Reforming the World — We Must Try
'Kids these days! Nobody takes responsibility! Back in my day, nobody tried blaming the other guy!'
I've been hearing variations on that complaint for more than a half-century now. I started wondering if it was true in my teens. By now, I'm pretty sure that it's not: partly because now I remember the 'good old days:' and like I've said before, they weren't.
I was one of "those kids" in the late '60s and early '70s.
Some of us were lazy bums, and others were only too eager to blame our parents, the government, or anyone else, for our problems.
But others were "irresponsible" only in the sense that we wouldn't accept the status quo.
That attitude didn't appeal to folks who believed in buying stuff they didn't need, with money they didn't have, to impress people they didn't like.
We thought we could reform the world: and certain that we had to try.
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I've been hearing variations on that complaint for more than a half-century now. I started wondering if it was true in my teens. By now, I'm pretty sure that it's not: partly because now I remember the 'good old days:' and like I've said before, they weren't.
One of 'Those Crazy Kids:' Five Decades Later
I was one of "those kids" in the late '60s and early '70s.Some of us were lazy bums, and others were only too eager to blame our parents, the government, or anyone else, for our problems.
But others were "irresponsible" only in the sense that we wouldn't accept the status quo.
That attitude didn't appeal to folks who believed in buying stuff they didn't need, with money they didn't have, to impress people they didn't like.
We thought we could reform the world: and certain that we had to try.
More at A Catholic Citizen in America.
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