Sociological Prophesitude
reference: Anomie
If you're wondering, here's what's up in America, right now and in the future.
Brief history: Gen-Xers where on the front end of the anomie wave in the early 90s, reacting to the tech bubble (both economic and social change) and turned to yuppyistic materialism and crap they liked as kids in the 80s for comfort. Next came my generation, banally yet appropriately label Generation Y (for Why do we even bother?) which is aquainted with the idea of not suffering anomie, ennui, weltschmertz and alot of other funky disorders for which no English word exists, but only if we hang out with the older crowd.
So right now, in the post-War on Drugs, post-Columbine, post-9/11, post-War on Terror authoritarian fear-orgy and downturning economic environment of America today, we have what I like to call the Hopeless Generation.
It is my belief that if things continue in anything like the present manner, in ten to twenty years the American youth will be composed primarily of dissatisfied, disenfranchised, self-destructive, self-centered, nonproductive, unhealthy and maladjusted misfits. Most of them will find it easiest to just fit into the sytem, so things will deteriorate pretty slowly at first, but as the baby-boomers retire and authority is handed down, the shit will be propelled rapidly fanward and we should hope to have found adequate cover in time.
This bleak vision of America's future was brought to you by the color green.
If you're wondering, here's what's up in America, right now and in the future.
Brief history: Gen-Xers where on the front end of the anomie wave in the early 90s, reacting to the tech bubble (both economic and social change) and turned to yuppyistic materialism and crap they liked as kids in the 80s for comfort. Next came my generation, banally yet appropriately label Generation Y (for Why do we even bother?) which is aquainted with the idea of not suffering anomie, ennui, weltschmertz and alot of other funky disorders for which no English word exists, but only if we hang out with the older crowd.
So right now, in the post-War on Drugs, post-Columbine, post-9/11, post-War on Terror authoritarian fear-orgy and downturning economic environment of America today, we have what I like to call the Hopeless Generation.
It is my belief that if things continue in anything like the present manner, in ten to twenty years the American youth will be composed primarily of dissatisfied, disenfranchised, self-destructive, self-centered, nonproductive, unhealthy and maladjusted misfits. Most of them will find it easiest to just fit into the sytem, so things will deteriorate pretty slowly at first, but as the baby-boomers retire and authority is handed down, the shit will be propelled rapidly fanward and we should hope to have found adequate cover in time.
This bleak vision of America's future was brought to you by the color green.
posted by the autophobe at 3:06 PM
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