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I think the most important thing to know about Millennials is that we're the exact opposite of the smear thrown at us. Boomers call us "entitled" at work. We're
by michaelochurch 14y ago
I think the most important thing to know about Millennials is that we're the exact opposite of the smear thrown at us. Boomers call us "entitled" at work. We're actually disentitled.
An entitled person expects a social contract to be upheld, and usually the pejorative aspect of the word "entitled" implies that it's one-sided advocacy.
We're disentitled because we no longer believe in the corporate social contract at all. We'd be entitled if we expected the other side to follow the rules. We don't. We know they won't, so we break just as many rules. Sure, it's bad for social harmony to people to figure out if they're getting screwed. You know what? Fuck that! I find it worse that people are getting screwed.
- theorique 14y agoI find it worst of all if I find that I am getting screwed. I'm much more able to keep the peace if it's other people.
- GHFigs 14y agoCynically, Millennials can be coaxed into doing anything if they can be convinced it's sticking it to The Man.
- michaelochurch 14y agoThere's a lot of truth in this. I can't stand hipsters because they're a bunch of cargo-culters who have no idea why they're rebelling, or which targets deserve it and which ones don't. I've worked in corporations. I have the right to hate them. I have more insight into corporate evil than 99.99% of people alive. If you dick around in Williamsburg and haven't seen the morning sun since college, then you don't understand why corporations do what they do and have no right to complain about them. Reflexively hating suburbia, for one example, is the epitome of being suburban. I'm surprised by how many people don't get that.