Reply #60: Failure to Communicate [View All]

[mourningafter78]

I'm 26 years old and one of the problems I've seen in the last
15 years is failure to communicate what is happening to our
children(I'm a father of a 5 year old)The 90's rebelion
unfortunetly was an "I don't give a shit" attitude. 
This carried over and people in my generation don't belive in
anything, or at the very least stand up for what they believe.
 We may get a flood of info from bands such as Green Day,
Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine and Corporate Avenger,
but most feel disconnected from what is going on.  The best
way to reach them is to go up to them and explane/show them
whats going on and how it affects them.  A good example of
this is a job I used to work at.  One of my co-workers was 18
and didn't really care what was going on.  I figured it was
time to give him a brief education, so I brought in a copy of
that draft bill that's sitting in congress. I think its HR 168
or something like that, the one that has mandatory services
for everyone ages 18-25.  I showed him a copy of that and he
freaked out.  He realized that this DOES affect him.

What all this means is this.  Instead of complaining about how
no one is marching or taking an active role why don't you go
out to them and make them feel like their a part of something
and they need to take an active role.  The sad part is the
Repukes did that in the early 90's and it worked for them. 
The older generation may not be able to do the marches
themselves, but the can show this generation what to do.  Take
it upon yourselves to show them, every movement needs a leader
to step up and show the way.