STOCK MARKET WATCH - Friday, 17 February 2012

[Demeter]

70. We have had several generations "disappeared"

The first was the Vietnam generation. The war dead, the wounded, the PSTD, the addicts, the lost and homeless. The "lucky" lost landed in Canada or other foreign lands and stayed there.

The second was the Drug generation. It started as an adjunct of the Vietnam War, or a parallel development. but now it's into its 3 or 4th generation, all by itself. And despite the hysteria on both sides of the issue, having people in alternate realities of their own choosing is not a benefit to them or the nation. This generated

the Jailed Generation, now in its second or maybe third generation.

Now we have

The Uneducated Generation. Partially due to religious meddling, partly due to budget cuts, partly due to misguided punitive measures against teacher unions, and

The Unemployed Generation.

I'm sure there are other, smaller sheddings of population. Thank goddess that at least the Death by Illegal Abortion Generation has shrunk.


Edit: I forgot to mention the Poverty Generation, which LBJ was making such progress at elevating...I am guilty of class bias, seeing as too much of the above were aspiring, working or middle class populations. But the poor we will always have with us, under these circumstances...

and our current Veteran Generation, suffering all the afflictions of previous Veteran Generations, and none of the benefits, not even a parade....