Not all wars are fought with conventional weapons.





I don't hate Millennials, but as a group I find them kind of hard to relate to.

I've read that Gen X was "the least parented generation" and that fits so far as I can tell. Growing up I don't recall children being the main focus of daily life. We weren't catered to.

- at mealtime there was one meal on offer and if you didn't like it that was too damn bad
- adults watched what they wanted on TV and listened to what they wanted on the radio; you could like it or lump it...kids got Sesame Street and Saturday morning cartoons
- if your parents were annoyed with you they would tell you to get out; as in go outside kid and entertain yourself
- if you lost at sports you just lost; no participation trophy
- walking to and from school was normal, but you might get a ride if the weather was bad
- by age 11 or 12 you were considered old enough to babysit/take care of younger children
- at 16 you were learning to drive and getting a job

A lot of kids parents got divorced and/or mom went to work and kids were expected to fend for themselves [latchkey kids].

Millennials as a group seem softer and less resilient.

I know it's relative, but the Boomers were the ones who went out burning draft cards because they didn't want to go to war like previous generations. The Boomers actually took time out of their lives to go to airports and spit on returning vets because they were butthurt. Look up the 1968 Democratic convention and see what the Boomers were up to.

I think the reason Millennials chit on them is because they see themselves in the Boomer generation. The boomers had everything handed to them, and they were still discontent. Millennials want to fight for some social justice, but they don't have a unifying cause and they don't have the drive to stick with it like the boomers did. And also, they see what the Boomers have become in their later years and it disturbs them. Instead of changing the world and making it a better place like they promised as young adults, the Boomers destroyed it and made this world a worse place when they grew up and took power. Just think Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump were all Boomer presidents. The anti war generation let terrorism fester and dragged this country through endless war. They turned our economy into a casino and bankrupted society. While they have reason to hate the Boomers for that, I'm sure subconsciously, Millennials look at Boomers as their future...that when they take power, they're going to end up making the world an even worse place like the boomers did.

they have no desire to work hard unless they do it in there terms.