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> A sick society inclines people towards damaging the structures built around them because they see those structures as symbolising their own oppression in some
by whytaka 7y ago
> A sick society inclines people towards damaging the structures built around them because they see those structures as symbolising their own oppression in some capacity.
Or simply the force of youthful rebellion that seeks to always create something new as a reaction against the old.
- faissaloo 7y ago'Youthful rebellion' needn't always exist. I reject the notion that young people rebel because they are young rather than because they live in a society that has not raised and supported people correctly.
- dondawest 7y ago>Youthful rebellion needn’t always exist. Respectfully disagree. Youthful rebellion appears to be driven by hormone-related factors (elevated risk tolerance) rather than being driven by reactions to anything in particular about a society. Source: https://www.pnas.org/content/109/42/17135 https://www.pnas.org/content/109/42/17135
- faissaloo 7y agoDisagree, such studies are extremely western oriented, cross cultural studies indicate otherwise https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-myth-of-the-teen-brain-2007-06/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-myth-of-the-t...
- dondawest 7y agoThat study talks about teen brains. I’m talking about teen hormones. And that study fails to account for the facts that: Mao’s rise was driven by youthful rebellion in China Many Islamic suicide bombers are teenagers The Amish have rumspringa And yes some western teens are graffiti artists. Teen rebellion cuts across cultures, that study just doesn’t show it because it is solely attempting to refute the univariate “brain” factor. I’m not talking about brains. I’m talking about hormones and risk tolerance. Teen rebellion cuts across cultures. And no single-variable “cross cultural study” can prove otherwise