I think the most interesting part of the book was this comic strip. It was written in 1968, and is as relevant today as it was more than forty years ago.
It shows two obviously older gentlemen, probably in the corporate world. They seem to be either heading home or to work. As they walk, they notice a group of young adults.
The group seems to be dressed in the latest fashions and are just standing around. One of the men say, ” The hell of it is those punks pump over fifteen billion dollars into the economy every year.”
Today is a very different story, young adult pump a lot more then fifteen billion dollars yearly. If you count everything from fashion, to entertainment, to automobiles, it is a whole lot more.
And now there’s a different demography that’s been targeted “tweens”, those 10-12 year olds who use their parents disposable income to buy iPods and go to Justin Beiber concerts.
The men could like at today’s youth and say the same exact thing. Youth aren’t good for much except for making money in the fashion and entertainment industries.
