by system failure Is there a peculiar war of generations, particularly in the United States in our days? It seems that in times of political and economic turbulence, the 'gap of generations' is getting bigger and much more evident, as the younger blame the older for the world they delivered, while the older blame the younger for being 'lazy' and 'want it all' without putting any effort. When we are quite young, we usually feel that there is something terribly wrong in the world, but, due to the lack of experience, most of us are unable to specify it accurately. Just like Thomas Anderson in the famous SciFi movie The Matrix . As we grow old, we put more and more pieces of the puzzle together, but in the meantime, the system exploits our reduced energy and enthusiasm to make us compromise. And one of the most frequent methods that it uses, is to provide us with the necessary alibis, in order to make us feel comfortable and relaxed