I believe our
generation is screwed.
Not because life has
dealt us a nasty hand, but because we've decided to screw ourselves
over. We've got so many problems in so many areas that we're crammed
with unknowns and misconceptions, ultimately leading to a bunch of
couch potatoes sitting in front of facebook and waving their fists at
the screen.
And we only have
ourselves to blame.
I believe our
generation is the pinnacle of youths wanting everything handed to
them on a silver platter, and making sure that whatever we do, we're
'safe'. We settle for the crappy job with the terrible hours and the
boss who believes we are slaves, because it pays enough for our
over-priced and gas consuming vehicles, expensive outings that we
evidently don't enjoy, and our materialistic needs that have stemmed
from an incomprehensible desire to please those we hate.
The middle class is not
dead. The middle class is just trying to be something they're not,
and the world is catering to the fools trying to prove they're just
as worthy as those spending their summer vacations on their yachts,
drinking martinis and smoking hundred dollar bills. Truth is, most of
us are closer to the other side of the spectrum than we actually
understand.
I believe that a change
is not just needed, but long overdue. Not just in our generation, but
with every generation that follows. We have a responsibility towards
the seven year-old boy or girl who looks up at us and sees what his
or her life should be like. I believe our generation needs to
sacrifice a lot just to make sure that the ones following, including
our children, don't end up in a situation worse than ours.
For the past five or
six years, I've been looking at various aspects of what we call the
Egyptian life, and it's been bothering me for a long time. There are
values and ideologies that we believe are set in stone, and are
slowly eroding at the core of who we are and what we can and should
be doing. We've given into, rather than tried to change, habits and
points of view that are prone to long and tedious arguments. We've
taken the easy way out, and we're paying for it dearly.
I think it's time we
changed that.
