My great-grandparents’ generation gave us the beginnings of our national infrastructure (roads, bridges, railroads, utilities, etc.). My grandparents’ generation won a world war, gave us FDR-era reforms and programs, the GI Bill, and the interstate system. My parents’ generation gave us civil rights, rock & roll, and the courage to protest injustice. What are we building for future generations? True, we’re giving them the internet, but are we giving them anything that requires us to sacrifice?

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