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which is the natural way to refer to the "young generation" (ex: now its the
"millennial generation") in a derogatory way:  
若 **い** 連中  
若連中 // don't say the い  
若者  
若者達  
若者ら

Maybe say something like:  
今の日本の＿＿は前の経済的な習慣、例えば愛社精神とか集団意識とか年功序列など、を尊重するというより、給料しか考えずに適当に転職するわがままやつらなんじゃない。
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best phrase choice for a derogatory reference to the "young generation"?
use 若者 is even formal and can hear from news. Add 連中 is a derogatory way, like
old people hating young lol.I've never heard 若連中 in Japan¯_(ツ)_/¯ so ''若い連中''
is suitable to that conversion.
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To be honest, none of the five words/phrases you listed sound derogatory.
「若{わか}い連中{れんちゅう}」 might to a very small extent, but the rest sounds just
normal.

The real question, to me at least, is: "Should you really use a derogatory
term to refer to a group of millions of people?" Not sure what the answer
would be in your language and/or culture, but in Japanese culture, I can
guarantee that that would be considered highly abnormal. It is not like using
a derogatory term to refer to a group of several that you personally know.

I would stick with 「若い連中」 myself. If, however, you still want to know some
derogatory terms for future reference, then we have:

  * 「若造{わかぞう}」

  * 「青二才{あおにさい}」

  * 「（くそ）ガキ」

  * 「ひよっこ」

  * 「鼻{はな}たれ小僧{こぞう}」

Somebody stop me!
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