[TheDandyMan]

They’re inheriting less than their fathers, statistically. That’s part of the problem outlined in the article. And while the Iraq and Afghanistan wars haven’t been meat-grinders on the scale of WW2, Korea and Vietnam, in them millennials have fought the longest war in American history — on an all-volunteer basis to boot.

In short, you’re coming across as a misanthropic jackass talking out of his butt.

[abb]

For everyone’s edification.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misanthropic
:marked by a hatred or contempt for humankind

[daniel1212]

They’re inheriting less than their fathers, statistically.

But not less than what the fathers (the so-called Silent Generation born between 1928 and 1945) of the boomers may have, and the boomer generation (I was born in '52) they raised both fought Vietnam and the government, but make up the most conservative class today of the last 60 years.

However, Gen X·ers (born between 1965 and 1980) and millennials have a greater disparity of liberals than previous generations.

That’s part of the problem outlined in the article. And while the Iraq and Afghanistan wars haven’t been meat-grinders on the scale of WW2, Korea and Vietnam, in them millennials have fought the longest war in American history — on an all-volunteer basis to boot.

I think that is a very small percentage of millennials as compared to previous wars, while they have gone beyond past generations in liberalism in numbers and degrees, thus as another story in the Atlantic states, The Coddling of the American Mind In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. Here’s why that’s disastrous for education—and mental health.