Make America Great Again Analysis

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America is at odds with itself in critical turning point in american history. Progressivism seemed to be sweeping the nation and now a new wave of right winged conservatism has taken hold. Chanting the phrase “Make America Great Again” or “MAGA” for short, this phrase is indicative of the feeling that rests within not just the last couple of generations but within the current generations was well. However this is a much larger issue that ranges outside of politics. The current state of the union is divided; America is in the midsts of a cultural war against the generations each fighting for their own politics, media and social norms. “Uncle Jim may think kids these days are terrible (Snapchat! Tattoos! Jeans in the office!), but when confronted …show more content…

The nonsociopathic wing of the Boomer generation may also find value in seeing the acts of their contemporaries in a different light and be persuaded to stand against a sociopathic agenda that serves them at the expense of their children.” Excerpt from the book A Generation of Sociopaths written by author Bruce Cannon Gibney. This refreshing take on the generations is contradictory to the standard complaints towards the new generation about destroying the previous generations cultures and customs. Counter culture was born and cultivated in the baby boomers twilight years, which is what the quote abrasively points out. The author does a good job of making it clear that what the fictitious uncle is saying is wrong and discriminatory …show more content…

A study performed by a research group at a Oxford University studying the effects of age and generation on marriage equality, length, and satisfaction. The study found that there was no evidence of declining satisfaction in marriages of millennials. This disproving their original theory that marriages among millennials would be plagued by influence of higher divorce rates and mixed media messaging. However they found the opposite millennials often had more substantial and positive views on marriage than other generations surveyed. “Table 1 reveals that commitment to marriage was significantly higher in the younger cohort than in the older cohort. This is contrary to our expectations and indicates that declining commitment to marriage cannot be an explanation for the proposed decline in marital quality between cohorts.” the scientists stated in the report. “Compared with the older cohort, reported lower levels of marital interaction and higher levels of marital conflict and marital problems. Interestingly, despite these declines, the younger cohort did not report lower levels of marital happiness or divorce proneness,” they concluded. This shows that not all generations can be taken at face value.Generations have no effect on morality and the stereotypical millennial cultural saboteur is false and harmful to society, millennials still value

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