In my observation, a big part of social progress is each generation pointing out the hypocrisy of the previous. “All men are created equal” so how can you enslave black people? If men can vote, why can’t women? How come straight people can marry but gay people can’t? How is it fair to send an 18 year old to war but not let him vote?
A lot of these hypocrisies were so internalized that a lot of people of previous generations never even thought about them. It was like a mental blind spot. It took young people with fresh thinking to point them out and fight to fix them.
So, speaking as a Millenial, I’m asking what my generation’s blind spots are. What injustices are we perpetuating without even thinking much about it?
For reference, Millenials are currently in their late 20s to early 40s. Not running the world, but also not fresh eyed college grads.
How is it fair to send an 18 year old to war but not let him vote?
Where do you live where you can enlist at age 18 but don’t have the right to vote‽ Not in the USA…
OP was giving examples of things in the past. In the US the voting age was 21 until 1971 when it was lowered to 18. During the Vietnam War draft lots of 18-21 year-olds were drafted to fight a conflict they had absolutely no say in.
I believe OP is referring to the demands of the young people during the period between World War II and Vietnam War in the United States when 18-21 could be drafted but not vote, which resulted in passage of the 26th Amendment.
Also, Vivek Ramaswamy has talked about raising the voting age to 25 unless you serve in the military. Which is in effort to keep young people (especially Swifties!) from voting Democrat.
Or readers, you can just say fuck OP’s premise and agree that we shouldn’t be trying to make enemies of strong allies right now - especially when we have so much existing consensus to continue a full-throated joint fight against.
I mean, not everything has to be a fight. This is just asking for feedback.
Edit: I think there’s a general consensus that Gen X, Millenials, and Zoomers are all on the same side against the Boomers. But none of us are perfect.
I’m gen-x according to you. When I was younger there were none of these divisive nomenclatures. They’re stupid and harmful, the same as every stereotype, and anyone who uses them is a gullible fool
90% of people I know, from teenagers to pensioners, are lovely, interesting, amazing folk, and their age has as much to do with that as the colour of their skin
You should be ashamed of yourself for perpetuating divisiveness
I’m likely older than you and there’s always been generational name calling and judging.
“Our sires’ age was worse than our grandsires’. We, their sons, are more worthless than they; so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.”
- Quintus Horatius Flaccus, writing over 2,000 years ago
