My generation's primary countercultural impulse is the desire to remain free of our society's sins while still partaking in its fruits.

Ever since WWII, the prescribed path to happiness for a child born into the upper income quartile in America has been:
Go to college
Find a skilled profession that is both fulfilling and pays enough to support a family
Fall in love
Marry
Buy a house on the outskirts of a city
Have children
Socialize primarily with one's own spouse, children, and near relatives.
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