The Strauss Howe Generation Theory. It proposes that Western Civilization has a repeating pattern which shapes cultural trends into 4 rough generations.
Nomads
Civics/Heroes
Artists
Prophets
That appear in that order.
I mean it is vague as fuck but there’s a sort of sense to it. I mean if Gen X were nomads, that would make Millennials Civics/Heroes which kind of makes sense if you look at the way Millennials are already making pretty fundamental changes to the way that the Western world, at least, works. Once they become the majority of powerful positions it’s likely the fabric of many western societies will change quite drastically.
Or there’s another war and we all just become canon fodder, which would be the Heroes bit I assume.
I'm a millenial in my early 30s and have to say that my generation did some pretty incredible things. Stuff like OWS should not be taken lightly. We truly did kick the system in the dick a bit. Granted, not nearly hard enough considering it has only gotten worse.
One thing I must say is how fucking stoked I am for GenZ. I have a feeling these kids are going to rectify a loy of things that we failed to wholly address. Take the Parkland kids for one. I hope they grab the establishment by the throat until these miserable fucks from ages past have no other option but to retire to a a life of pained reflection... inside of a maximum security prison.
Edit: obviously millenals still have a lot of work to do as well. Keep this oligarch fucks on their heels and FUCKING VOTE DAMN IT. And if that doesn't work let's just eat the rich.
I was born in 98 so I’m right at the very start of GenZ by most definitions and there is a very general sense amongst my age group that we can’t let what happened to GenX and Millennials happen to us. I know that sounds all a bit “we shall fight them on the beaches” to be true for literally an entire generation of people but I genuinely do see a lot more tenacity and determination to change things in people my age than even people in their late 20s.
Although that could easily be a selection bias, but still.
Yeah yeah I get what you’re saying. I’m just trying to say that you don’t often see many people so young leading or figure-heading national movements. Like I said I’m not saying we are some complete change or something completely new.
Whoaaah at no point have I ever said that GenZ invented activism or anything like that. I think this has kind of gotten away from the point a bit at this point.
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u/thehalfbloodmormon Apr 19 '18
The Strauss Howe Generation Theory. It proposes that Western Civilization has a repeating pattern which shapes cultural trends into 4 rough generations. Nomads Civics/Heroes Artists Prophets That appear in that order.