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Letter to the youth for a humanistic revolution | Brunello Cucinelli

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your humanistic revolution sets its heart upon the future, yet keeps its gaze fixed upon the past — and learns from it. For throughout the centuries, many great men have spoken harshly of those your age. Priest of Ancient Egypt: Our world has reached a critical stage. Our youth no longer listen to their parents. The end of the world cannot be far off. Inscription on a clay pot from Ancient Babylon (5000 years ago): This youth is rotten to the core. The young are wicked and lazy. They will never be like the youth of days gone by. Today’s young people are incapable of sustaining our culture. Hesiod: There is no hope for the future of our country if today’s youth take the reins tomorrow. This youth is intolerable, without restraint, dreadful. Socrates: Our youth love luxury, are ill-mannered, scoff at authority, and show disrespect for elders. Children today are tyrants: they no longer rise when an elder enters the room, they contradict their parents. In a word, they are wicked. Sene

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