When I was a "millennial," I never expected candidates to "inspire" me

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45. Younger generations still grow up with threat of nuclear war. Growing up in the cold war era,

I never really worried about there being an actual nuclear war, or even if there was I wasn't worry about the United States suffering from nuclear fallout. Today's generations are growing up with the possibility that grows every day that some state back terrorist is going to sneak in to the US and set off a low grade nuclear bomb.

Crime may have had higher statistics in the 70s and 80s, but we didn't have 24 hour news access as we do today. When I was growing up, you only heard of someone dying if they were white and affluent. The 70s stagflation was nothing when compared to the recession we just came out of.

Sure, every generation has their challenges, but this current generation received them all at once, and these challenges are far deeper than any generation before it. It's the first generation to grow up with the US mainland being attacked. It's the first generation to grow up with two wars going on simultaneously, and a third started in their coming of age.

It was also once believed that every government official, whether you agreed with them or not, actually cared about their country, but now that not so clear cut. Again, with the advent of 24 hours cycle, every political scandal is televised. Prior to the 1990s, political scandals were only covered nationally if they involved the president, or proved harmful to the nation as a whole. Now if a government official DweebTown, Texas is discovered sleeping with a dog it's a breaking story on CNN.

Today is nothing like what past generations grew up with.