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Originally Posted by cobra de capell
No draft - so, no protest songs - only pro-military songs - as it should be.
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CdC,
Most of the stuff I mentioned ARE protest songs. They are protesting our policies and the people who define those policies - not the people who are assigned to carry them out.
Jamo,
I think it is interesting that you mention that this generation has a sense of duty. Enlistment numbers are at an all-time low.
I see a lot more of them as being realists rather than conservatives or liberals. They want less government, less taxes (conservative issues), but also don't want their taxes given to companies, and they don't much care who marries whom (liberal issues). Obviously it goes a lot deeper than that, especially when you take religion and region into account (though 20-somethings seem a lot less concerned about religion than the 50-somethings).
Still, I see a lot of them willing to work to fix a lot of the problems created by the last couple of generations. It's going to be interesting to see what happens.
Steve