I come from a generation that has to hear from previous ones how life used to be better. In Venezuela, since I was a kid, always had to hear how the country used to be safer, richer, better, different than what it is now. It got worse after Chavez came to power, more and more people around me, and with the years, would be talking about a country I was only able to imagine: More jobs, less delinquencies, less kidnappings, less corruption, and so many other 'less'-es.
Then we moved to the US, especifically NYC, and I had to hear new people talking about how everything used to be different before 9/11 happened. And how we were getting used to the "new normal" and how our generation was the cynic generation (as if, please)...etc.
Its like I am always going to feel like there was something better than our own present. Its like they don't want to realize this is our world, and this is my generation. They're holding so tight to the past, they can't see or feel the present, and their future predictions are either unrealistic or pessimistic. I mean, come on, can I live my life, my present, without having to feel out of place? This is our current society, our current world, and we have to make the best of it and not be stuck in the past. because, its annoying, and most of all, it doesn't help us deal with our present nor does it let us plan for the future.
