there is a great essay online about how the 2004 legion are more true to the youth of the late 50's/60's than the first legion was. Its main point was how Legion is a youth team written a generation behind so it wasn't a shock when Shooter became so successful at wrting it as a kid.
'Eat it Grandpa' was never simple, it began with invisible kid who just couldn't communicate with his parents, they literally spoke different languages. Its an extension of the typical teen angst of 'my parents don't understand me'. There was Naltor who looked to be persecuting their young when they were trying to protect them. Again its an extension of young people thinking they aren't given the benefit of the doubt that they are grown up to handle things. Then there was the actual child abuse on a massive scale. Legion was about wish fulfillment. Legion could matter and change their world and how youth is percieved when in reality youth these days are powerless probably due to apathy. The days of universities as the hotbed of revolution are gone and young people aren't galvanised because they aren't given the benefit of the doubt. This time Legion is about standing up and saying something in a time when young people don't care enough to have their say in a democratic process. We all saw how Obama grabbed american youth, especially colleges and how it helped his campaign. Its the same principle and its a sophisticated idea, probably the most relevant the legion has ever tried to be