Turning generations against each other was the trick Mao used to ensure his hold on power.... He turned the young on the old.

Gen Y people: You owe it to yourselves to research Mao's Cultural Revolution... and what happened... as well as to listen to those who were young then and fell for it and what some of them have to say now that they are old.

The future looks grim for Gen. Y.

They are not up to the task.

The Greatest Generation (WW2 vets) were the Real Deal, comparatively.
Got things done.

The Boomers as a whole had some high ideals and were instrumental in getting the U.S. out of Vietnam... yet turned tail come Kent State and too many got in step with The Man, to many becoming The Man. Lived in denial as things went downhill.

Gen. X. a step yet further down, humming along with so-called, "globalization," defending it, identifying with it. Believing that the thoughts they think are their own.

Gen Y., presently bottom of the barrel. So deprived... and depraved... in so many ways. No brains. No guts. No work ethic. No respect for others so they garner none for themselves. Forces have conspired to make them that way, and that's what they are.
They've been so dummied down, so programmed for violence to fuel the, "volunteer," armed forces. To be callous. To be steps removed in terms of civility.
They've really been engineered to have so much less, in so many respects.

And those who were older allowed themselves to be hypnotized, gutless wonders and LET this happen to them by not Standing Up.

Zero Long Term Vision. On All Counts.

So all are complicit, all generations, in what is Today.

Now, Gen. Z.... Can you imagine that one?

There are exceptions to all of the above... but exceptions they are.

ALL of the above, as a whole, did not Wake Up. Sleep Walked and Sleep Walking.

So here's the Bottom Line. What I've said above, True Generalities.

BUT.... Individuals, of all generations, Do Not Have To Fall for the divide and conquer crap.
Can make a decision to Stand.
Can help each other out by sharing strengths.

A lot of remedial work needs to be done, and a lot of teaching Gen. Y from those who are older and know better and give a damn. They need all the help and hope they can be given.