Can you learn something from an old movie?

   Is it possible, or even if is not, then let's try to relate to modern times, a 1960's thought; seen through the use of movies as examples of a concept. The movie is The Graduate,1967. The concept of the movie is one of a "coming of age". But what does that mean to come of age? For a want of a better way of saying it, it means to grow up, kid.

   So, our good friends, the commies, want to convince the kiddoes out there that things are getting worse under Trump. At least that is what it appears to be of late. But what's really going on here? That's where the movie comes in.

   The main character of the movie is having a hard time deciding what to do with his life. His parents are trying to guide him, but it seems to be too forceful of an approach for the young Benjamin. He tries to cooperate, but it isn't working out too well. Note if you will how the adults are in command of the young Benjamin. But Benjamin has other ideas. There's your generational conflict right there. Benjamin has to navigate through the desires and wishes of his parents and other adults, while trying to find his way in the world. Benjamin does indeed find himself by the end of the movie. He does it the usual way--through rebellion against the older generation.

   It's a typical story. What's a youngster to do, after all? Those of us in the older generation think we know better, but the youngsters have other ideas. The youngsters really don't know what they're doing, won't listen to their elders, and go off on another direction --for better or worse. The movie doesn't show what happens to young Benjamin after his rebellion. Only that his rebellion has succeeded in thwarting the desires and intentions of the older generation.

  The movie was made in 1967, as the Baby Boomer generation was coming of age in that time. How does that apply to modern times? What's the comparable generation now, the millenials? Let's call the the AOC bunch. That's because they think that socialism is a good thing. Evidently the schools don't teach history anymore, because socialism has never worked anywhere before.

  It might be hard for a youngster to realize these days, or any youngster as in the days in the past; to understand that the older generation was once young too. That's why this movie is so interesting to study. How did the kids of the Boomer generation handle their transition into adulthood? The same way it has always been, and always will be---they'll rebel against the older folks. The Boomers did it, as this movie shows. It's true, don't you know. Kids back then went against the adults--- they went Bohemian with the long hair and such.

  In the movie, Benjamin and his girlfriend seem victorious. Were they really? Only in the sense that the overcame the intentions of their elders. If by voting for Democrats, the modern generation thinks that they're actually solving the problems of the modern era, they are very much mistaken. You can lead the horse to the water, but you can't make him drink. As with the horses, the young will disregard the elders, much to their own chagrin as they get older. Then, in those times in the future, they will regret what they did, and try to warn the young--all to no avail.

   Does it have to be that way? No. In the movie, the elders came on too strong. The youngsters need persuasion-- not an iron hand. Perhaps Benjamin may have taken a different and better path. As a Boomer, it doesn't seem to be as good path as it could've been. Young Benjamin grew up, as all Boomers did, but his life story beyond youth wasn't told in this movie. It is being told today as the nation creeps toward a totalitarian future. It would be wise of the young to heed the lessons of the past. To study history is to avoid the mistakes that were made in the past. Perhaps a better outcome can be obtained, and the future could turn out all right.

   So who to listen to? Trump or the old Establishment figures? Before you know which way to go, maybe you need to find out where you've been. You won't there by censorship and thought control. It won't come by toppling statues that depict the history of this nation, which is part of the bigger history of it in the larger world. Ignorance cannot be a good thing. Maybe these Establishment folks need a lighter hand. Know what I mean, Vern?