New generations, my generation, "can remember little of world-shaking political importance".
Agreed. As long as we're talking in terms of Western culture. You see I for one believe that, unfortunately, it's war that invites progress. It's war that encourages new thinking. It's war that forces one to change their entire perspective on life. Of course I know that my country, along with the US and half of Europe's military are out in the Middle East now, but when do I, along with millions of others, ever have to deal with that? Yes, London was bombed and there was 9/11 but unless you were one of those directly affected life just carried on.
How can my generation truly care about socialism, labour and famine when these issues barely cross our radar in comfortable day-to-day lives? I bet most school children wouldn't even know where the Sudan is.
And hence the students of today writing a "thesis on the comparative flavour of malt whiskies". Why not? Political issues just aren't important to us anymore, so why write about them? What difference will it make?
Until something truly catastrophic happens to us we'll carry on, plodding along in our own little sex obsessed bubbles.
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