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Interesting anecdote or observation: It’s a cliché, but it often seems that some of the most socially conservative 20-somethings are the children of divorce, r
by 1cvmask 5y ago
Interesting anecdote or observation:
It’s a cliché, but it often seems that some of the most socially conservative 20-somethings are the children of divorce, reacting against the wild bohemianism of Generation X.
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And the ending is quite fitting:
Those Regency men raised in the 20th century must feel the same way about this new age, even if it is a better world in most ways. The new Victorians may preach about different sins, but the sanctimony is the same.
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Wonder if there are such studies on the boom and bust or pendulum swings of morality and moralizing.
- h2odragon 5y agodunno about "studies", but the social forces at work aren't mysterious to religious philosophers. The taint of "religion" makes all that work unpalatable, at best, to people born since the 70s; so it's all but lost.