If you’re not familiar with Michael Smith he’s a recent transplant to Tennessee, which tells you his political leanings, who writes an excellent Substack, Unlicensed Punditry.
One of his recent articles, Message to the Younglings, speaks truth to youth power.
Stop whining. It’s not a good look. And for God’s sake, don’t do it on TikTok. Have your cussing, slobbering, crying fit in private, if you must cuss, slobber and cry. It doesn’t make you look special; it makes you look unemployable, pathetic (and maybe a little unstable). America’s true uniqueness rests in our ability to overcome obstacles, so buckle up your chinstraps and get on with it.
So, stop bitching at Boomers. They had mortgages at 14%, car loans at 9%, an unemployment rate of over 7%, an OPEC oil embargo, gas shortages, inflation that peaked at 14% in 1980, three over the air TV stations (four if they were lucky), Internet speed (if you could get it) was measured in bits per second rather than megabits or gigabits. If you could get a mobile phone, it cost $5000, weighed about a thousand pounds and had the battery life slightly less than a mosquito. We suffered through a feckless government incompetent enough to botch the economy, energy policy, race relations, and a rescue of hostages taken by Iranian radicals, all at the same time.
He failed to mention the Vietnam Was which marked the last time before Trump that the country was torn apart. Nor did he point out that it was a war not exclusively fought by an Army of volunteers but by young men drafted against their will and sent to die in a jungle for unclear reasons - that was a true an existential crisis.
So I’ll concede life is not uncomplicated for Millennials and Gen-Zeers, but when was it ever? Trust me kiddos, Communism is not the answer. Do yourself and your children a favor, become educated and informed as to why that is true.
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