Meanwhile, 60%+ of them probably voted for Obama because it’s cool to vote for the First (half-)Black President, and because they were more interested in “social justice” than the destruction of the American Dream.
I have a lot of sub-30 friends on the Internet, and they will continually gripe about low pay, lousy benefits, and poor working conditions (i.e., having to actually work)...but then they’ll elect liberals who cause those conditions because they honestly thing free contraceptives for women and gay marriage are more important issues. They somehow just think that the economy will sort itself out and magically Obama can create them good jobs. They get their news from Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart and Saturday Night Live. They think they know everything, when in reality they aren’t seriously engaged and don’t think about issues other than on an emotional “FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE!!1!!” level.
And they’re destroying this country. Then when they’re my age (46) and standing in the ruins, they’ll still be blaming the Republicans for causing it, while still kow-towing to pictures of the Sainted Obama.
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All you’ve mentioned rings true with what I’ve seen of this generation as well. One more thing to add is that they expect to START at the top of whatever profession they choose. How many times have you heard one one of these pampered princes assert that they should be making as much as someone with twice their experience?
When i was an entry level engineer with some work experience, I made 32k/yr making fixturing on an assembly line to make it easier for the workers to make their widgets. I used to think that the older guys were looking over their shoulders a little worried about our generation growing up to take their jobs. I feel no such threat from this gaggle behind us.