Do you want to to work the rest of your life to pay for the mistakes of the generation that’s currently in charge?
The credit crunch, the environment, the gap between rich and poor - these are all problems that we’ve inherited, but it’s only us that will be paying to sort them out. But the general election is our big chance to have a say in how its done.
Please read our manifesto, choose a candidate from the list of young politicians in your area, and vote for them on May 6th. We need to sweep our own generation into power, because it’s all the Baby Boomer’s fault.
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Apparently I am a baby boomer. I am not rich. I have worked all my life. I do not approve of the money-centered culture we have now – the ‘fat cats’, the lack of support for the poor, etc. Yet it seems that we of a certain age are responsible individually for all society’s ills. It reminds me of the rhetoric against Jews in Europe before and during the war. Just be aware that the young (if they live) grow old themselves. If you create a society where the old are despised simply for being old, what future are you preparing for yourselves? When your time comes, how will you feel to be to blame for the next generation’s problems just because of your birth date? It is the fundamental attitudes in our culture that we need to address. What real choice is there in this election? I believe we have created systems of control that have become our masters and not our servants. If we could each live for the benefit of others and not purely for ourselves then we might see an improvement in our lives, however old or young we may be.
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This is a retarded analysis of the reality of the world. There are many reasons why, but let me start with the most obvious one:
1. Have you ever considered that possibly the Baby Boomers created the unprecedented wealth they enjoyed?
2. Have you ever considered that possibly succeeding generations have been living off the fruits of their labours?
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The supposition that a younger generation will ’sort it all out’ seems incredibly flawed. We haven’t been endowed with mysterious virtues that our parents’ generation lacks.
Voters should be focusing, as ever, on putting those rare individuals who are not greedy or self-centred into power. The majority, whether young or old, will always be too busy lining their pockets to waste time putting the world to rights.
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According to my folks, when they were young, the whole point of an apprenticeship was a trial for a job. Now companies need staff but they don’t have the money so they rely on interns. I’ve been interning since I was fifteen. One company I know replaced a senior member of staff, who’d been there for eight years, with two free interns. Some placements last for a year and its really hard work; you start at eight in the morning and work ‘till two in the morning sometimes. I’ve just started another internship for three months – there’s a vague promise of a job at the end of it but that’s the carrot they always dangle. The best you can expect right now is £13,000 for a job, and that’s with a degree.
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