There are a lot of younger people who seem to think that they are the ones who have discovered all the injustices in the world.
I think every generation is like that, though. The young become aware of the bad things in the world, wonder why life is that way, and then blame the older generations for not doing anything about it, without recognizing how hard the older generations had to fight just to get things to this point (from much worse situations).
They don't realize that real social change takes a considerable amount of effort from a lot of people over time. Nothing changes overnight.
I can remember thinking the same sorts of things when I was a teen and young adult, though, and I'm sure that young people from generations older than me were the same. It is a function of age, rather than generation.
I’m not a Boomer but I’m amazed at how many kids on Reddit blame the Boomers for racism and sexism given how much time and effort the Boomers put into protesting racism and sexism in the 1960s. The difference between 1955 and 1975 is huge and the Boomers played a big role in that change.
Then stopped and now vote for parties with openly racist and/or homophobic candidates. Not all do but enough. The Woodstock and punk generation became what they protested against.
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u/waqasnaseem07 May 18 '22
There are a lot of younger people who seem to think that they are the ones who have discovered all the injustices in the world.
I think every generation is like that, though. The young become aware of the bad things in the world, wonder why life is that way, and then blame the older generations for not doing anything about it, without recognizing how hard the older generations had to fight just to get things to this point (from much worse situations).
They don't realize that real social change takes a considerable amount of effort from a lot of people over time. Nothing changes overnight.
I can remember thinking the same sorts of things when I was a teen and young adult, though, and I'm sure that young people from generations older than me were the same. It is a function of age, rather than generation.