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I've personally noticed two big schools of though take root in Millennial and Gen-Z folks. The first is that the idea of inaction is unacceptable. "We have to

I've personally noticed two big schools of though take root in Millennial and Gen-Z folks. The first is that the idea of inaction is unacceptable. "We have to do something, we can't just do nothing". This manifests itself in ever increasing intervention in problems that seem really minuscule. Removing a statue of Robert E Lee.... well I can understand that. Removing a boulder because it was once given a name with a racist slur nearly a hundred years ago.... come on. The second is the idea that if you aren't actively helping, you are actively hurting progress. This takes various forms such as "silence is violence" and "it's not enough to just be not racist, you must be actively anti-racist". The confluence of these two schools of thought is what I think is leading so such rabid polarization and vitriol. I, of course, have no way to actually prove any of this, but I think it is a model with good face-validity.

SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
Good comment. I think I’ve seen it written concisely as: “We must do something, even if it’s the wrong thing” And I’ve never considered that to be more apt. “You have to pick a side” seems to be a product of the increased polarization.
CountDrewku 5y ago
>I've personally noticed two big schools of though take root in Millennial and Gen-Z folks. Personally I think this is due to the fact that in westernized nations they are VERY well off all things considered. The downside of this is that life is so easy they're lost and have no purpose. So, they make a purpose by creating issues where they do not exist or turning what are very small problems into gigantic ones. I'm starting to think that after a few generations people are unable to relate to actual atrocities and they start to pursue things that inevitably lead down bad roads as proven by history. We may be doomed to constantly repeat these authoritarian moments. I guess people have to experience it to understand it unfortunately. As you can see in my above comment they never respond, they just downvote when I bring this up because they know it's true. They do not want to read things that upset them so they trend towards censorship and having government create laws to remove any chance they might get upset.

SV_BubbleTime 5y ago

Good comment. I think I’ve seen it written concisely as: “We must do something, even if it’s the wrong thing” And I’ve never considered that to be more apt. “You have to pick a side” seems to be a product of the increased polarization.

CountDrewku 5y ago

>I've personally noticed two big schools of though take root in Millennial and Gen-Z folks. Personally I think this is due to the fact that in westernized nations they are VERY well off all things considered. The downside of this is that life is so easy they're lost and have no purpose. So, they make a purpose by creating issues where they do not exist or turning what are very small problems into gigantic ones. I'm starting to think that after a few generations people are unable to relate to actual atrocities and they start to pursue things that inevitably lead down bad roads as proven by history. We may be doomed to constantly repeat these authoritarian moments. I guess people have to experience it to understand it unfortunately. As you can see in my above comment they never respond, they just downvote when I bring this up because they know it's true. They do not want to read things that upset them so they trend towards censorship and having government create laws to remove any chance they might get upset.