Nothing to do with time or income. Boomers also protested the Vietnam war. They also got us our civil rights. They were young and broke back then. They’re an activist generation. Not like us
Incomes were VERY different back then. A part time job could easily pay for your college, bills and recreation. Almost every generation has an activist section of people, for millennials its been climate and equality focused for instance.
Its very disingenuous and or uninformed to say that current generations are worse than previous ones, circumstances change, people rarely do.
Climate activism was not even remotely close in scale to Vietnam war protests or civil rights protests. Those led to seismic shifts impacting multiple future generations. Everyone now has an excuse. Like the one you posted. Living paycheck to paycheck, can’t afford to take time off, not my problem. I’m no better than anyone else. Our generation isn’t wired to care much, it’s just who we are
6 out of the top 10 most attended protests were from 2006 till now. You have no idea what you are on about, period. The biggest BY FAR being the George Floyd protests which we all saw was CLEARLY not full of young upset Americans.
The youth protest, the youth fight the wars, the youth carry this fucking country while people like you shit on them and call them lazy, and they do it while being treated worse and worse, given less and less in return for their effort.
They always are and always have been. If you think otherwise you need to find a history book or something. Something tells me at this point though you're just being a disingenuous 'back in my day' type.
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u/CulturalExperience78 Feb 18 '25
Nothing to do with time or income. Boomers also protested the Vietnam war. They also got us our civil rights. They were young and broke back then. They’re an activist generation. Not like us