I am sadly coming to the difficult conclusion that the current generation of coming-of-age Americans has been so inculcated with PC hogwash and liberal newspeak that, as a group, their ability to think independently and affirm our nation's traditional values has been irreparably lost. Witness the recent mess at the University of Missouri.
The evidence is rife ... the plethora of popular bubble-headed glitterati, disturbing college campus demonstrations advocating repressive policies, the tidal wave of teenage illicit drug usage, the continued crowding-out of once-basic college education by meaningless feel-good courses, the youth vote helping to twice elect President Obama, the ennui and ignorance of this generation toward American history and our place on the World stage, and their overweening selfie vanity.
Yes, there was at least one previous American "lost generation" ... those born at the turn of the Twentieth Century. This group ushered in the Roaring Twenties and its consequence, the Great Depression. However, this, in turn, brought us to the Greatest Generation which turned our economy around and won World War II. So, all may not be truly lost. The legacy of this current bunch of misguided misfits might well be a reawakening of moral rationality and patriotic energy in those who then follow our current Lost Generation.
I certainly pray so.
"This group ushered in the Roaring Twenties and its consequence, the Great Depression. However, this, in turn, brought us to World War II which turned our economy around and enabled the GI generation whose solidarity in the war effort and lack of damaged properties to rebuild led to their preferring to self-reference as the "greatest" . Subsequent generations became just progeny of the greatest, and then as the wars became less clear and succinct and less demanding on citizen sacrifice, the generations were referred to as x, y, z and now just that came of age at the turn of the century. War is peace. Yawn. Maybe if you offer a superlative to them, say the Worst Generation, they'll have something to rally around.
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