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RE: Millennials and the Tale of Anti-Capitalism
Interesting take. I agree mostly, and think the main drive of "millenials" (I hate that term) is DECENTRALIZATION, not socialism. They want to buy what they want when they want it from whoever they wish to support. They don't want corporations OR the government to tell them how to live their lives.
I will say that anyone leaning toward socialism needs a history lesson though. It was less than 100 years ago that socialist idealism led to more deaths than just about anything in the history of humanity. That's a fact.
Just a reminder, decentralization is NOT socialism, communism, or anything of the sort.
I was about to say that and when I scrolled down someone already said it. Well said! I am a "millennial" myself.
Millenials remind me a whole lot of the "Greatest Generation." When WWII broke out the recruitment stations were shocked at how clueless these young men were as it came to book smarts and low quality of education so many of them displayed. But they answered the call during the war, and after the war exploding the economy like the country had never seen over the next decades, especially during the late 40's, 1950's, and 1960's. The millenial entrepreneurial spirit is really intriguing. The thing that I hear very little talked about is millennial exposure to politics throughout their life. They have basically experienced political chaos and gridlock their entire lives, so they are less likely to become married to one of the two major parties, which someday within the next 10-20 years will be the relief the governed may experience. Long story short the future for platforms like this is very bright.
At the same time, I get the impression that millenials are the ones who think what they're told to think and buy what they think they want. I guess I just get the impression that there are very few original thoughts out there today, except those which belong to the people who influence them.
Well said!
I wanna comment but I couldn't have said it any better haha :)