“I think today has become a perfect storm of shit that fell into place. For one, technology has made life too convenient. Two, the media and mega conglomerates have spoon fed us daily dose mix of pills, mindless infotainment/entertainment and worst has found a formula to exploit individualism as something to sell, which in turn makes it lose credibility. Three, a younger generation who’s needy, selfish, and basically spoiled from promises of a life that should’ve had flying cars and grandiose dreams. Four, government policies have shifted the money to the elite while (not even secretly) expanding government and creating a false sense of quality of life for the rest of us. A good example is the housing bubble.

It’s nice to have information at the tips of our fingers but is it necessary? Personally I could do without Ipods, email, ect. but most people now can’t. It’s a mentally addicting drug. I’m not saying to go back to the stone age, no matter how appealing, but as stated before we need to take more personal responsibility for our surroundings and ourselves. From fixing global warming to woopin your kids ass from time to time.

Capitalism will always be capitalism there’s no way around that but what surprises me is that no one realizes this, the market thrives on ideas no matter what, if that idea happens to be saying I need a bigger dick then it’s gonna respond by saying try Viagra for so much money.( idk how much it is cuz I don’t buy it but anyway). Another great example of capitalism exploiting individualism is the T.V show ‘Made’ on Mtv. Which shows how a teen, maybe like you the viewer, can be made into another more “cool” you. Not only does that demean the viewers intelligence, confidence, and self-worth but at the same time generate revenue for Mtv. It’s basic psychology, if your parents know about it, it’s uncool and if Mtv knows about how unique you are( or want to be) then thats when it loses it’s meaning and becomes really uncool. 1 word describes this best “nigga”. I leave that one to you.

Next is the mindset of a Gen Yer, Millennial, whatever you wanna call us. this is a generation that grew up with a sense of entitlement that was brought on by the 80’s over indulgence and a sense of missed opportunity of the past century, similar to the 70’s jones generation toward the 60’s. I once heard Ray Manzarek from the doors saying something about the atmosphere in the 60’s as ” this sense of we reached the end of the world without starting over, across the water was Asia, Vietnam and other cultures yet learned” I wish I could remember more of that radio interview but can’t. The main point here is that we have the spirit of the 60’s, the economic problems of the 70’s and the cynicism of the 90’s Gen Xers.

Which brings me to the next problem the collaboration and unofficial merger of the democratic and republican ideals. I think a great quote would be ” It’s bad when parties don’t agree but it’s worst when they do.”. Think about that for a sec. really, this administration has more influence in executive spending and power not since F.D.R . Yet the core of the republicans is smaller gov. not bigger. I just read recently that inflation is around 6.5%, which it hasn’t been in almost 30 years. What does that mean? It means were pumping out new money like it’s fucking PEZ which then shrinks the value of the currency and projects a false state of economic growth. Where does the change from all this go? Open up the newspaper of the business section for the fortune 500 companies, find out who’s running them and there you have it. The Biggest problem about this is Americans are spending more than they can afford which eventually catches up and when that happens the economy will collapse under it’s own debt.”

This is what we have to face, would you wanna think about this or go do something meaningless?

Generation Y, AKA Millennials, have never experienced anything on par with WWII, Vietnam, or the civil rights movement. Of course their conservative; not only have they been able to ignore the plight of those less fortunate, they’ve been encouraged to do so by either their parents, their friends, or Bill O’Reilly.

We are engaged in two foreign wars at the moment that has claimed over 5000 American lives. Yet, this isn’t the top news story. What is? The economy! I’m as concerned about my portfolio as anybody, but I think I’d forfeit every bit of prosperity if it would take one person out of harms way. Then again, I was born in the seventies.