Cultural marxism at work

My children are Millennials, as are their friends. All are educated, articulate, gainfully employed, a credit to their communities, diligently paying off any debts incurred while at university. I respectfully insist, these are the true representatives of their generation. Currently, I, much older that millennials, also gainfully employed, have teal streaks in my auburn hair, a nose stud, and a hidden tattoo on my

derrière. I love black nail polish. I wear leather pants and high heeled above the knee boots. Often I wear Pakistani embroidered suits to to work. It signifies nothing other than my individuality. I have never met any millennials who blamed men, white, old or otherwise, for their station in life. Actually, although they decry corruption, as do I, they much prefer capitalism to communism. In any generation, there are disaffected people. I doubt very much that Canadian millennials are very different than their American counterparts.
 
Shalimar said:
My children are Millennials, as are their friends. All are educated, articulate, gainfully employed, a credit to their communities, diligently paying off any debts incurred while at university. I respectfully insist, these are the true representatives of their generation. Currently, I, much older that millennials, also gainfully employed, have teal streaks in my auburn hair, a nose stud, and a hidden tattoo on my

derrière. I love black nail polish. I wear leather pants and high heeled above the knee boots. Often I wear Pakistani embroidered suits to to work. It signifies nothing other than my individuality. I have never met any millennials who blamed men, white, old or otherwise, for their station in life. Actually, although they decry corruption, as do I, they much prefer capitalism to communism. In any generation, there are disaffected people. I doubt very much that Canadian millennials are very different than their American counterparts.
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Just because you have not personally met such people does not mean they do not exist in great numbers. Where I come from these are the same people who demonstrate violently in the streets . They smash store windows, break into cars, set fire to police cruisers, throw rocks and other heavy objects at the police.

I don't know anything about you or your children , so I can not comment. But, In America people who look like that are , in my opinion are little better than walking graffiti, and are my mortal enemies.
 

Traveler said:
Just because you have not personally met such people does not mean they do not exist. Where I come from these are the same people who demonstrate violently in the streets . They smash store windows, break into cars, set fire to police cruisers, throw rocks and other heavy objects at the police.

I don't know anything about you or your children , so I can not comment. But, In America people who look like that are , in my opinion are little better than walking graffiti, and are my mortal enemies.
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I'd be movin' from that neighborhood
 
Butterfly said:
I think those pictured are the extremes, and not at all like most millennials I know.
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Extreme ? Yes, definitely. They can be likened to the brown-shirt thugs of 1930's Germany. Different ideology, but they serve the same purpose. They are the "shock troops" of extremism.
 
Traveler said:
Extreme ? Yes, definitely. They can be likened to the brown-shirt thugs of 1930's Germany. Different ideology, but they serve the same purpose. They are the "shock troops" of extremism.
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I thought some of the white nationalists fit that bill quite well. I recall the girl run over and killed by such a person. She was a millennial peacefully protesting. No one group holds the mandate on extremism. Almost half my family are Jewish, they vehemently disagree with your characterisation of millennials as modern day brownshirts. The oldest lived, (and many died) in that hell, and it’s aftermath.
 
Shalimar said:
I thought some of the white nationalists fit that bill quite well. I recall the girl run over and killed by such a person. She was a millennial peacefully protesting.
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Yes, quite true. I believe I recall that event. As to whether she was protesting "peacefully" is anybody's guess.
 
Shalimar said:
I thought some of the white nationalists fit that bill quite well. I recall the girl run over and killed by such a person. She was a millennial peacefully protesting. No one group holds the mandate on extremism. Almost half my family are Jewish, they vehemently disagree with your characterisation of millennials as modern day brownshirts. The oldest lived, (and many died) in that hell, and it’s aftermath.
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I am so sorry to hear that part of your family went though the hell of Nazi Germany.

I believe that we all must learn a lesson from history. Extremists, of what ever stripe, are exceedingly dangerous whether they be extreme right or extreme left.
 
I don't think it's been called "social studies" for quite a few decades now.

Neither of my sons look like that and they're both Millennials. They both enjoy capitalism and don't blame me, their old white-man father, for anything.
 
I think the generation of millenials is terrific. From what I've observed, with my grandkids and other young people I encounter, their values are much more decent and solid than any other generation I have observed. They are fearless in facing the future (which, let's face it, is pretty diminished right now for them), they don't whine or demand things, they are humorous and in general, good, kind people. The worst thing I can say about them is that they spend too much time looking at their phones.

Blame old white men? You've got to be kidding. I never hear them "blame" anybody. They are having a great time getting on with their lives.
 
I had to look up millennials. I'm guessing that all of my grandchildren fit within this definition.

Millennials (also known as Generation Y) are the generational demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years. Millennials are sometimes referred to as "echo boomers" due to a major surge in birth rates in the 1980s and 1990s, and because millennials are often the children of the baby boomers. The 20th-century trend toward smaller families in developed countries continued, however, so the relative impact of the "baby boom echo" was generally less pronounced than the post–World War II baby boom.

Although Millennial characteristics vary by region, depending on social and economic conditions, the generation is generally marked by an increased use and familiarity with communications, media, and digital technologies.[SUP][1][/SUP] In most parts of the world, their upbringing was marked by an increase in a liberal approach to politics and economics; the effects of this environment are disputed.

The Great Recession has had a major impact on this generation because it has caused historically high levels of unemployment among young people, and has led to speculation about possible long-term economic and social damage to this generation.
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None of them look anything like the examples in the OP. They have all availed themselves of available educational opportunities and two are still studying for their masters degrees, one to become an English/Drama teacher and one to work as a music therapist.

This is what the musician looks like. Hardly comparable to the young people in the OP, who appearances aside, may be quite impressive if you actually meet them..

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One is married and saving to buy a house which is very difficult in a city like Sydney.

Another, who is a qualified sound engineer had decided to do a switch and is training himself to be a parliamentary stenographer able to work in the courts or parliament. In his spare time he plays in an amateur orchestra that performs traditional Russian music. He plays a domra and is self taught. He has travelled with them to China, Russia (twice) and New Zealand.

One grandson spent five years studying civil engineering but decided that it was not for him and he now works in a plant nursery and is very happy without all of the pressure.

My eldest grand daughter is intellectually handicapped but is living more or less independently in her own home unit and picks up whatever work she can to augment her pension.

I've seen the friends of my grand children and they seem like a really nice bunch of human beings who treat me very kindly and with respect. If the future depends on these young people, then it is in the best possible hands.

Cultural Marxists? I still don't know what that is. Am I one?
 
In this day and age, you can find or form a collection of photos to make any point that you wish. I've seen group photos of white guys (or maybe "supremacists") looking like crackpots as they posed with various weapons in an almost comical, menacing manner. Does this signify that most gun owners are a group of nuts threatening those around them? I hardly think so. It's the same as the photos that were posted, put together (by somebody) to make a point. Representing present day millennials? I hardly think so after reading of the experiences of most of our posters. It surely doesn't resemble any of our grandkids or the people they've married.
 
Exactly. I tried to post a picture of some of my family's horrible, awful Cultural Marxists, but I guess the picture was too big in size, it didn't get posted. It shows my daughter an son-in-law with their three children, all in their twenties or thirties, at a fund-raiser they support every year. It's a concert to raise money for The Children's Inn at NIH, which provides free lodging for the families of seriously ill children undergoing treatment at the NIH hospital.
The grandkids come each year from every corner of the country, to have a family get-together, and my son's band is always the opener for the event.

Wish I could share the picture with you!
 
P.S. About that opening montage of photos, I'd be curious to know where it came from, and who put it together with what intention. Some of those young people look kind of "dubious," others look perfectly fine. But they are obviously of mixed race and ethnicity. Is that what "Cultural Marxism" means? Looks like whoever created that image is trying to invoke some very outdated racist bogeymen.
 
In spite of what some people have posted, many millennials and very many Generation Xer's, look exactly like the photos posted, and they exist in great numbers. Denying that they exist, and that they are very often extremely violent is ridiculous in the extreme. I recall a recent thread that discussed Portland protesters, many of them millennials, who threw full coke cans at the police and smashed store windows.

Does that mean that EVERY millennial looks and acts like that ? No, of course not. Saying that "my millennial grandson/daughter" does not look like that does not belie the simple fact that very many millennials look exactly like that.

Moreover, a significant percentage of millennials and Generation-Xer's are self-avowed anarchists. Any time there is a meeting of The World Trade Organization, those anarchists are sure to appear in great numbers, causing wide spread vandalism.
 
Sunny said:
P.S. About that opening montage of photos, I'd be curious to know where it came from, and who put it together with what intention. Some of those young people look kind of "dubious," others look perfectly fine. But they are obviously of mixed race and ethnicity. Is that what "Cultural Marxism" means? Looks like whoever created that image is trying to invoke some very outdated racist bogeymen.
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Racist bogeyman ? You've got to be kidding. I had not noticed the "race" of the people posted until you mentioned it, but now that you have brought that up, I took a count of them. Only 10% of that group is of African ancestry. 60% of those people are white and another 30 % are of unknown but possibly white origin. Your contention that the collection of photos is "race based" does not hold water.

As to who put the montage together, I could not say. I found it on the internet while browsing the daily news.
 
Traveler said:
In spite of what some people have posted, many millennials and very many Generation Xer's, look exactly like the photos posted, and they exist in great numbers. Denying that they exist, and that they are very often extremely violent is ridiculous in the extreme. I recall a recent thread that discussed Portland protesters, many of them millennials, who threw full coke cans at the police and smashed store windows.

Does that mean that EVERY millennial looks and acts like that ? No, of course not. Saying that "my millennial grandson/daughter" does not look like that does not belie the simple fact that very many millennials look exactly like that.
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A disaffected few does not equal the whole. To suggest that those of us with a different perception are somehow in denial or ridiculous, is disingenuous. Twenty years ago, I protestested the logging in Haida Gwai, aka Queen Charlotte Islands

. I still recall the sick look on the faces of the RCMP as they arrested the Haida elders, resplendent in their ceremonial button blankets. Their average age, 75. They stood between the protesters, and the angry loggers with their machines. The situation

was ultimately resolved, but feelings ran high. Remember the Vietnam War protests, Kent State? Watts riots? Ferguson?Generalising is fraught with misconceptions. If one is determined to see enemies amongst the young, one will find them. I recall, all too well, the comments made about my generation when I was young. We were all going to Hell in a handbasket, destroy the fabric of society. Somehow, that did not happen.
 
Warrigal said:
I had to look up millennials. I'm guessing that all of my grandchildren fit within this definition.



None of them look anything like the examples in the OP. They have all availed themselves of available educational opportunities and two are still studying for their masters degrees, one to become an English/Drama teacher and one to work as a music therapist.

This is what the musician looks like. Hardly comparable to the young people in the OP, who appearances aside, may be quite impressive if you actually meet them..

2dj2y35.jpg


One is married and saving to buy a house which is very difficult in a city like Sydney.

Another, who is a qualified sound engineer had decided to do a switch and is training himself to be a parliamentary stenographer able to work in the courts or parliament. In his spare time he plays in an amateur orchestra that performs traditional Russian music. He plays a domra and is self taught. He has travelled with them to China, Russia (twice) and New Zealand.

One grandson spent five years studying civil engineering but decided that it was not for him and he now works in a plant nursery and is very happy without all of the pressure.

My eldest grand daughter is intellectually handicapped but is living more or less independently in her own home unit and picks up whatever work she can to augment her pension.

I've seen the friends of my grand children and they seem like a really nice bunch of human beings who treat me very kindly and with respect. If the future depends on these young people, then it is in the best possible hands.

Cultural Marxists? I still don't know what that is. Am I one?
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I suspect most liberal thinking people may be perceived as such. Loll. Pejorative, inaccurate.
 
Shalimar said:
If one is determined to see enemies amongst the young, one will find them. I recall, all too well, the comments made about my generation when I was young. We were all going to Hell in a handbasket, destroy the fabric of society. Somehow, that did not happen.
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Sorry, Shalimar, we must once again, disagree. While some may view what has happened to society in the last 50 years as an advance forward, there are many others, who view things quite differently. I, for one, think society has indeed gone to hell in a handbasket. And that while our culture and society is not yet totally destroyed, it is well on it's way.

I would remind everyone of the words of Will Durant, the 20th century's greatest historian.

" No great civilization is ever destroyed from without, until it has destroyed itself from within".
 
I will close by saying that I am disgusted by what has happened to our culture and I see no possible hope for us. I am damn glad that I am near the end of my life for I am sick of all the culture/gender wars which have transpired in the last 50 years.
 

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