Millennial Generation not so 'green'

On March 15, the Corvallis Gazette-Times published Study: Young people not so 'green' after all based primarily on the research of Jean Twenge, who was "shocked" that the Millennial generation trusted others less, showed less interest in government, social problems and concern over the environment than their preceding generations, baby boomers and Gen Xers. ✧ In the comments section of the Salt Lake Tribune (online) Liberated Jim responded to the study's findings:

This is actually good news. Those boomers who were out to change the world that didn't need changing, out to save a world that didn't need saving, and all the other CRAP that came from the 60's are now seeing their stupid ideas falling short. I love the line, "I was shocked!, We have the perception we are getting through to these people." I would say that they are getting through to these people and their message is being ignored as a stupid, over-bearing hand-wringing message of doom and gloom. Perhaps the new generations will find better, more positive and constructive methods of solving the problems their elders foisted upon them. [Emphasis added]

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Political ideology of the young

The CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS brags: Of all the storylines emerging from the historic 2008 elections perhaps none has more impact on the future of our country than the rise of the Millennial Generation. These young 18- to 29-year-old Americans born between 1978 and 2000 represent the largest and most diverse generation in American history. Last year, their record turnout and overwhelming support for Barack Obama—as well as Democrats up and down the ballot— delivered a decisive victory and signaled a turning point in our country’s political history. Read the rest...

Q: Could public education have anything to do with this result? --bc

"All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind are convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth." --Aristotle (Hat tip: Holly Swanson, author of Set Up & Sold Out)

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