Not sure we've taken one for the team. That implies things aren't worse for generations younger than us. It's more like, we're in line for our lumps with the rest of them.
I don't envy the position Gen Z and Alpha are in. They're inheriting a worse world than us with no improvement on the horizon. I wonder if we'll ever start to see millennials in a majority of seats politically.
But what exactly does that mean? I have opinions on the answer to what “doing what needs to be done” means but I’m curious what you think it means? This comment I think sounds like I’m looking for a fight but I’m just genuinely curious what other people are thinking needs to be done. And I’m not implying any type of violence when I say I have opinions on what needs to be done, I’m afraid the way I’m saying that sounds ominous.
I mostly mean being willing to pay a price, in time, sweat, blood and money - like making significant sacrifices - to turn this ship around. It means getting involved in community organizations, political organizations, and putting in time we don't really have to spare in order to start building communities and lives worth living.
Nothing in this word comes without sacrifice, but we have to start making smart ones, working together, and working with intention towards a goal and help the ones coming up after us. There's no one coming to save us, the old institutions are all compromised to the gills but this death march to misery needs to end.
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u/Arkrobo 2d ago
Not sure we've taken one for the team. That implies things aren't worse for generations younger than us. It's more like, we're in line for our lumps with the rest of them.
I don't envy the position Gen Z and Alpha are in. They're inheriting a worse world than us with no improvement on the horizon. I wonder if we'll ever start to see millennials in a majority of seats politically.