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Entitlement: The Blame Game

"You see what happens when you hand out participation trophies?"

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Entitlement: The Blame Game
Johnny Silver Cloud

Millennials. The generation that seems to be getting nothing but negative backlash from the media and previous generations. You know, the generations we call Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie, Uncle? The ones who love to continuously state how spoiled, entitled and selfish we all are. And how back when they were our age they would NEVER get away with the things we are doing now. The ones that pin all this blame on young adults—some of whom are barely past their teenage years. Yeah. That generation. And I'm here to say that we're completely fed up with it all.

Let's take a moment to really reflect on this blame game, shall we? Baby Boomers and Gen X, the generations that RAISED US are shaming us. Shaming us for the world we unwilling grew up in. A world THEY controlled and ruined and we are now trying to fix with what little shreds of decency that are left. We never asked for your hand outs—you gave them to us willingly. We never asked to be coddled—you never wanted us to face the reality you created for us. WE NEVER WANTED THE DAMN PARTICIPATION TROPHIES—they were just plastic paper weights we had to keep on the shelves in our rooms until we decided they were useless and finally threw them away. Did you expect us to raise ourselves? Should we have taught ourselves at the age of 8 what we were and weren't entitled to?

YOU did this, Baby Boomers and Gen X. You did it. Not us. And we are all sick of the blame game.

We were raised in a world of chaos, war and financial crisis. A world that was—and continues to be—in shambles. And as young adults we are now starting to open our eyes and see the mess you created for us. And guess what? We're trying to fix it. We have learned from your mistakes and we see the error in your ways, so we are going to fight back. We are going to question your rules and regulations. We are going to stand up for ourselves and demand change. Because the reality is that we don't want what you have to offer because we see it only brings us condemnation.

Remember that little saying that we were never allowed to forget: When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back to you.

So take a moment, Baby Boomers and Gen X, and really reflect on who is to blame here.

We are not the problem. But we will be the solution.

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