WE Are the Future

TODAY'S YOUNG PEOPLE WILL SAVE THE WORLD!!! This is essentially the message of Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber's love letter to the Millennial Generation, Generation We. In this almost outrageously optimistic outlook on today's young people, Greenberg and Weber predict that the Millennials (the generation born between 1982 and 2003) will create lasting global peace, save the planet from imminent environmental doom, and balance the budget by raising corporate taxes and cutting defense spending (easily due to global peace). Sound like a tall order? Well, it should be no problem for today's amazing youth. Interestingly, the "Millennial Agenda" as defined by Greenberg and Weber bears an uncanny resemblance to the far left agenda in the United States. Maybe that is a coincidence.

It is a given that youth, especially today's youth, lean heavily to the left politically. This is nothing new. While the authors of Generation We try to explain why today's teens are different, their arguments fall short. Yes, youth are liberal. Their overwhelming support for President Obama proves this to be true. But will this political orientation stay with them as they age? And futhermore, does a liberal nation really equate with the sort of utopia Greenberg and Weber predict? Maybe, but they need to do a little bit more work to prove this.