"Soon, this will be your country, your world, kiddos. You can blame us for mucking some of it up. That will be fair. It is also true the Greatest Generation left us a much better world than yesterday's hippies (us), are leaving you."
Hello? Anybody home in the post Baby Boom generation? This world, with all the warts and bruises, will soon be yours to control. The Greatest Generation are now all but gone, and the Baby Boomers are on their way out. What does that mean? Gen X, you are in the on deck circle. Time to pay attention. Time to get involved. Stay off your dang phones, and start watching the real news!
Recently, I quit going to political events. Why? Looking around, especially at state conventions, I saw a whole lot of old white guys. Also some not as old gals, and very few young folks. I quit going because I have had my ride at the park. It was time for the young folks to take over. Why? Most every issue will affect them, more so that us old codgers.
For example - this session, the trifecta of socialists running (ruining) Minnesota have fundamentally changed everything good, to everything bad. ALL OF WHICH will affect the youngins much more than the Baby Boomers. Besides all of which, if things get too bad, Baby Boomers can pull up stakes and move. Move to a better state.
And Social Security. Please pay attention to this one. The Baby Boomers are probably okay on this issue. But this "Ponzi Scheme" retirement fund is going belly up. Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z, are paying into a fund of which they might not get much back from. Hundreds of thousands of YOUR dollars - might be gone before you can collect. And yet, when someone in Congress (usually a Conservative) suggests replacing Social Security with a better, more sustainable fund, fools like Biden come out and gaslight the issue. Meanwhile, every year the fund gets thinner, and thinner and thinner.
There is so much right now that young people need to be aware of (and fight for), I won't even go into much more. Baby Boomers know of which I am talking about. The challenge for our future, is to get the post Baby Boomer generation to start taking the red pill instead of the blue pill. I mean, closing you eyes and ignoring the problems will not make them go away.
Soon, this will be your country, your world, kiddos. You can blame us for mucking some of it up. That will be fair. It is also true the Greatest Generation left us a much better world than yesterday's hippies (us), are leaving you. For this, I apologize. Your deserve better. All I can tell you is to grab the wheel and stay out of the ditch. Or, keep driving into the ditch, and watch America become just like Europe or Canada.
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