What is it like to be young in Germany today? Many kids and young adults seem to be without any perspective on their future. They are disillusioned and frustrated. But is it that bad? I don't think so. Of course, in some cases, things are worse, and therefore I am going to look at some general problems of our generation in this essay. It may be that I am not always able to hide my very personal view of being young in Germany, but as I am a part of this generation, it might be all right.
             To start off with a topic adolescents of all generations and countries are confronted with, I will talk about kids and their place in society. When kids are in puberty, they just don't know where they belong. As even Britney Spears articulates young females' dilemma by singing "I'm not a girl, but not a woman yet," we can imagine that this is a quite central problem for young people (why else should Britney's song be that popular?). But maybe it is harder for young people to find their place today. Everybody has to be like everyone – unless s/he doesn't want to be an outsider. This starts with wearing "the right clothes" and goes on with other materialistic things. Unfortunately, this is no "Playstation-game" we stick in; this is reality. In this consumer-orientated culture, only a few kids and young adults seem to be interested in real topics like politics or their environment.
             As I got more and more interested in the politics of the 1960s and 1970s, I started to miss this thought of making things better today. For sure, we can be satisfied with the society we are living in, but aren't there still things that are worth fighting for? Don't we have an obligation to speak for the people who are not able to? What is about the people in the so-called "Least Developed Countries"? We have to see to it that globalization is established in a way that helps those countries in development. There are much more topics we should be concerned of and people ...