The Millennial Manifesto

<![CDATA[An amazing 8,000-word essay entitled The Lost Generation surfaced Monday in Compact Magazine by Jacob Savage, and is one of the most illuminating pieces I've read in years. I'm 59-years-old. I'm at the very front edge of the Gen X'ers, but I identify as a Baby Boomer. I missed the cut-off by about two years. I fully recognize that every generation, by the time they get to my advanced years, begins telling stories about how the generation following them just aren't the same as they were when they were growing up. With Millennials, I've discovered that this generational axiom has the added benefit of being true. Millennials have become the punchline of a lot of jokes. The rap on these current 28-44-year-olds are that they're lazier than the generation before them, not too motivated to make their own way in the world, very self-centered, and generally gloomy about what the future holds for them. My son is 35-years-old, right in the heart of this cohort of Americans, and just provided me with a year's worth of stand-up material with his pre-Thanksgiving trip to see me alone.After reading this Savage article, complete with tons of stats and anecdotes accumulated from tons of first-person interviews, I now understand why Millennials in general are the way they are. And there is a ton of opportunity for J.D. Vance in 2028, assuming he's the Republican nominee after Secretary of State Marco Rubio all but cleared the field. The article is about the incredible damage DEI policies have had on the employment prospects, and the resulting psychological impact, on Millennial white males trying to make their mark writing in the world of media. It's obviously a niche industry, but it's a microcosm of the ongoing devastation of DEI policies that took root during the Obama presidency and crescendoed after the death of George Floyd in 2020. Savage, a fledgling writer trying to break through writing television pilots and pitching them to studios to turn into series, tells this story. ]]>