Posted on 01/31/2019 6:39:04 PM PST by Kaslin
Resolved: Millennials are the worst of all possible generations, and I say that as a baby-boomer (by a week). Unconvinced? Then check out one or both recent documentaries on Hulu and Netflix about their generation’s Woodstock, the infamous Fyre Festival, and watch how thousands of credulous millennials got suckered by social media “influencers” – actors, rappers, models, whatevers – who talked them into plunking down enormous wads of cash to attend a fabulous dream concert/party/rave in the Bahamas. The ads promised hot models frolicking, exciting musical acts like “Major Lazer” and whatever a “Migos” is, luxe accommodations, and gourmet food prepped by acclaimed chefs. What they got was drunken dudes and dudettes from the cargo shorts ‘n backward cap set, no tunes, moist FEMA tents, and famously forlorn cheese sandwiches.
But in a stunning turn of events that no one could foresee, except everyone who wasn’t a millennial, the promises of these cultural influencers turned out to be wet garbage. People tried to warn them, but no. The warnings of people who probably didn’t even wear ironic t-shirts weren’t stopping our millennials! If there’s one thing millennials are, it’s supremely confident in their own intelligence, which is why so many of them ended up out several grand for the privilege of shivering in a glorified refugee camp telling each other their pronouns while not listening to the dulcet tones of “DJ Kaytranada.”
So, there was an upside.
Here’s how dumb these children, who are the future, were…Blink-182 figured out it was a con job and pulled out. Blink-182 was the voice of reason here. Blink-182. That’s like losing at chess to Mazie Hirono.
Well, maybe the Emily Ratajkowskis and the Ja Rules and the rest of the pop culture titans led us astray about this Caribbean bad music party, but there’s no chance at all that an ideology this same cultural zeitgeist is embracing could possibly turn out bad! Right?
Wrong. The millennials are falling for socialism just the same way they fell for the Fyre Festival.
“Whoa, someone’s going to give all this wonderful stuff to me? I’m not going to harsh the buzz by asking questions like ‘Has this ever been done before?’ or ‘Aren’t things that sound too good to be true usually too good to be true?’ All these models on Instagram are saying it’s cool, and since I have no religion, their consumerist lifestyle imagery fills the void in my soul and I must obey. On to Great Exuma to party with whoever ‘Lil Yachty’ is! Oh, and yah Marxism, too!
On to a bold future of socialist wonderfulness. Who could go wrong backing an aging USSR tongue-bather like Bernie Sanders who advocates an ideology scribbled out by some nineteenth century German weirdo? Today’s socialism is touted by the same kind of weaselly grifters who pushed the Fyre fraud on Generation Sucker. Billy McFarland, the world’s worst con man, was truly innovative in the way he made up for his manifest (at least to everyone over 30) scamminess. You watch the documentaries, and all these middle-aged people sit there talking about how they pegged this guy as a fake within about ten seconds. But McFarland targeted millennials, who couldn’t wait to hand him their money like the beautiful and famous people on the social media told them to.
And now these same knuckleheads are nodding their heads, jaws slack, in time with the beat of the rambling nonsense that they get from the tweets and videos of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Yeah, everyone who’s given socialism a spin in the last century has failed, at the cost of 100 million lives, but do you know who has the brains and savvy to pull it off this time and finally get it right?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
“Gosh, my generation couldn’t manage to make a week-long concert happen, but I think I’ll hand them the keys to remake all of society because reasons and Kardashians!&rdquo
Now, you might imagine that watching Venezuela degenerate into a toilet paper-free nightmare of oppression and zoo animal-devouring would give the millennials pause about the ideology that made one of the richest countries in the world into one of the poorest in the space of a decade. But if you did, then you don’t get millennials. Who needs your history and experience when they have retweets and feelz?
Like many others, I saw the corpse of communism up close while deployed. Marxism is an enemy, whether foreign or domestic, and our oath hasn’t expired. If socialism does come here, the nice part is that I and other patriots won’t ever see it, because our dead bodies will be lying on heaps of empty brass having gone down fighting.
Then again, the deadliest weapon system most millennials are proficient with is a snarky tweet. But if socialism does manage to infect America in spite of our efforts, there is one thing I’ll regret missing out on. That’s seeing the millennials looking surprised at what happens to them next.
I show what socialism in America would look like – brutal and insanely SJW-focused – in my latest novel, Wildfire, and in my earlier installments People’s Republic and Indian Country. The good guys win in mine (because they take no guff, unlike certain cruise-shilling weasels in real life – Ahoy!), but if you want a graphic cautionary tale, check those novels out.
Communism is not bad for the elitists in charge. They get some great perks. It really sucks, for the COTs (common ordinary troops) Maybe most of these would be commies, are hoping to be among the elitists, and not among the peons.
Now there’s an analogy they’ll understand.
Baby Boomers are far, far worse.
Agreed. I am a tail-end baby boomer and it sucks to be me (or younger). The big difference is the baby boomers should know better. Many of them even voted for Reagan (maybe only because they thought he would win). But they have rotted their brains on "legal" drugs and TV.
You can vote your way into Socialism, but you can only shoot your way out.
Socialism is the tool of choice for the evil elite to enslave the masses and steal the power, wealth and liberty from societies created by Capitalism.
It’ a siren song.
They will run out of Toilet paper.
‘Resolved: Millennials are the worst of all possible generations‘
Resolved: some of the best kids I know are millennials. Not a good start to teach about communism. Way to turn off the target audience with a blanket bully statement on a whole generation. good analogy though.
If anyone bothers to read the stated study they'd see that older Americans to also be stupid when it comes to socialism and capitalism. It's not age, it is ideology. Many Millenials I know detest socialism.
My guess is the good Col doesn't get out enough to do his own research, which is a pity since he's usually a good writer.
Pithy comment
Thanks
“Major Lazer”
Ping
All communist elites (how could ANYONE like a political system that NEEDS elites to run it??) know very well that liberals are the most useful and expendable helpers to their plan.
Nothing sounds better than socialism. I love the idea of getting to take my kids trick or treating, leaving the bowl of candy on my doorstep, and allowing the trick or treating visitors to use the honor system and each take a couple candies. Sure, we all trust each other, right? Two years in a row they even stole the bowl the candies were in. I was done with my itsy bitsy socialism experiment. It just doesn’t take human nature into account.
Ignorance is strength. Years ago our society stopped focusing on logic (i.e. IQ) and started emphasizing emotion (i.e. EQ). So here we are. Everyone acts on their emotions.
JoMa
Anyone know how to contact Candace Owens and Lawrence ? of Campus Reform?? I swear the reason the kids LOVE socialism is because it's got "SOCIAL" in it, and they LOVE Social Media!!
This is WAR.....Socialism is just as destructive as WAR....it actually also kicks GOD out of the country and their lives!
Anyone to kick this off?? Anyone else think this is a good idea!
Parenting should take some of the blame. My generation (Generation X) has the highest levels of dumb-assery. It is leftist Generation X who gave birth and created the leftist Millennials. However, I am glad to say that none of my kids are on the left.
No, not really. Millennials are mostly the offspring of Boomers.
I disagree. However, it could be from both generations and depends on what years you count as the Baby Boomer and the Gen X generations.
Baby Boomers are generally considered to include those born from just after WWII to @1964. I was born in 66 and would fall in the Gen X category.
That’s why the progs obsess over taking our guns.
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