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A whole army out there. Last weekend saw some real generational drama when, according to news reports, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to stand up for their right to continue living and working in America. These pro-immigrant marches were instigated by Spanish-language radio in major cities, so this could fall into the category of older generations using youth energy to fight their culture war battles, at least in those cases where the protesters were young people. But really, considering how high the turnouts were, this should be considered be the first activism from the Millennial generation in response to a threat to their economic well-being. And what is that threat? Zealous lawmaking from a reactionary Boomer Congress! Posted by Steve at 5:55 PM
Militant culture wars. This past weekend saw how older generations will use the Millennial generation, today's teens, as pawns in their kulturkampf, when an Evangelical group gathered a veritable host of youth in the heart of Progressive America, San Francisco. Not unexpectedly, this created some friction. Check out these two blog posts, one from the left and one from the right, to see how this all about the culture warriors using kids as tools against one another. Posted by Steve at 12:39 PM
Forget the table, the 90s live on. With the furor that surrounds the Bush administration, and the eclipse that has passed over the Democrat party, you get the idea the radical right-wing ideology dominates government - an idea which is sort of suggested in the 90s vs. 2000s table on this site. But really, as this excellent Economist article points out, centrist reformist politics is alive and well, just at the state level. This recalls a caveat from Strauss and Howe's book, The Fourth Turning - vast civic projects should not be attempted in the Third Turning, since they will never be well received. So the big disaster that doomed Bush's ratings (Katrina) could never have been dealt with at the national level anyway. Posted by Steve at 12:28 PM |
| Lost | 106+ |
| G.I. | 82-106 |
| Silent | 64-82 |
| Boomer | 46-64 |
| Gen-X | 25-46 |
| Millennial | ?-25 |
| Homeland | ? |
| High | 1946-1964 |
| Awakening | 1964-1984 |
| Unraveling | 1984-? |
| Crisis | ?- |
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