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12. I am seeing increasing evidence of a lack of a moral literacy in this generation.

I am not alluding to a degenerative moral outbreak but just an increasing trend of things like this one where everyone of our age would shake our heads while a lot of people their age laugh and think its wicked.

Some recent examples

1) Yesterday I went into Staples where I was returning a printer I had on extended warranty. I told the tech guy that I never guy them but I take this printer with me so I figured it needed extra protection. He said that he bought it for his top end lap top and his high end phone. After a year he 'drops them' and makes the claim and gets another new high end lap top, and pays for another year of protection. In most cases he doesn't even have to show the damaged product and simply picks up a free computer (which it was obvious from his smirk, he could sell). It was an amazing admission to someone he just met.

2) I was talking to an AA young relative of mine who was watching Ridiculousness. I told him I thought that I found it odd because it was not only cruel but also quite unabashedly racist. He said it was racist but also funny.

3) The almost universal detachment in the electoral process. Sure there are exceptions, just like there are young folks starting non profits helping kids in Africa. The fact is if they were as engaged as we are the House of Representatives would have a 20 seat Democratic advantage. We would be arguing about single payer and not a website. Manny's justified rant about being fed up does what our generation always does, makes us more accountable than those that followed. Look at the age spread on DU. 80% of the folks are either retired or within a dozen years of retirement.

Kind of off topic but I see this kind of thing, kind of a moral and political illiteracy that just leaves me shaking my head. I am willing to bet that this girl is a good person who still cannot understand what the hell we are upset about.