Watching Paul Ryan maneuver his way into the current Speaker of the House position I am reminded how callow the younger generation really is. Representative Ryan is using the typical strategies of his generation -- he is demanding that everyone be in favor of his leadership, and promise to vote together and not splinter into sub-groups. While that might be "ideal" for apparent efficiency -- it is neither democratic *(small "d") nor fair. The Speaker is supposed to find support and build coalitions -- using compromise, "bridge" programming, and thinking that reflects growth and change. But the Millennials don't quite think that way. (I'll get back to this idea.)
There are problems in the world as there are in Congress: stupid racism, moronic conspiracy theories, and just plain shallow thinking --- all of these factors have impeded growth, problem-solving, and consensus building working towards the future. Millennials try to obviate current problems the same way --- pretend that problems like racism, or bigotry, or selfishness "do not exist" for our generation -- and so, all we have to do to reshape history is to do "nothing! If I don't vote; then I'm not a part of that mess! If I don't participate in government, or school policy, or even simple charity --- those problems will simply "right themselves" --- someone else or something else will just take care of them.
This attitude is somewhere between a "lazy blind sheep" and an ostrich with head firmly buried in the ground. The result of such bold innovative slackness? Come back in twenty years and we will see!
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