Somehow I missed this thread earlier.
I was born in 1976, so am what is called late Gen X or early Gen Y, depending on who you ask.
I think Sheepy is talking about his generation, born around 1990ish. So, right or wrong,
this is how I see it.
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Originally Posted by Sheepy
Last night me and a group of friends were having a discussion about what are the more dominating characteristics of our generation. This is what we have came up with. Would you agree or disagree? Agree that there is no 'right' or 'wrong' answer? *cough bench sitter*
Society: We are more engaging and interconnected than the previous generations, we have more friends in the cyber network than in reality. But we struggle to establish ourselves into communities. We believe we should interact with each other in total disregard of race, ethnicity, gender national origin over benefiting from the diversity. We don't believe in turning complexity into opportunity. We are indecisive. We like shunning over praising. We are the 'look-at-me-generation.' We have more demand to get rich young. And still have plenty of time off for leisure. Like a university schedule.
Gender wise: Males are not getting enough attention compared to females. Males are not as in touch into their masculinity. Women leaders are supported more but also are more criticized due to double standards. Where women get to have their cake and eat it too. Non-leader class men (especially those on the lower end of the bell curve) get the crumbs.
Politically: We are a dominating liberal. When the larger culture tells minorities to get with the program we no longer support you if you resist but we claim that we do. We Basically if we find out that you are not liberal in the political sense, you must be dummer than us. An attitude that I've noticed. We will vote on not who we think will be the best to lead our country, but who will be the least worse. We will also sometimes vote for change, the positive and negative impacts are secondary. The consequences of change always include both winners and losers.
Theologically :We are starting to adore our own version of a morally permissive (no one should tell us what to do or not do) Buddhism-like theology. We want the most guilt-free lifestyle as possible. We don't do anything that is "wrong." We just make "inappropriate choices" or "bad decisions." Some of us may be Christian, but we are mostly always anti organisation Christian. We don't want to be inconvenienced by our nominal faith. Not always for intelligent reasons. We get hellophobic and homophobic people mixed up and misunderstand the word 'fundamentalist.' We disdain fundamentalist Christians but tolerate fundamentalist Muslims because they don't affect us personally. Well, not yet. We have a wider range of understanding in theologies, (we know all their names) but not a very in-depth one. |
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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I would suggest that the US is not predominantly liberal but is in fact trending increasingly conservative. There are indicators that this is a western trend.
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I disagree by half.
I think that the US is still predominantly liberal, but agree that it is trending toward conservatism.
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Originally Posted by ASU2003
I think it is a psychological problem, there are more liberals but you don't hear about them. People don't like what is happening, they can't figure out how to fix it, and the conservatives have been very vocal about the problem without coming up with any solution that doesn't involve hurting people who aren't them.
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Liberals, on the other hand, think it is possible for the government to solve any problem without hurting anyone.
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Originally Posted by ASU2003
Australia is a warm version of Canada. New Zealand is Australia (Victoria/Tasmania region) with 10% of the population (or similar to the Rocky Mountain region of Canada). Vancouver is probably a lot like Auckland or Wellington..... Mexico has the least government regulations and you are the 'free-est' there (nobody even looked at me crossing the border into Mexico, you can drive any vehicle with wheels on the road, but the government doesn't always protect your safety.)
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Aussies and Kiwis are certainly Western in culture, if not in geography. Mexico has, ironically, among the strictest immigration laws in the world.
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Originally Posted by KirStang
We are very accustomed to the comforts of a developed society. Almost to the point of taking it for granted.
i.e. Food, water, shelter.
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Sheepy's may be known as the last western generation that was mostly sheltered from the poverty, pollution, and political instability prevalent in the so-called developing world. We will all pay the price for gross overpopulation.
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Originally Posted by StanT
Which generation would you be talking about? TFP has a pretty wide range of ages <18 represented.
That said stereotypes are almost always wrong when taken to an individual level.
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Stereotypes may be sometimes wrong, even often wrong, but "almost always wrong" takes it too far. Stereotypes are sometimes formulaic cliches, but do not arise out of a vacuum.
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Originally Posted by Sheepy
I looked up the definition and it's apparently every 30 years....
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Historically it is the length of a woman's prime fertility span, about 20-25 years. For our own convenience, we tend to want to tie generations to and name them after historical turning points, cultural changes, or simple decades, hence The Greatest Generation, the boomers, the beat generation, GenX, Geny, etc.
My post is looking kind of grumpy,
even to me. I think I'll go take a little nap.
Lindy