The Apathy Generation seriously pisses me right the fuck off

So I'm cruising the intarwebz, it's my day off, just kind of chillin' to see what's new in the world, and I see one of my acquaintances has commented on a post regarding the military. Specifically, the post was in regards to how soldiers nowadays are dicks because they think that being in the military gains them automatic respect because they're "defending our freedoms". I wrote about this asshattery in a previous article, but needless to say, the last war that our freedoms needed defending in was waaaay before most of these cunts were a gleam in their dad's ballsack.

So this acquaintance of mine responds to the whole discussion with a "Meh, IDGAF, whatever." IDGAF stands for 'I don't give a fuck', for those wondering. So I saw that and was like, why wouldn't you give a fuck if soldiers are being bullies to citizens because they think they should be worshiped? That shouldn't stand!

So I asked her about it. She repeated her IDGAF statement and didn't respond further. I said something about how that lack of caring is why this country is in the trouble it's in, and she responds with "Well I'm just a girl, I don't matter in this big world, so why try?"

I'm not kidding, this is what was stated. I didn't even know how to respond to that. Granted, she's 20 and I'm 33, so I've been around and have been able to see what is ACTUALLY going on in the real world, while she's been busying herself with photoshoots and hair/clothes (yes, this is true, not just a generalization). She's also desperately looking for a job, after having quit the one she just got because she can't get a ride or make the effort to use public transport, which is made more difficult by her having a child.

It's almost like I'm talking with the embodiment of everything that is wrong with the current generation. I want to smack these people and be like, "Oh, you don't give a fuck? You think you don't matter? That's exactly what the rich assholes who own the Republican party are counting on, because they have their hordes of mindfucked inbred Christians to vote the GOP into power year after year, and if you don't care enough to try to stop them, then you don't get to bitch about not having enough money or not being able to find a job."

Seriously, if all you care about is doing photoshoots, playing dressup with your baby like it's the newest toy, and generally not making an effort to be a normal and useful human being, then you don't get to complain when things go to shit and you don't have any rights under the Republican 4th Reich.

EVERY VOTE FUCKING MATTERS, PEOPLE. Every. Single. One. There are more liberals than conservatives in this country, and yet we've been at the GOP's mercy for the last 5 years thanks to things like gerrymandering and voter "fraud" laws, but mostly because of apathy. Not enough people give enough of a shit to get off their asses and vote, and yet they sit around and whine about how there aren't any jobs, and they can't afford to do things with their shit wages, etc. etc.

If you're ok with being an empty-headed piece of eye candy, then you'd better hope that you find a sugar daddy who is ok with busting his ass to pay for your clothes and shit, especially since you won't participate in our citizen-participatory government and make it easier for him by keeping corporations from making us into a wage-slave plutocracy. And I'd better not hear any complaints out of you when shit gets bad, because if you don't do anything to make things better, then you deserve EVERYTHING you get.

You have a way to make your voice heard, and you think that because you're just one person, you don't matter? Shit, if everyone thought that way, then our government wouldn't function, because no one would get elected. EVERYONE MATTERS. To put it in more cosmic terms: Out of a billion billion stars in the vastness of the Universe... you exist. That's a hell of an achievement. Now fucking act like it.

This is part of the reason why I DON'T want to have kids, because if I had one who acted like this I'd probably fucking strangle them, Homer Simpson style.

That will be all.