The A Generation

It seems more and more there is a generation emerging, seperate from the Baby Boomers, seperate from Generation X. The 60s came and opened up the nation to a cultural rebellion. The influence led to Punk, which held the idea of nihlism at its core. From the 70s to the end of the century that philosophy won out, the idea of nothingness, God is Dead, the Me Generation, the freedom of the Subject reigns supreme. This attitude brewed into the 90s with Grunge who bought into this idea using it as a backlash against corporate consumption, and the so-called "American Dream" itself. However, no rebellion would come because the philosophy of nihlism is destructive not creative. It rejects all things, leaving little in the name of progress. To sum up, they were in a word, Slackers.

The flaw of nihlism is that it is too realistic, leaving little prescription for the spiritual and emotional sensations we struggle with on a continual basis. A new generation is at hand, raised by Baby Boomers, wishing to push culture into the 21st century, rejecting the apathy of the Generation Xers. Thus Emo, which screamed against the shackles of nihlism, and today's Indie-Hipster movement which seeks to embrace the technological advances of our time.

It has changed since the 1960s. The battles they ignited will finally be carried out by this group of Millenials, the most optimistic, ambitious group since the Baby Boomers coming of age. I call them the "A Generation" because they are Apolitical, Amoral, and Asexual. They have bought into the concept of Pluralism, and believe less in judgement, and more in transcendance. Bickering and this philosophy of belief in nothing is proven to get us nowhere. God may be dead, but it doesn't mean the rest of us have to be too.