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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My take as an "old" Gen-Xer is that the millennial generation is much like the ones before.  They believe that they have things harder than the generations before and that being smart and having a laudable degree is enough to get ahead in the world.

The main difference I see is that there are far more millennials percentage-wise than previous generations that don't understand the zero-sum game that there are only limited opportunities for the young and entry-level and that just being smart and well-credentialed is not enough.  And just because you are smart and well-credentialed does not mean that you get to leap-frog other people with more experience than you and get the positions that you think you think you deserve. [b] There are many more in this generation that are well-credentialed than in past generations, in part, because so many more are going to college and going to prestigious colleges.  [/b]A substantially greater number of millennials believe that they deserve to be able to get the good jobs and don't have to work hard and pay their dues to get ahead.  They also think that after a year on the job, they deserve to be promoted or get a big raise for doing what other people are doing.    While there are still a lot of millennials that break the mold and work-hard, take lower level jobs and work their way up, there are far fewer of them percentage-wise of their generation than in previous generations.  There are far more who don't think they have to take a lower paying job, do the grunt work, work the holidays or extra hours to pay their dues.  The ones that behave more like earlier generations, take the second-tier school for lower loans, take the lower paying job to get a foot in the door, work hard to show they deserve the opportunity, do the work that no one else wants to show their commitment and do their work well to prove their diligence, are the ones who will get ahead.  [b]The growing number who think that their expensive degree and just being smart should be an automatic ticket to the fast track are the ones who I find themselves doing what OP complains about.[/b]  [/quote]

IMO this is a huge part of the problem. In the old days, colleges and universities weren't for everyone and weren't supposed to be for everyone. Now, some people are going to college who shouldn't be, and those are the people in student debt. The kind of people who are of college-going intellect of previous days are the ones who get scholarships today. Everyone else should realize that instead of digging themselves in a financial hole, they should get trade jobs instead. And no, this doesn't solidify an oppressive class structure - one can work hard in a trade and then get into management and then own a business. A much better trajectory than paper-pusher in an office with a huge student debt.

As for Montgomery County - one of those two socialists is in my district. Vaugh Stewart's social housing bill is dead on arrival, and I think the people who support it the most probably don't even know what it means. It just sounds cool. 
But yeas I agree with OP that there are a disturbing number of loud socialists in Montgomery County.[/quote]

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