The Blind Generation!
By Alyssa Ahlgren
My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us!
I'm sitting in a small coffee shop near Lake Nokomis
(Mpls) trying to think of what to write about. I
scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at
the latest headlines of Democratic candidates
calling for policies to "fix" the so-called
injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and
continue to look around. I see people talking
freely, working on their MacBook's, ordering food
they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside,
and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged
time in the most prosperous nation and we've become
completely blind to it. Vehicles, food, technology,
freedom to associate with whom we choose. These
things are so ingrained in our American way of life
we don't give them a second thought. We are so well
off here in the United States that our poverty line
begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty.
One. Times. Virtually no one in the United States is
considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time
where we can order a product off Amazon with one
click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we
are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful.
This
article was written by a college student by the name
of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA.