Young People Have Power Unless We Screw Them Up

Young People Have Power Unless We Screw Them Up

Young people are already changing the landscape regarding sexual orientation and ethnic issues.  They don't have the same hatred and prejudice their parents, neighbors, uncles and aunts had/have. They date and marry people from different ethnic groups. Black and white, white and yellow, yellow and brown, Jew and Christian etc. etc. etc. They're more color blind than the generations before them. They're more willing to accept people who are different from them.


Young people have power. A young group of people developed the pilot for the TV show Modern Family. This show has characters that are openly gay and adopted a child. In this show the gay couple's parents have a loving relationship with them and their child. Young people not only created the show, young people watch the show. The networks love young people watching their shows because they are the preferred audience. The networks get lots of money from advertisers who want to sell to young people. Young people have power unless we screw them up.


The Pope - that's right THE POPE, has backed off when it comes to gay people by saying: "who am I to judge."  He didn't do this because GOD sent him a mandate. He did this because is one of the smartest and realistic Popes we've had in a long time. He knows some of his Priests are homosexuals. He knows some of the church's Sisters are lesbians. He knows the Christian religion must bring more young people into the religion for it to have a future. Young people have power unless we screw them up.


Young people are changing the way we communicate. It's young people who created Apple, Google, Yahoo, Netflix, Amazon, etc. etc. etc. It's young people who, in the majority, use their products. These products have changed the way we communicate and get information. Young people will drive the communication and information age into the future. Yes, young people have power unless we screw them up.


Young people hate war. Young people don't feel as threatened by the outside world as older people. Young people are not as paranoid as older people. Young people don't want another Vietnam like war.  Young people will fight for their country. Yes, young people are joining the military, however, mostly because they can't get work at home or they want a career with good pay and benefits or they truly believe the United States way of life is threatened.


Very few young people really want to shoot other people or risk being shot themselves. I believe in far future generations young people will have the power to stop this madness unless we screw them up.


Young people like the idea of robots. Today they see robots as toys. They like controlling robots on their game controllers. Young people are already controlling military drones like it's an Xbox. In the far future young people will create and control everyday robots. These robots will change the way we live our lives, the way we build products and the way we do medicine. I like to believe it will be for the better. Young people have the power to do this unless we screw them up.


You might say: "how can us elders screw them up?" I can give you a few examples:

• A very young person is a sponge. They get their clues from the elders. If these elders push fanatical religious beliefs down their throat, they could turn out to be fanatical. If the elders push hatred, fear, prejudice, etc. into these young minds, these young people could turn out full of negative energy. Worse yet, if they do turn out that way, they will do the same destruction to their kids.
  
  
• If elders fill the airways with negative news, young people could have a negative attitude toward life. The Vietnam War was an insidious example. Every day the TV stations showed the killings. Every day the media sent a message that the United States could be destroyed unless we kill all the Vietnam terrorists. Fortunately, young people started asking the elders tough questions. When they realized the premises of the war was bullshit and they were being asked to risk their lives because of the paranoia of the elders, they ended the war.
  
  
  
  That's right, the elders didn't end the war by beating the enemy, they ended the war because the young people rose up and told them enough is enough.  Young people have power unless we screw them up.
  
  
• If the government elders start to believe the internet, the way we communicate, the amount of information that's available and/or robots are a national security problem, they could make laws to stop (or at least slow down) the electronic/robotic age. I truly believe this will never happen because young people have the power of the vote. Eventually, the young people will enter government and change any laws that restrict progress. Young people have this power unless we screw them up.

I'm an elder who loves and trusts young people. I know they want a better life than their elders as I wanted a better life as compared to my elders. Young people will make mistakes, but they will learn from their mistakes and change the future for the better. I'm counting on my grand children to be these future leaders. My son and daughter-in-law are encouraging my grandchildren to be positive citizens who will build a better future. They don't see themselves as elders and won't do anything to screw their kids up.

Young People Have Power. Young People Will Create A Better Future. All We Have To Do Is Get The Hell Out Of Their Way!!!