I don't know about that. My son and his peers are an intensely diverse group of young people. They are independent and independent thinkers. They have a heightened sense of justice and inclusivity that I don't recall kids of the 1970s and 80s (my generation) had. I also don't recall kids of the 1980s and 90s being all that differentiated – the era of Grunge and "Material Girl" were about as unique as I rember kids of the 80s and 90s getting. And, they couldn't be bothered with protesting. It felt like those two decades were all about conformity with pop culture. The protests and organizing my generation tried to promote was like pulling teeth to get even modest attendance. Kids of the 80s and 90s seemed to think we'd fought all the fights and it was all good – and if it wasn't, well… that was just an aberration in the general "all good" of things.

To me, it feels like the current generation of teens and young adults are more fired up than even the 1960s and 70s.