Patriotism

It would be great to have a solid Fourth of July post about a significant attribute of either this particular Independence Day, or how the Crisis affected today and also the original one.. Alas, there is not anything obviously worth noting about this 238th anniversary, or worth comparing, either. 

There is a worthwhile article in the New York Times about patriotism, in particular with regard to Millennials. It uses Strauss & Howe terms for generational cohorts, although not quite their definitions. Generation X would be birth years in 1961-1981, which means ages 33-53. The article uses 33-49 i.e. those born starting in 1964. 

There's also this bit about the #merica hashtag on Twitter, which is superficially ironic. Except that it's not actually used in an ironic sense at all. Millennial users of the hashtag treat it quite earnestly. There's clearly something patriotic stirring for Millennials, even if they don't always call it the same thing.