Today's babies are the "Homeland Generation" who are supposed to be like the Silent Generation of the 1950s or the "Compromise generation" that fumbled the slavery issue.
We may not actually see the Millennials step up and do the right thing. They are the ones moving back home because of the bad economy.
Of course a lot of the "GI Generation" had to struggle with the Depression before really coming into their own, but maybe, as Strauss and Howe said of the Progressive Era cycle, a hero generation just won't emerge.
It was a fun theory in its day, but I wonder if the history that's happened since the books were written hasn't started to unravel the theory.
Ahh, it’s good to see the boomers writing us off already. :)