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Or the woke left insisting on declaring pronouns
Have you ever been outside? I’ve lived in “woke left” cities for years and worked with a lot of “woke left” individuals. Never in my life have I seen someone get angry about pronouns or call someone out for using the wrong pronouns. It’s a fantasy invented to pit the working class against eachother.
Your life is not representative of the lives of others.
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> because it's crawling with predators Indeed. The vast majority of danger to kids comes from people they know and trust. Most kidnappings are custody disputes, for example.
We just need to get kids away from their parents and everyone else they know. Then they'll finally be safe! Maybe those nice Mongolians will take care of them...
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Your entire post goes against the data which shows this generation was coddled (probably too much) and that they statistically have it better than any generation in the history of mankind. If anything, it appears the problem is that they have had it too easy. They are in need of nothing, which leaves them to create their own problems, in need of solving of course.
The people with nearly no pathway to home ownership, a bachelors degree required for the most basic of jobs, & the least social mobility in over a century are “in need of nothing” You clearly aren’t to be reasoned with. I also think you would benefit from therapy, but I digress.
Is the problem that much of this generation thinks they're too good to live in a $100k house in a suburb of KC, St Louis, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Little Rock, Dallas, etc. etc.? Or do they honestly believe this nonsense that there are literally no jobs outside of SF/Boston/NYC/LA/Seattle?
Because what it appears to be from all the evidence is just a lazy excuse to not try.
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They don’t, but Gen X had Boomer or Silent generation parents who mostly refused to relate emotionally. So punk, angst, grunge made its way into public communication instead. Gen Z is lucky in a sense to have mostly Gen X or younger parents, who are like, yeah, it sucks, I feel you. This is validating for Gen Z is a wonderful way and I hope that everyone complaining about emotional entitlement can come to understand…
> it is not a weakness, it is a strength. How so? They're all so depressed, and hopeless. What part of that is strong? How is that beneficial?
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You’re mixing up “your responsibility to solve” with “you created this problem in the first place”
You don't see it as disrespectful to pretend Gen Z has no agency, no ability to actually solve their own self-induced problems? Everything is someone else's fault? Is there anything they have brought about upon themselves that they can solve themselves, or are they helpless?
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> it is not a weakness, it is a strength. How so? They're all so depressed, and hopeless. What part of that is strong? How is that beneficial?
They are looking at the problem. You can’t solve anything if you pretend it doesn’t exist.
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They are looking at the problem. You can’t solve anything if you pretend it doesn’t exist.
They haven't solved anything, and it appears there is no desire to solve because then they would stop being victims. It's just too comforting to be able to blame any shortcomings on something other than your own effort. Don't believe me? Find one that takes full accountability for themselves rather than blame society/parents/Elon/Chad from school etc. Nothing is ever their fault, have a conversation with them if you…
But still, if the issue isn’t even recognized then the only way it might be addressed is accidentally. At least they have a chance to look it head on.
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You don't see it as disrespectful to pretend Gen Z has no agency, no ability to actually solve their own self-induced problems? Everything is someone else's fault? Is there anything they have brought about upon themselves that they can solve themselves, or are they helpless?
Why do you insist on missing the point? I never said they have no agency to solve their problems, only that they did not create the lion’s share of the problems.
These are solved problems, so not fixing it is their own fault. But if you talk to them you'll see they don't want to solve problems, they want to be victims so they can do nothing and blame others for their own shortcomings.
I feel bad for the young people in that generation who aren't wired this way because their own peers are driving them to embrace negativity and toxicity and wear it as a badge. We used to tell people like that to fuck off, now they're embraced - it's creepy.
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Have you ever been outside? I’ve lived in “woke left” cities for years and worked with a lot of “woke left” individuals. Never in my life have I seen someone get angry about pronouns or call someone out for using the wrong pronouns. It’s a fantasy invented to pit the working class against eachother.
You're just proving the point of this thread with the hostile question "Have you ever been outside?". Your life is not representative of the lives of others.