NYT Op-Ed: "The Generation Gap Is Back" [View all]

[daaron]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/opinion/sunday/the-generation-gap-is-back.html?_r=1&hp

“They don’t think the Republican Party thinks like them,” much as older voters feel alienated by what they see as today’s immigrant-embracing, gay-friendly, activist-government Democratic Party, Mr. Dowd said last week. “I don’t expect these younger voters to wake up all of a sudden when they’re 38 years old and say, ‘I was for gay marriage before, but now I’m against it.’ ”
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What seems clear is that the marketing gurus are finally right: today’s young really are different. They view a boisterously diverse United States as a fact of life, and they view life as clearly better than it used to be. But they are also products of the longest economic slump in 70 years, and they would like a little help. They wish the country would devote more attention to its future, especially on education and the climate. They, of course, will have to live with that future.

ETA: I love the 'most popular' comment below, too (not!) Typical Boomerism to say, in a nutshell, "What about MEEEEEEEE???!?!?!" Here's an excerpt:

Today's youth in my view posses no where near the depth of intelligence, clarity and vision of the youth of the 60s and 70s.

'Nuff said.