RE: “Millennials must never forget” (The Columbian, Aug. 13): There are many things none of us should forget. This may be one of them, but pointing it out to millennials is a specious argument constructed to belittle them.
Perhaps columnist Marc Thiessen would like to know about me. I had it far better than the average millennial. I graduated from high school in 1965. Though there was nothing special about me or my circumstances, I went to college and worked most of my life in jobs that would support a family. I retired with an income that supports me.
Millennials have grown up at a time when conservatives have cut K-12 budgets and increased college tuition to the point one must mortgage the rest of one’s life to attend. There has been a serious decline in the availability of family wage jobs since I was in the job market. These changes arose during the ascendancy of Thiessen’s political ideals.
Looking back to an exceptional time in history when the world allowed a madman to wage world war is a manipulative argument. If we find ourselves in that position in the near future, it has to do with the actions of politicians Thiessen extols and nothing to do with millennials.
