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I don't have a source, but I've been hearing that this is just common among young people everywhere. They blamed social media for Americans.
Among young people everywhere and everywhen? I would guess that young people were less satisfied with life than older folks in most every time period.
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What is that singular phenomenon? What can result in blaming both capitalism and socialism, for example?
Displacing God as the center of life.
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Man, what does that say about the human race if we're only able to be happy under the dubious eye of a supranatural daddy?
What if it's true that this daddy exists?
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somewhat tangential, but most interesting phenomeon is the phaseshift non-boomers will undergo when they're around 45, surveying what's left, realizing how much they have paid into the system already, and desperate to claim the same rewards. it's a perpetuum mobile. if it needs to end, the young will have to wrestle it from their seniors _now_, because that gap closes fast.
Most developed countries are peaking in costs to young people right now. The people entering workforce now are getting a huge bad surprise, but the cost of supporting older people will start to decrease very soon. So, if you are looking for some future phase shift, you are searching for the wrong thing. Also, most of the developing countries will be in that situation in ~20 years. Most underdeveloped ones will get th…
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Displacing God as the center of life.
Man, what does that say about the human race if we're only able to be happy under the dubious eye of a supranatural daddy?
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Man, what does that say about the human race if we're only able to be happy under the dubious eye of a supranatural daddy?
I think it says we need more time in the evolutionary oven. With how fast tech and education have accelerated we're running Ubuntu 24 on the Enigma machine.
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What if it's true that this daddy exists?
Does it matter? Based upon the poster I responded to, it appears to be only the belief that's important, not the being.