Which Characteristics Best Define My Generation?

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Which characteristics best define my generation? Do they spend wildly, or are they proficient savers? Do they possess a sense of optimism about the future, or a sense of dread for what is to come? These questions, while relevant to the discussion at hand, are nonetheless unnecesary. There is only one thing we need to know: We are the triggered generation. At a time when our nation is so polarized and angry, any naive fool would conjecture that the young generation would work to bridge the divide. Unfortunately, the opposite is the case. In reality, we have been brainwashed by a new, politically correct culture. That culture shuns complex thought, and makes any dissent from the PC mainstream punishable by shunning, yelling, and attempts to

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