MTV recently had the audacity to name the youngest generation “The Founders” — a slap in the face to the real founders of our nation, as well as a bizarrely inaccurate description of young Americans.
MTV’s President Sean Atkins explained the decision, telling reporters, “They have this self-awareness that systems have been broken… But they can’t be the generation that says we’ll break it even more.”
Basically, Atkins says this generation actually wants to break our founding, undoing the work of the real American Founders like Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. Under this explanation, shouldn’t this generation be named “The Breakers”?
We have a better idea.
If this generation seeks to protest and undo the 1st Amendment free speech protections instilled by the Bill of Rights, if this generation wants to undo America’s free market system and replace it with European socialism with “free” stuff, if this generation cares more about inclusion, diversity, and political correctness over all other values — then we believe millennials and Gen-Z should be combined to make a new generation name: Generation PC.
Generation PC are founders — just of words like “micro-aggressions” and “safe space,” instead of real inventions or lasting principles.
Generation PC are protesting on campuses nationwide — demanding free tuition, $15 minimum wage, and millions of university investment in diversity programs.
But, are they finding real solutions to the problems they’re complaining about? No, they are simply just complaining.
The American Founders were oppressed by Britain; they declared Independence, won a war, and came up with a new government model with the Constitution. Generation PC claims to be oppressed by “micro-aggressions;” they write lists of demands (mostly for other people’s money), disrupt classes with “sit-ins,” and haven’t offered to implement any solutions on their own.
The American Founders solved the problems the faced; Generation PC demands their (made up or exaggerated) problems be solved by others.
MTV’s odd name choice simple highlights the massive generation gap America is experiencing. This generation is nothing like the American Founders, but hopefully, American will not be doomed by a generation of dopes.
This next generation is not monolithic. We have leaders in this generation who still care about the values that gave Americans freedom and empowered us to be the biggest cure for world poverty in history. Those are the voices we need to empower — instead giving deference to the constant whiners of Generation PC.
