"REAL TALK  Ugh, fuck this millennial-hating and the Time Magazine article it rode in on. It's a smear campaign to preemptively convince people that the problems people under 30 face are their own doing rather than inherited. What.Ever.  ""Lazy""? Lazy because they don't have jobs… when jobs don't exist. Never mind that those who do have jobs are probably working harder because they're now expected to do the job that two people did not too long ago.  ""Entitled""?  Yeah, fuck those young people who want ""health care"" and a ""living wage"" and ""unpolluted air.""   ""Narcissistic""? A legitimate tendency, but also a learned behavior. What does our greedy, capitalist society teach us but to look out for #1 and hoard as much as you can for yourself. The 1% WANTS you to be narcissistic. If more people took the time to see outside of their own worldview, they wouldn't stand up for the bullshit.   ""Living with Their Parents""? Want a job? Better go to college. Want to go to college? Take out $100,000+ in student loans. Want to move out? Nah, you now have to live with your parents because you are already super in the red and have a non-salaried job (if that). Good luck finding your way out of this system of debt slavery that we tricked you into.  Look, millennials have a lot of shit to work out, but let's not pretend it has ever been a fair fight. If we're ignorant, it's primarily because we were raised in an underfunded, failing school system, a deliberate attempt to prevent an enlightened population from challenging the status quo. If we're mindless consumers, it is because our supposed superiors have bred us to be just that, to find fulfillment in spending money and owning crap.  I'm mostly cynical, but as I wrote about recently, I have a shred of hope knowing that millennials are distrustful of American institutions more than ever. Knowing the system is broken is the first step toward overthrowing it. Unfortunately, the enemy is mighty.  First they strip us of our money, homes, jobs, education, power, and autonomy. Then they have the nerve to scapegoat us for it, too? Fuck that noise."
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