The 6 Ways Millennials Are Changing America | Robert Reich
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- Robert Reich explains how the next generation will fundamentally change America.
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I'm a Boomer, but my values have aligned with the Millennials since college when I was enlightened about the way things worked in this county and the damage we were doing to the planet with our consumerist lifestyle. Unfortunately, my generation has not lived up to the promises of radical social change we fought for in the '60's. I still hold out hope that the next generation can accomplish more than we did for the sake of the country and the planet.
This video actually gives me hope. Thank you.
How? Most millennials favor a carbon tax. Do you know what that means? That means we pay more every time we go to the gas pump. What moron would support that?
I wish the millenials of America all the best.
A fox!
lololololololol, u r wrong. They are extremly neo-marxist... No, they are even worse.
@@Бронированныйбульдозер They represent the future, change, the end of government corruption. May you R. I. P .
@@osuave7811 Future, Change, Hope... I think I heard it before...
@@osuave7811 I'm so old, I remember how we were promised Affordable Healthcare, except it didn't become affordable...
Please millennials -- get out and vote in the mid-terms! Be the change you want to see.
Linda Wright no
Absolutely. Only with their participation will the grip of the GOP loosen.
@@spocksvulcanbrain why would I want to loosen the GOP’s grip when the democrats are worse?
@@trwilli25 In what way? Please give comparisons of Dem vs Repub issues and which of them the majority of the country supports. I think you'll find that the country doesn't support the Republican agenda. That's 51% to 77% AGAINST the republican policies (depending on which policy you're talking about).
Been voting for years, all my guys lose
Your George Orwell once said (though many others said it too in various ways) something to the effect that each generation considers themselves to be smarter that the one before and wiser than the one to follow. Glad to see you put this idea on its head Mr. Reich. I too see hope in the Millennials, and especially in the likes of your AOC. I am excited for them. Go Ms. Cortez!
I tell my kids that they will change the world more than any other generation, because they are the first to have access to all the knowledge in the world from as soon as they could read.
I’m personally thinking about becoming a politician in the near future.
Good. We need more people to run up and down the ballot in both 2018 and 2020.
Connor Thompson I’ll be a legal adult in 2021.
Take a look at Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress. They work for a more progressive voice in politics.
@Graham Turner If you want to change the world for the better become a businessman, not a politician.
Speak for yourself douchebag. I was born in '64 and I don't buy into all the liberal bulls***t clowns like yourself pedal. Go polish your Kerry/ Edwards bumper sticker.
to get a third party we need to start with rank choice voting
Sadly it'll probably take the third party first.
I guess Gen X is the invisible middle child... taking care of elderly parents and helping their millennial children who moved back home doesn’t leave a whole lot of free time to protest anything.
Precisely. You have summed up my life.
Millennials are born between 1983 and 2000. They are not children.
Im a baby boomer and please don't lump us all in that category. We are also the ones that brought on the couner culture movement supported the civil rights movement, took to the streets to protest the Vietnam war which is said to be the first foreign war fought on America soil and we were the Tree Huggers that demanded protection for the environment. I feel that we made a difference for the better snd now in our twilight years we have to ask ourselves if it was all for nothing. The countries hope is now in the Millenniums and I wish them gtest success but I hope history will not forget the good things thay baby boomers did.
Bennie Crawford, boomers made a much larger contribution than GenX ever did. They are the one that failed. You made your contribution. No doubt about it! It was GenX that dropped the ball. And here we are.....
Several years ago, several older African-American friends were talking about how the younger generations were enjoying all that they had fought for but had no idea what they had gone through to make the world a little easier for their children and grandchildren and really didn't want to hear about it from their elders. I'm getting a small taste of their pain now. Millennials weren't around when we fought battles they now benefit from. So they don't understand it or even care.
I'm a Boomer who thinks like a Millenial. I wish there were more of us who vote
As a member of Generation X I just want to say, "Go Millenials!" I hope some of the greedy ass boomers who fucked things up are still alive to witness this atrocity they've built crumble and collapse around them once you guys finally take charge.
You don't know what you are talking about.
Though off topic, I must really remark at how much younger you appear to be than the men of your same age in the video. Not only visually more vital, but in the tone of your voice and manner of speech you are infinitely stronger. I easily watch and listen to you for hours at a time.
Go Millenials! Our future is in ur hands!l Lets show in overwhelming numbers come November and show to lazy politicians door!
A generation that had great political and cultural power not from accomplishment but from numbers.
One word: Reaganomics
In New Zealand it was rogernomics
I had never before seen a Boomer take a shred of responsibility for the faults of the world, let alone take it all.
It sent shivers down my spine. So satisfying. So much thank you
Why would we? What have I ever done to you?
@@johnmartin4641 You personally? Nothing.
But collectively... well, just watch the video
@@androkguz he talks about how millennials have lower income and wealth. That’s not the fault of us boomers. I’ve read several articles about this from different sources across the political spectrum including The Atlantic. They all talk about how millennials were least likely than any other generation to prioritize pay and benefits when choosing their careers. As a result of that, they’re the least successful generation in history. Us boomers were more likely than any other generation to prioritize pay and benefits when choosing our careers. As a result of that, we’re the most successful generation in history. It’s all about choices. Millennials are in the situation they’re in because of their own choices, not because of us boomers.
@@johnmartin4641 I don’t blame the boomers, but what you said is ridiculous. We were told you have to go to college, and college rose in price by 300% thanks to government backed loans boomers voted for, wages have also stagnated for 30 years, not the boomers fault but the push for globalization has driven down wages and increased competition. During this same time the price of real estate has gone up something 30x where it was 30 years ago while wages have only increased by 2-3x making virtually impossible to build wealth. Not to mention, again not your fault but the environment is a disaster and it’s largely the fault of irresponsible corporations dumping waste wherever they choose. Millennials should take some responsibility. I myself am fine I have a job with a pension and benefits but generationally we were hamstrung.
Remember that the unbridled transfer of wealth gives huge unearned power to people sometime not deserving of such privilege. They can often find themselves in a position that can inflict terrible damage on a society. Donald Trump, Betsy Devos and Caligula are classic examples.
It seems like the two party system is in the way of progress, how could the United States find a way out of it?
I guess millennials are also shaking their heads about a very outdated voting system (electorate) and would favour one that gives every voter the same power. the problem is that the only ones who could change that are those who profit from the current system.
unci narynin The electoral process you speak of is in place to make sure every state has a say in our election and the east and west coast's can not have all of the power.
unci narynin A parliamentary system with some minor adjustments would likely work better, but it's probably too drastic of a change for Americans to accept.
Money and power will always walk and talk
Im voting!
Robert, you forgot to mention the CAUSE for the real reason Millennials are struggling, both political parties have sold out the citizenry right to quality, stable middle class jobs, for corporate sponsored legislation that outsources those jobs to cheaper foreign labor under contract servitude that have taken millions of high paying jobs away from the tax paying citizens who have the education and are the best and brightest. Gone are the jobs with middle class salaries for Americans, retirement, benefits, paid vacation, affordable medical coverage - foreign and H1B labor from India has wiped out the American Dream for American citizens for corporate profits and the top 1%! And for the Boomers, its far worse!
The few at the top see that we keep busy with basic needs like housing jobs and health. Mitch does their bidding but none of them know what 15$$ an hour can buy. And they tell us $15 is too much!! From where I'm sitting it can't even pay rent in the poorer neighborhoods.
As usual awesome humanitarian!
This is GREAT and very hopevul
The change we need, that we know would work is decades off from even being considered. Millenials got fucked hard and I don't think it will ever be made fair.
im genz, i may be depressed but i still love my country
Love every word of this
I'm so used to not being in power it's weird to think that we will be soon...
As a Boomer, I can tell you that you aren't likely to feel empowered. I tried but never succeeded. But I still hope you TRY! Please vote!
"...when they retire". Millennials will never retire. I doubt Generation X will ever retire.
Retire/being too old to work. Tomato/Tomatoe.
Gen Xers are dropping like flies. That's the sad truth.
Yeah, and Gen X is stuck in the middle. We must fight for a piece of leadership. But we must become better leaders
We DO need a third party!
Thankyou
Go Millennials! I will support you 1000%. Run for office and Vote! Vote! Vote!
I think alot of the percentage comparisons are skewed. Both were asked these questions when they are at different times in their lives. I wish we older folks watching this video would be around in 2055 when the Millenials would be reaching retirement age and see what they say to the same questions. Many if not all of the boomers when they were 20yrs old felt the same as the Millenials do today, age ( and thus all that comes with it) changes one's perspective on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Surveys are showing millennials are already breaking the old trend of becoming more conservative as a person ages. The oldest millennials are in their early 40s now, and usually by this point in a generation the amount of people within that generation voting republican has begun to increase. This trend isn't holding true for millennials, and is even decreasing. We obviously can't know the future, but if trends continue as is, millennials still won't answer the questions the same as boomers currently are even in 2055.
From a personal stance as a middle millennial myself (32), I'm definitely more left leaning now than I was 10 years ago, and I was already left leaning then too. Speaking strictly for myself, I became more aware of the political landscape around me as I got older, saw the policies that were in my way and in the way of others, and who was supporting those policies most. Given the state of rightwing politics right now, it is no wonder I am on the left.
At least there is hope in the horizon for us X-Gen.
As a Millenial, I demand clean elections and a no tolerance policy for politicians convicted of corruption. Obviously, that means expanding what is legally defined as "corrupted". NO PAC's! Among many other measures.
As a Boomer I want the same thing and always have!
As an Xer, I ask what you are doing to help bring those things about. Simply "demanding" these things means nothing if you aren't willing to participate in what it takes to make these things happen. And simply voting isn't enough. And I agree. Campaign finance reform is absolutely needed.
I'm glad we in Generation X are considered so much...oh, wait, no. We're practically invisible. Natch.
Generation X has to put up with it too, dont you worry. There is no free ride through this shitstorm I promise.
That's because we Gen Xers were never the largest demographic.
Gen X: looking after elderly parents while moving millennials back home.
Perhaps it's because most gen Xers have been riding boomer backs way too long and not making changes of their own.
@@theresedavis2526 NO generation has been making any real changes.
For milliennials who support a third party. I suggest supporting fairvote.
That and redefining humor
Ocean acidification. The one problem that Millennials like me definitely aren't going to be able to fix. Seriously, there IS NO fix for that particular issue right now :(
You are damn right.
This is just a snapshot of millennial’s attitudes. Over time people change and generally become more conservative.
You mean sell out....and not everyone sells out.
I honestly feel this video should be the battle cry for all the millennials young and old, and the transitional millennials that bridge older millennials with our younger siblings in the upcoming generation Z or igen.
I consider a transitional millennial to be someone born between at least 93 or 94 and 2000. Or plainly stated 1995 (my year), or 1997 to 2000 which is my younger brother’s year. People born between those years as is likely with previous generations is where the differences begin to overlap where if you were born in those transitionary years, you might identify with your primary generation with some knowledge and empathy with the younger generation behind you. Then again, maybe we all identify with pieces of every living generation from the boomers to gen z as I found myself listening to a Ted talk regarding generations.
My son came back from college very liberal. He then joined the work force and commented how high the taxes were. A few months later he sent me a link to Ben Shapiro.
Typical republican mindset. Single issue obsessed - taxes. Everything else be damned. Very short-sighted.
@@spocksvulcanbrain Why did you assume Republican? Isn't this a FREE country where I can listen to different opinions without being labeled?
@@kendavis8647 First... absolutely. The more diverse the sources, the more probable you'll get the full story. 2nd, my comment was regarding your son, not you. 3rd, the way you framed the story it implies your son was conservative, then went off to college becoming liberal, then became conservative based on taxes. So my comment was based on that narrative. If I got it wrong I apologize, but I did so because your story wasn't clear.
Your son sounds like a sell out with very weak ethics. He's self centered and easily led.
@@spocksvulcanbrain I mean if your taxes get wasted on shit like hamster fight clubs and million dollar toilets instead of healthcare or social security, then yea, normally people would be pissed.
Let's we a millennium makes a country better
Honestly I will trust you to be president you'll experience and you're honest
Post on.
My husband just barely squeaks in as a boomer, and off by just a few years I'm almost a millennial. I joke about our generational differences because he was a teenager in the 70s, while I was a teenager in the 90s and grew up with AOL and cell phones. He's still trying to figure them out. We both consider ourselves to be Democrats, but he is more of the same old same old camp, while I'm more progressive.
why did you not mention a whole generation in between????
The 20 yr old never been in a grocery store never pumped gas never driven a car always had some one drive them around
We Millennials need to buckle down to create change that future generations can benefit from. Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of resources until the Boomers die off and allow Millennials to inherit. Dark, but it seems that way. That was me saying things that people think/joke about.
Age bias should not be encouraged .Every one is important to any nation irrespective of age .Millenniasl have also proved to be insensitive and highly misnformed.There are multiple sides to any aspect .T
I was born in 1974. I'm Gen X - the generation between the boomers and the millennials. As usually we get ignored and left out of any important discussion. Like we did nothing useful.
You sound like ALL elders are bad. What about those of us born in that era who were radicals - Beatniks, Hippies, Free Thinkers etc? Why are you hating on social programs like Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid? I'm for Medicare for All! Of course I'm not in the majority of my generation, I'm a mixed race, gay man raised about 50% of my childhood in poverty by a single parent so I agree with about 85% of what you're saying. I'm also a registered Independent because of my disillusionment with Democrats and justified disgust and mistrust of Republicans/Libertarians AND I've been a long time advocate for a more parliamentary, at least 7 parties or more, system.
Hey Bob, get on the page, I want a second party, we need baby steps
"Exit polls from the 2016 election offer some insight among age-based voting patterns. Younger millennials, those 18-29, voted 55 percent in favor of Hillary Clinton while 37 percent voted for Donald Trump. Half of older Millennials and younger members of Generation X (45-64 years old) also went with Clinton, while 42 percent opted for Trump. Older members of Generation X polled preferred Trump (53 percent) over Clinton (44 percent). "
Yes, it's time for the future generations to lead this country, not all boomers broke the system (Reich, for example), there are some of us who have been in the trenches digging hard and long with the hope to leave a better world for future generation, the problem is that there are not enough boomers who care about their own children & grandchildren.
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Bob, I love ya, but let's look at that military budget before you look at the safety net for so many. My home town, a little quiet place just ranked 3rd in the state for child poverty. We used to be booming, then factories went away and what replaced them, takes at least 2 jobs to just make ends meet. It's time to shift from killingry to livingry (thank you Mr. Fuller).
We can end world hunger for a year with just 8 days of the world's military budget.
Kiddo's get your butts out there and vote, vote, vote!!!!!!
4:04, "Among others". How dare you ignore Janet Yellen.
I’m a millennial and most of my colleagues who are also millennials need to man the fuck up and actually work properly. Millennials don’t own shit. Until we do? Turn up on time and follow basic minimum standards.
Also, having a bad day is not depression.
Why don't they form the "Millennial Party"? Makes sense to me!
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Phil Graves Funny joke
Socially and politically GenX has been a failure. We have made some cool tech, made some good movies, good music. These things are important but if the fundaments are not right you cant fully enjoy the fruits they bare. Back in 1997 when I first got online, I thought the internet would lift humanity up. I hadn't factored in peoples education and intelligence. If the fundamentals aren't
in place, this is what you get.
Love you Man 🤜🏼🤛🏼
Millennials Pope for #SJ
A carbon tax is just a way to shift the cost from up to down, again.
However, Baby Boomers are our teachers and parents, so both generations are connected. When we were in school they taught us the basic values of the hippies. I grew up listening to '60s music with my mom. I value and respect baby boomers.
Cristina Sydnor thank you from a baby boomer
Apostacy! Thanks, kid.
I was beginning to wonder if millennials even realized they had parents or if they just wished they didn't. It seems many want to euthanize us or lock us up in concentration camps. Thanks for pointing out we might be of some value to someone.
the problem with waiting is it is only a good plan if you have time.
My parents say that they are worried about my nieces and nephew but then go vote for trump. And they voted for reagan and say he was a great pres. They don't pay much attention to politics. They just vote republican because we live in the south and that's what everyone else does. I told them that they shouldn't vote at all.
my only gripe about this is the last sentence, boomers didnt break the system their just the straw that broke the camels back.
Americas political system was designed for rich landowning white men, hence why its now showing its age when everyone should be equal but arnt.
Wow.
Yay!
The birth years the determine if your a boomer , X or millennial/Y are different each time I here it brought up.
Thanks for getting the dates right! I am glad I am a gen Xer! Good luck millennials!
Well, crap, I love how generation X is basically skipped... We're that insignificant..?
Our numbers will never afford us the same clout as either the Boomers or the Millennials.
I believe that no matter when you were born you have just as much say in government. All a year is, is a number.
SpringMommy, GenX white woman especially voted in large part for Donald Trump. Furthermore, GenX have failed their children and America/ by voting for GW Bush twice and many republican congresses thereafter. By their bad choices Gen X got you continued school shootings, Climate change, Citizens United and these corrupt Gen X political generation. GenX failed as a political generation.
Is your abilities in listening comprehension really that bad? He indirectly addressed that within the first 30 seconds by stating who was the biggest generation and who is the biggest generation, so yeah, Xer-s don't rank, they have not been a major influence in regard to politics or social trends.
No Gen X is just waiting for the Babyboomers to die so they can fix the country
Boomer by age, millennial by philosophy. (What happened to gen X?)
I knew it didn't have to tell me
It's interesting the things that these millennials want but as you said they don't have the money to pay for them .
Gen X got crapped on too and it just got worse from there.
What about the Gen Xers. Who raised 70% of Millennials.
Gen Xers didn't make much of an impact. They were either riding on the backs of boomers or they were being washed away in the devastating flood that the boomers released.
Life might improve somewhat. Maybe millennials will be more successful than we were at putting things right. It's not that we didn't try, or at least some of us did, and we resolved some of the challenges of our generation but failed at others.
We boomers didn’t break the system, the Republicans did.
Most all are not racist!!!!!
I was born in 1970. I keep apologizing to our 21 yr old for my and his grandparents' generations inaction to address and combated climate change.
My guilt increases when I think of our 23 yr old's 5 yr old son....
Millennials, I stand with you in the uphill battle against climate change & wealth iniquity caused by politicians & big corporations cause it affects us almost 50 somethings, too!
Socially and politically GenX has been a failure. We have made some cool tech, made some good movies, good music. These things are important but if the fundaments are not right you cant fully enjoy the fruits they bare. Back in 1997 when I first got online, I thought the internet would lift humanity up. I hadn't factored in peoples education and intelligence. If the fundamentals aren't
in place, this is what you get. How many genX women voted for Trump, I am scared to go and find out! I am Gen X too.
Get out of your parents basement, get a job and a hair cut.
I don't mean millennials I mean Robot Reich!
Identify as a race other than white... considered what I have seen of the USA in that regard, I do not put any stock in that identification. I have seen people even paler than me identifying as something "other" than white.
As Usual, GenX is neglected ‼️‼️💔💔🇺🇲🇺🇲💔😵💢💢
Thank you Robert Reich for speaking for us 😭 we love you
And of course, forget about GEN-Xers like me. Why does everybody overlook Gen-X?
Because gen X has made little to no improvement on the system! They chose to ride on the back of the boomers!
Since when did inequality equate to inequity? We are all born equal but not created equally. Nonetheless good video.
Abyssinia Empire - We can't all be created equally. I was created autistic and suffering, and I fight with strange neurological and physical problems every day. If not for social safety nets, I'd be dead now, or living in a cardboard box. Even part-time jobs require full-time health.
If we believe that everyone is created equally, then we leave everything in our absent god's non-existent hands, abandoning those that need help, because our suffering must be deserved, part of the grand plan.
Unfortunately, the simple truth is that evolution rolls the dice, and some of us lose. What we do with the losers depends on how much compassion we have.
(Edit: after re-reading your comment, it's clear that you say we're not created equal, but I was responding to the part where you said we're born equal. Sorry if I didn't understand.)
John Bryant I too agree but you do know that what you are reiterating I originally commented? To be breif in a ideological sense we are born equal but biologically we are different.
As a GenJones who attended college alongside GenX-ers, I side with the Milennials
Is it a Social democracy model? like most of western european countries?
zrk That's what most progressives support, yes (but they're very bad with terminology).
no and never will be. USA is not Europe. For such machine as there to work you need to end government cronyism in the US(th-cam.com/video/DuSxd6WzJq0/w-d-xo.html). Second, it still might not work, because America be America.
@@Бронированныйбульдозер Don't worry, your Merica will soon be a distant memory. Laugh it up while you can.
Reich, "It's up to millennials to fix the system we boomers broke." I'm 73 and didn't break any system. I also have 4 kids who are grown. Three have jobs and own their own homes.
I was born in 1963, I'm a "young boomer," if you will. I'm guessing that if you took these same kinds of polls around 1970 to '75, you would have found many boomers stating they believed in a lot of these same things and had many of the same concerns themselves. What happened? Boomers grew up and went from being "hippies" to being "Yuppies" or those who went from "peace & love" to "go for the money man!" That's what happened. When these millennials get older, they too will change their minds, become greedy, and "go for the money, man, too!" That's called human nature. They will eventually come to realize that the only real thing in life that counts is making as much money as possible and to hell with anyone and everyone else! If this doesn't happen. If they stay true to the values they state they believe in now in the years to come, maybe, maybe for the first time in human history (or at least American history) we will actually have a new world for people to grow and live in. The peace & love generation has become the most disappointing bunch of selfish people ever to live in this country. Many of them grew up to be selfish, self-centered assholes who don't give a damn about anyone but themselves! That's why we are now living in an age where fascism (the very thing their parents fought to defeat) is now on the rise here in this country, and around the world! It's sad and it will take years, possibly decades to fix it.
number 7 !! millennials "DON'T VOTE"
Trump is so shitty, millenials will show up and vote this time.
We GenXers are the ignored middle children again. But that’s okay, we can blame the BBs and Ms for all of the eff ups.
Except none of them vote, only demonstrate
Goooo the millenials!!!