny how things work out.
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I can chalk it up to inexperience that you don't know this but each generation blames the ones
upaloopa
Jun 2012
#1
This 61 year old would like to take some credit for helping end the Vietnam fiasco
OffWithTheirHeads
Jun 2012
#3
I love it when they say "We work hard", yea sitting in a climate controlled cube
LiberalArkie
Jun 2012
#32
and each new generation is dumb enough to buy into it. but where is that message
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#24
I have seen more of a work ethic in milennials than I have in my own generation
Taverner
Jun 2012
#65
That millenials have to do slave labor as "interns" is viewed as a positive thing
JDPriestly
Jun 2012
#80
You must be kidding. The Boomers certainly DID go out and make a fairer, more just society!
whathehell
Jun 2012
#37
I think the blame is on everyone's shoulders - well, except for the milennials
Taverner
Jun 2012
#64
And the responses to the "virulent" posts being mainly petulant proves....?
LanternWaste
Jun 2012
#67
I think the generation that fought Hitler and survived the depression would beg to differ with you
Taverner
Jun 2012
#62
I had the impression he was speaking to all generations, not just the graduates.
Uncle Joe
Jun 2012
#58
Older generations vs younger generations? Divide and conquer is working well, I'd say....
YoungDemCA
Jun 2012
#74