Is the young generation lazy?

They go from job to job. Get fired, don't care. Live with their parents etc. They seem to have no drive. Am I wrong?

 

Modern times, huh. I think it would be easier if we could find nice politicians of morals to do a better job.

 

there infected with the globalist mindset of you cant fail, if your being backed up by the government NWO

 

No, you're just sterotyping. We work hard, just in our own way that's different from previous generations. College is expensive, scholarships are what's going to pay for college. So we study hard to make sure we get the grades for them. There's not much time left for jobs. We strive hard in school because we know it's the only way to get a better future for ourselves. It's us taking the first steps into a better future.

As for why it seems we have no drive, take a look at the world around us. A failed two party system, government can't do anything, a jobless recovery, hope and change and our childhood were spent watching good men fail at their jobs. It's hard for us to get motivated about the world, when whenever we turn on the TV, we see so much hatred towards it.

 

From what I've seen they are lazy, feel entitled, and utterly clueless as to how the real world works. They seem to think the world owes them and that they only have to do the barest minimum while expecting unrealistic standards in return...

 

It's definitely a more complex world for young adults today, than when I was a young adult. I wouldn't want to do it all over again, especially in the current environment where the level of competition has also escalated. But on the other hand, I also see a difference in the way young adults today, take less responsibility for themselves, seem more often have excuses for failing to succeed, and also seem to have a higher sense of entitlement.

 

If only it were like in the olden days where you could drop out of school and get a full time good paying job enough to raise a family! Is it our fault we were born during the globalization era? Where jobs are outsourced? Internships hardly lead to a job? Corps won't train or hire new people? And will hire part timers so they don't have to give us benefits. We're expected to work multiple jobs on minimum wage so that old people like you can say we have good work ethic despite having nothing to show for it.

 

Define the demographic you describe as 'the young generation'. Are we talking about kids at high school (13-18 ), university students (18-22), young working adults (22-29), who? I have my own ideas on this subject, but I need to know to which demographic you are referring before I can comment.

 

While I agree stereotyping any one generation is illogical most every generation has grown up with greater strife than what we are currently experiencing. According to the MSM everything is going great. Conservatives might not be happy with the direction of the country but how many of your peers could be considered cons?
We have progressive youth and progressive government. The kids got exactly what they've asked for.
Bottom line, excuses don't cut it in the real world.

 

It's never been easy for anyone, but the mindset I've seen reduces those chances from the younger people I've come in contact with. As to others, I can't say. There are a myriad of options to get ahead, I see too few that even try such things and desire some 'easy' way out... Things are tough now, but globalization is only a hurdle, but the younger generation doesn't seem to possess many hurdlers, just joggers...

 

All 25 million of eh.

Are you wrong, absolutely.

 

Or we see that the game is rigged and decide not to play.

 

for many that is true, the cost of living has made it hard to get ahead, and employers often are not looking for lifetime employees anymore

I too am glad I am not starting out in this day and age

 

Hahaha! College has been dumbed down so folks can pass. My wife is an A student at a major college and laughs at how dumb and lazy the young students are.

 

To the old dying off dinosaur generation, the young generation is always lazy. Old folks have been saying that since the dawn of man.

 

I have to agree with you. I am glad I am not starting out now. If society degrades as much over the next few decades as bad as it has in the past few then tough times are definitely ahead. I just look at young folks today and feel pity at how screwed they are.

 

Something else the older generation has said since the dawn of man.

 

if we do not address foreign outsourcing, foreign imports and the wealth inequality in this country, it will only get worse I fear

 

It's not that it's going great for liberals, it's the idea that the government is there for them and that it can work isn't there. We read in history textbooks how the government solved the worst financial crisis in modern history, but now it struggles to put one foot in front of the other. We listen to everyone around us, we spot the problems adults can't find and then when they don't do anything about it, we get disheartened. If the adults in power can't do anything about it, what hope do we have? Not everyone is like this, but when only 60% of the population voted in 2008, despite all the efforts to get people to vote, that says something to us. It says that the government isn't there, and that everything is getting any better.

 

Yeah that is why obesity has become more of a problem:

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm

Of course I am sure you will claim the CDC just made those numbers up.

- - - Updated - - -

I was with ya until the "wealth inequality" jazz. I would rather see more opportunity afforded to everyone.

 

heavily processed food... empty calories has contributed to this...

 

Well someone who has had more experience in life is going to be able to translate that into higher grades. It's a matter of experience here.

 

agreed, but they are one and the same, 10% have 90% of the wealth, and if we do not address foreign outsourcing and foreign imports, that will never change, in fact it will only get worse...

it's a hard problem to solve

when we started doing foreign outsourcing and foreign imports it made products cheaper to make and buy, but as time went on, employers and consumers got greedy and now getting our hands out of that Pandora's box will be painful for both consumers and employers

I grew up in a small town, cheered the Walmart coming to our town... but saw the effects of that change... then came the Amazon.com's.... have to admit a weakness for that one too, but all this money is not staying local anymore, is not creating local jobs that pay good money, it's very efficient, but can we be so efficient we ruin the economy.. I think we can

I am not sure how the economy is going to adapt to this change in the long term....

.

 

The larger the government the larger the disconnect. Nothing new there.

 

corps are the new government... many mini governments controlling the puppet government