The Greatest Generation begat the Boomers.
The Boomers begat Gen X.
Gen X begat the Millennials.
Or as I prefer to call them: Generation Duh.
Generation Duh will probably begat no one. We’re stuck with them for a while.
That’s too bad because they are without a doubt the most
aggressively ignorant generation in American history.
It’s not entirely their fault,
however – they’ve been guided into willful stupidity by a variety of forces
over the years. Over indulgent parents,
teachers, clueless guidance counselors, the media, Hollywood and celebrities
have convinced them to embrace their lack of knowledge as a great thing.
That they are also perhaps the most depressed generation –
given their reported use of therapists, as noted by the WSJ – frankly surprises
me. I was always told that ignorance is bliss; consequently, they should be the
happiest people on Earth. But they’re
not, for some reason.
Maybe they’ve been taught they should be depressed. Wouldn’t
surprise me.
Trying to overcome their abject ignorance about the world in
general is like pushing a rope.
They don’t have any grasp of history, American or otherwise,
except how evil we’ve always been to our own indigenous people, blacks, women
and immigrants. How the Founding Fathers were slave owners. How we’re solely responsible for poisoning
the planet. And how we continue to be
the main source of pain, suffering and economic injustice here and abroad.
That’s what they were taught in school. Seriously.
They don’t understand science. They don’t understand basic
economics. They don’t understand why
capitalism works and socialism doesn’t.
Or even why some people earn more than others.
They don’t know how our government is supposed to operate, how
laws are made, why we have a Constitution and why the Bill of Rights is such an
important part of it.
To learn any of the above they’d have to read a book, or at
least more than a couple of sentences online.
That’s a lot to ask of a generation with the attention span of a
mayfly. Besides, book knowledge is
irrelevant to them; it’s old news.
They have absolutely no interest in learning anything that
might interfere with their world view.
What they “believe” is all that matters. And what they believe does not come from
books. Or from actual experts who know the facts. Instead, it comes from social media, and from
celebrities who know even less than they do in most instances.
That makes Generation Duh amazingly gullible; as gullible
and ignorant as the social-media stars and celebrities in whom they’ve
mistakenly placed their faith. If it’s trending it must be true. If an Instagram star or rap artist says it,
it must be true. If a movie star says
it, it must be true.
That’s all they need to know. It’s been validated.
No need to look any further; no need to investigate – end of
story. They have all the proof they
need. Plus, it’s easier that way. They can go back to posting selfies, playing
video and online games, or whining about how unjust the world, especially the
US, is.
Generation Duh is easy prey for the media and dishonest politicians,
especially by those on the left.
Particularly when the message is that nothing is their own fault, but
the fault of mysterious insidious forces conspiring against them. This rings true to them. They love a
conspiracy.
We shouldn’t be surprised. Their entire lives they’ve been
told that nothing bad is their fault. There’s always another culprit to
blame.
They got a bad grade because it’s the teacher’s fault. Or
they have some medical condition. Or
they were upset because someone bullied them online. Or they stayed up too late texting their
friends. It can’t simply be because they
didn’t study, didn’t go to class, or didn’t do the work. There’s always another explanation that
removes them from any responsibility.
They can’t pay back their college loans because they can’t
get a job. They were
always told that a college education would guarantee them a job, and a good
paying one at that. That’s why they didn’t worry when they ran up thousands in
debt to pursue a degree in French Poets of the 16th Century, or Post-Modern
Gender Issues, before they dropped out after a year or so.
Now they can’t find anyone willing to hire them, much less
pay them the big bucks they were expecting.
Clearly, somebody lied to them.
The folks that loaned them the money lied. The college lied. They shouldn’t have to pay
back the loan. It’s not their fault.
It’s always something. Some excuse. Somebody else’s fault.
They are ripe for manipulation. All a politician has to do is embrace their
victimhood. Tell them it’s going to fine
and they’ve been right all along – it is always someone else’s fault. You’ve
been lied to. You’ve been deceived. And
now it’s payback time.
So you won’t have to pay back your loans. You can go to
college for free. You’ll get paid a
“living wage” no matter what you do – that is, if you even choose to work,
which you don’t have to, and you’ll still get paid. And you don’t have to worry
about healthcare – it will be free, too.
Who tells them this nutso crap?
Just watch TV. It’s
the old familiar leftists and the new clueless ones. It’s also practically everybody running to be
the Democrat nominee for President in 2020, which is pretty much the same old
familiar leftists plus the wannabe “cool kids” hoping to win over the Generation
Duh with promises of unicorns for everyone, solar-powered cars and planes, and
free money.
Should the rest of us worry? I don’t think so.
There are more of us than them. And unlike Generation Duh – that likes to gather
to protest, well, just about anything – we actually show up to vote, instead of
simply bitching about everything. Generation
Duh has proven time and again, with rare exceptions, they can’t be bothered to
vote.
So why does Generation Duh get so much media coverage? It’s
because they remind a lot of people in the media and die-hard liberals of
themselves decades ago, when they were full of hopes and dreams and aspirations
for a better and more just society.
But Generation Duh isn’t really like them; the members of
Generation Duh don’t actually know what they’re protesting against, or what
they’re protesting for. See what happens
when someone tries to interview one of them during a protest. They’re clueless.
Are there exceptions? Sure.
We can only hope they’re the ones who reproduce and have big
families. We need them.
I suspect the other ones will be too busy
texting.
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