Lots of my fellow Gen Yers are this way because they simply don’t know any better.
Cold War was a faint memory as tykes, raised on a gluttonous diet of empty “You’re all a winner” platitudes, and the dot-com boom with all kinds of fancy new technology.
Sure the educational system is garbage, but a lot of kids didn’t have parents that cared at home, so long as they got good grades so they can be vicariously successful through their kids. Others were simply too immature getting high or drunk to bother parenting.
I think there’s a general sinking feeling that they’ve been lied to for so long, but it’s hard to tell whether certain individuals will accept that or live in denial by voting for more Obammunism.
Thanks for your perspective...keep educating your friends...