Generation X, Generation Y, and Generation Z

W e have run out of letters and perhaps out of time. In Wokeism we are witnessing the eruptive outrage of a lost (if not the last) generation caught between the emotional tectonic plates of Nihilism and Narcissism. One says everything is “nothing” and the other says “I am everything.” The crazies and ninja warriors lashing out at society and killing innocents are the symptom not the substance. Crazy is the world that puts its faith in psychology and the prophets of secular humanism. When God is removed from the center of our moral universe it is no wonder that the planets collide. Every abortion and slaughter of the innocents is a self-portrait of our godless society that resembles Munch’s Scream. The grandchildren of the Woodstock Generation are high on Adderall and are dropping the acid of self-accreditation which is more hallucinogenic than any mushroom consumed on a Magical Mystery Tour. The children and grandchildren of the baby boom generation have been brought up on the doctrine of Big Bird, and Barney the purple dinosaur. They believe that “the Force” is with them and all they need to do to go far is “wish upon a star.” They were fed the pablum that they are all gifted, exceptional, special and the central figure of their own universe, where no one fails and everyone gets a trophy. They were not allowed to scrap their knees or shins, never learned to resolve conflicts on the ball field without adult intervention, and never learned that God is good, and evil is evil. They grew up drinking the cool aid of self-esteem, surrounded by a virtual reality of high tech and low living. Sin is at the center of all our problems, but since that diagnosis is laughed off the planet, I use the word “narcissism” to explain what is wrong with our society. Narcissism is a toxic oil slick that coats the surface of a primeval swamp that holds the shimmering reflection of the self-absorbed. The oily sheen, like the mirror of the wicked witch in Snow White is programmed to perpetuate the delusion of self-importance and grandeur. Beneath the silver surface lies the rotten remains of a million lies fed to a godless generation that rejected reality. They exchanged the truth for a lie. The sin of narcissism has erased the laws of happiness (Love God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself) with the graven image of the worst idolatry, bowing in worship of “self.”