My Generation... well maybe Tyler's

While Tyler Durden makes many references to the seemingly meaningless state of his life, the statement regarding “The Great Depression” and “The Great War” brings up a very important point about his generation. I suppose that this also applies to my generation. Previous generations in the United States, have always had some crisis that either bolsters solidarity, or forces a sort of “social Darwinism” on the nation. My generation, and those of Tyler’s generation, don’t really have something similar to the plights of past generations (granted now my generation has terrorism, multiple wars, and economic crisis to be concerned with, but in 1999 that wasn’t really the case.) Tyler points out that basically “man’s” sole purpose on earth is to fight (from an evolutionary standpoint,) and that modern man has nothing left to fight about. From a young age, teachers and parents try to train boys that fighting is bad, and that they should “use their words” etc. Whereas generations before us had wars to fight overseas, and wars to fight in the streets to try to feed their families, my generation really doesn’t have much to fight or complain about. Tyler thinks that this is a terrible thing indeed, to have made a whole generation of castrated men. The “Tyler” side of Edward Norton’s character is trying to give the passive side a nudge in the “right direction.” What’s really interesting about all this is that the "passive” side of “Tyler,” argues repeatedly with the “aggressive” side (for example in the car scene) about being inhumane and crazy. Anyway, I kind of have to agree with Tyler’s statement, but I don’t really want to “do” anything about it. Which I guess proves that I’m a lazy Ikea shopping modern man…