I read a lot of conservative writings - a lot - I mean you can't understand your opponent unless you study him/her, right? One of the main themes besides "The poor just need to work harder dammit." and "Guns, guns, guns!!" and "Immigrants are the problem!" is "Millennials are a sign of a corrupt and declining culture." Yes, conservatives find it very (very) fashionable indeed these days to disparage Millennials:
Lazy. Entitled. Disengaged. Narcissistic Those are the main themes, anyway... While I have a very small sample set, I've known four Millennials since their birth. Here's what they are doing with their lives (in order of descending age):
Oh yes, and prior to their professional lives, all four of these Millennials worked (hard) to earn their money and spent tons of hours / days / weeks volunteering. Not quite the neat narrative made popular by conservative thought leaders, now is it? |
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