Re: "8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back" - very insightful Bruce Levine artic
I'm a "late Boomer", I guess - 1957. Late enough that I won't make the cutoff for the present Medicare plan, if it changes according to the most recent talk. I was raised in a paradigm of: Dad goes to work, (for the same company his whole life), Mom stays home. Women couldn't get credit, etc., in our own names. In my teen years the womens' movement went mainstream, and I was a contributor to the best of my abilities. I wrote letters, etc., for Roe v. Wade, for career rights, etc. Why? Because I wanted Dad's life LOL I got it - PLUS Mom's. I did it all, still do. Do I whine/cry/complain? Not much. It was sink or swim when the paradigm changed. Did I have a lifetime job with a pension? Hell no. 3 months after college graduation, I was out on my own and I swam, sometimes underwater, but I kept kicking. EVERY GENERATION FACES THESE THINGS. So get a life, run with it, pass the baton to the next generation when your time comes, and above all else - hope they WANT and UNDERSTAND the rights you fought for, instead of ignoring them until they go away.
I'm a "late Boomer", I guess - 1957. Late enough that I won't make the cutoff for the present Medicare plan, if it changes according to the most recent talk. I was raised in a paradigm of: Dad goes to work, (for the same company his whole life), Mom stays home. Women couldn't get credit, etc., in our own names. In my teen years the womens' movement went mainstream, and I was a contributor to the best of my abilities. I wrote letters, etc., for Roe v. Wade, for career rights, etc. Why? Because I wanted Dad's life LOL I got it - PLUS Mom's. I did it all, still do. Do I whine/cry/complain? Not much. It was sink or swim when the paradigm changed. Did I have a lifetime job with a pension? Hell no. 3 months after college graduation, I was out on my own and I swam, sometimes underwater, but I kept kicking. EVERY GENERATION FACES THESE THINGS. So get a life, run with it, pass the baton to the next generation when your time comes, and above all else - hope they WANT and UNDERSTAND the rights you fought for, instead of ignoring them until they go away.
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