Just skimmed your link. Interesting, and what the book Generations by Strauss & Howe would predict, since the most conservative generation (Gen X) and the most individualistic generation (Boomers) are currently in positions of maximum political power.
Their book focuses on the back and forth generational shifts create. Just as the G.I. and Silent generations were more democratic, expect the Millennials and their successors (now being born, not yet named) to shift things back from a more civic-minded political orientation. Given the added influence of late of the incredibly conservative (or at least corporatist) mainstream media, the backswing has been delayed; but it seems inevitable.
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Date: 11/10/13 19:55 (UTC)Their book focuses on the back and forth generational shifts create. Just as the G.I. and Silent generations were more democratic, expect the Millennials and their successors (now being born, not yet named) to shift things back from a more civic-minded political orientation. Given the added influence of late of the incredibly conservative (or at least corporatist) mainstream media, the backswing has been delayed; but it seems inevitable.