The Plight of the Generation

The generation of those growing up in the 2000’s looks to have more problems than most other generations. This generation has become a lot of things that makes it look inferior to others. No other generation has faced some of the problems this generations faces. No other generation has been through the same things. No other generation has the same kind of advantages nor the same disadvantages.

One of the main problems with this generation is that of complacency. No one wants to fight for change anymore. Fighting for change is looked upon as a past ideal. People just think it ended in the 70’s. What ever happened to good old fashioned picketing? Somehow it died and turned into a, “’protest’ on Facebook by changing your profile picture” mentality. Everyone feels like something is wrong, but won’t get out there and change it. Like the artists Flobots say in their song “Gonna be Free,” “Get outa your chairs and get into the streets, if you wanna see this world change.” Even when this generation has the ability to look at other generations’ actions and see the good they did, this generation still doesn’t want to get its hands dirty to make change happen.

The second plight of this generation is the misuse of the social media giant Facebook. This network was made to connect people from across the world to one another, but this generation has made it into something completely different. It has become a bulletin board of hate and jealousy. The website gives many great things, but those great things can become perverted. It provides an anonymity so that bullies can hide behind a computer monitor and ridicule people that in the real world they would never have the gall to try to hurt.

The third plight is that of the society in which thi...

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...he future.

Another aspect that makes the future seem like it could be good is the fact that the generation still has time to change. The future is never set is a definitive way. Most likely all of the plights of this generation can deteriorate with age. When this generation lives longer and has more experiences there is a chance that all of the feelings will change.

Many plights face the generation of those who grew up in the 2000’s. The plights are as follows: complacency, the misuse of social media, the society the generation is growing up in, the disconnect with love, the lack of charity, and the inability to communicate person to person. If this generation keeps on this track there will be a bleak future of despair, but there is still hope. There is still time for this generation to change and become a generation that everyone involved in it will be proud of.