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Learn from Millennials: Act Entitled (our world depends on it)
Millennials are often pegged with unfair stereotypes — lazy, egotistical, narcissistic, etc.
But there is one stereotype I believe all Millennials have embraced that others should learn from — entitled.
I watched a PBS News special recently about a dying coal town here in Western Pennsylvania. They interviewed families afflicted by the shutting down of coal mines due to new regulations, lack of demand, and a plethora of other reasons.
The out-of-work miners told heartfelt stories about getting screwed out of life-long healthcare, pensions, and other benefits promised by the coal companies. Their way of life — jeopardized by greedy politicians — was slowly decaying.
I have no sympathy for their plight.
(**Please note, I sympathize for the families falling on hard times, I do not however, sympathize with the dying coal industry**)
This coal town, and other small American towns like it, benefited for years from the exploitation of a single resource. They didn’t innovate. They didn’t evolve. They didn’t seek new sources of energy.
