What you’re about to read is from the lips of a rumored 2016 presidential contender. Consider that.
Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-Md.) was quoted in a CNN profile of him as saying that the millennial generation has transformed the way we look at living preferences, which is true. What is not is that we have been endowed by our Creator with the unalienable right of connectivity. From the piece:
“Baby boomers and older were often told that if we specialize in terms of our skills, we will be more secure and prosperous, that the definition of ‘making it’ was living out in the suburbs as far way as possible with the biggest lawn possible,” he said. “Young people have flipped that on its head. Younger people are choosing to live in cities. They realize that connections to each other are making us better. That WiFi is a human right. That proximity is important to entrepreneurship, access to capital and talent and diversity. There is an opportunity there for us as a nation to embrace that new perspective.”
“They realize … that WiFi is a human right,” as if (1) millennials actually think that, and (2) it is a sign of their wisdom that they do.
Other “connections” that have “[made] us better” include virtually every form of progressively advanced transportation and, more to O’Malley’s point, communication.
“All I ask is a dial-up modem for every man” sounds like a heck of a campaign line. It certainly would’ve been one for Al Gore.
