I'm sure you're thinking, "Yes, millennials are the source of the problem."
Well, who raised the millennium? These were people raised by the baby boomers, if they were not from that generation themselves. These were people trying to do their best, but people who inevitably dug a monstrous hole in the financial state of our nation. From this hole, so many issues spouted.
Because of the financial instability in the nation, the millennium is forced to work in ways that older generations cannot comprehend. Those ways are different, but often put down because "they had it harder." Older generations can't understand this for several reasons. Inflation and the unlivable minimum wage that has not increased with inflation cause young people to work a considerable amount more than prior generations. Older generations are stealing jobs from millennials and wondering why we young people can't find work. As this is opinion piece and not a statistical piece, I will link you proof to this below if you can't trust me.
We aren't trusted. Older generations have a closed mind to millennials. They tend to believe that we are incapable of humane and intelligent thought, even though they raised this generation. Who does that speak to? Do we blame the generation or those that raised them? I try to keep an open mind. I know that parents were also raised in troubled situations, so it was difficult for them to raise children, too. I understand that. However, it is not a justification for closed-mindedness and an absence of trust.
The presence of technology is another factor that is difficult for older generations to understand. Through the newest developments, we must work smarter. Cell phones are viewed as unnecessary and impossible, though they have become so important. To go to school, you are required to have the Internet. You have to reach out to people in the most efficient way. For the sake of efficiency and the new level of safety needed to be a regular part of society, we need technology like we have. This can be viewed as sad, but this is the world we grew up in.
It's not our fault. We are not the source of your problems. Stop thinking we are evil scum. I know that it is easier to blame someone else, like an entire population. However, you can't blame us for the problems that were here before we were. Unfortunately, that is from prior generations that raised us. Be it yours, or the ones before you, that's up for discussion. But the fact still stands: it's easier to blame someone of lesser power for your problems.
We are all trying to clean up a mess we didn't make.