But I would also like to point out: McLaren’s biggest inroads are with the Millenials & Gen-Xers who want to see change — Revolution. That’s why he’s all about “Everything Must Change,” etc. It’s actually a phenomena among the newer generations that they’re wanting to put their hands to the plow, so to speak; they want to help and do something useful. But they don’t like thinking about it.

This is why I feel we need to checkmate his attempts to hijack the real revolution.

I’m really willing to bet there were people in attendance that night who were actually IMPRESSED with his useless non-answer to my question.

There also seems to be a climate of APATHY about truth around these days, and a passivity about convictions in general. I’m recalling a conversation with Jake about post-postmodern kids who aren’t really interested in asking questions or finding answers. McLaren seems to be fueled by and/or cultivating a culture that revels in not finding or needing actual answers.

Another thought on the “apathy” topic — I’m reminded of a conversation with a former co-worker at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and it seems worth noting that he was in college during the post-Vietnam, New Wave/Punk era. There was something scandalous about the Iraq war going on and he was shocked that no students there or at Case seemed to really be protesting. I think we may be living in a time where personal active involvement for change (I’ll even use the word “revolution” here) is not culturally valued like it used to be, and maybe even viewed negatively.