ubernoir wrote:

Decius wrote:

My own generation is almost completely ignored by this article, other than the typical mention of our cynicism and alienation. One suspects that is because we're of little political utility as a group to the Democrats, mostly for demographic reasons, but also because we're more likely than the younger ones to vote for a Republican...

what i was more thinking was that your attitude to the current state of the system is more typical of this supposed new generation -- thus you might be seen as ahead of the curve -- you are totally alienated by idealogy, civic minded and desire a center consensus and oppose the partisan politics of the establishment (or so I gather -- apologies if that is a bit general and/or inaccurate)

You sure it's this and not just sheer numbers? Boomers = 80M+, Gen Y (Millenials?) = 90M+, Gen X = 50M.

I'd like to read this book just to see what its prognostications are for the next 60 years. My intuition tells me that there's been such irreparable damage to basic tenants of our society that even if you could get Gen X and Gen Y in total alignment about what the solution is, I doubt you'd have enough time/resources to accomplish the task without further risk. It's like trying to lose weight. It takes you several years to get fat, but people always expect (and need) that it will take half the time to lose it. It can be done, but it is painful and risky.

RE: The Boomers Had Their Day. Make Way for the Millennials. - washingtonpost.com