Guardian Article Nails Down World View of U.S.

[Vick]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

This generation saddens me.

As the WW II generation dies off, it's quite sad to look at the differences in the constitutions of members of that generation and what is coming of age now.

That's so right

I was raised by my grandparents who grew up in the great depression
A certain self reliance and work ethic was passed on from them among other things

I have concerns about the current youth generation who fortunately have never experienced sincere economic challenges (I entered the job market during the recession of the 70's with prime interest rates in the high teens, spiraling inflation and double digit unemployment) or faced country or worldwide adversity

It is the hope they would be able to rise to any challenges, in reality I'm not certain

We did well and wanted to share that with our children, to protect our children from the challenges we faced
But what did we get in return?

I hope we really never have to find out