Reply #78: I think my generation (I am 27)

[nam78_two]

certainly fits the criterion right now...very libertarian, self-centred and uncaring...

Most "liberals" I know even only seem to care about issues like drug legalization , iow only about stuff that directly affects their lives.

Now if you are working two jobs at minimum wage and have no spare time, I can see why you are too tired at the end of the day to care about anything, or if you are ill, have family problems etc.

But my peers, mostly young healthy people with money and spare time...their idea for the most part of being "liberal" is saying "Bush sucks" and party chatter about politics but thats about it.
Mostly they just seem to care about pop culture, movies , video games, dating etc.:shrug:.


Ok I exaggerate a bit maybe, but there is a lot of truth there- I often feel let down by my generation...I have no idea what previous generations where like when they were my age, but I certainly see a lot more people in the over 50 age-range at activist events.
It frightens me....what happens when they go away? Will there be no activists left? I don't buy the, "older people have more time on their hands" bs. IMO people in my age-group have lots more free time than someone with kids for example.

(Of course I should mention I am in grad school-maybe those of us that are eternally in school mature more slowly ;). But, I did used to think that students are the agents of change in any generation...not this one though or at least not my school, which is full of rich, spoiled brats.)