Apathy

I got into a conversation today regarding how my generation is so apathetic. The conversation started about the war in Iraq, how it is so like Vietnam, the person I was having the talk with grew up during that time. I said, the only reason people are not out in the streets protesting and burning flags like they did then is because this generation, my generation, is so apathetic.

Generation X they call us, from my research we are born between 1965 and 1981, though I'd target the middle of that range more closely. Today we are ages 40-25, we are the heart of modern society. These however are the terms that come to mind when I think of my generation:
-apathy
-disinterest
-self-centered
-uninvolved

Back to the war in Iraq, is it that we don't care that our countrymen(and women) are being slaughtered? That innocent children are dying because of our occupation? No, we care, we just don't see how it directly effects our life, therefore we will do nothing about it.
If it is not right in front of our face, blocking the view of the TV or computer, its not relevant.

We are disgusted by society; its excesses and hypocrisy, yet we are avid consumers. We must have the best, the most, the fastest of everything. Screw the environment, we are not having kids anyway. The birthrate in the US has fallen almost 17% since 1990 and more than 44% since 1957, the height of the baby boomer generation.
(my goodness I'm a geek, using statistics in a blog, oh well, I've gone this far, I might as well cite my source. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005067.html)

I think the most motivated I've seen our generation, as a whole was this time last year (2004) as the election neared. We feared Bush and what he stood for, we rallied behind Kerry, but, once again, we failed to be committed enough to follow through, Bush won. The War in Iraq continues. We sit and blog.

nothing to say.

you know you're a geek when...

its 11pm and you are making database forms for fun. :)