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> but you cant just tell kids they are doomed Lying to them when they can see the evidence to the contrary is better?
by squigz 3y ago
> but you cant just tell kids they are doomed
Lying to them when they can see the evidence to the contrary is better?
- ericmcer 3y agoI approach life thinking that I should do the best for myself and my family regardless of what broad societal problems are. I want to raise my kids to be the same way. There is no way I am going to raise them thinking they should just quit. It isn't a lie, I don't know what the future will be but I know there will be people who thrive and people who wither.
- jrflowers 3y agoI’m trying to imagine, as someone that was an adult for the 2008 crash, saying “the economy will always be good for people that work hard and smart” out loud with a straight face. It would have to be either a) a complete fabrication or b) a little play on words where “working smart and hard” is the load-bearing bit of phrasing that implies that any negative impacts from economic downturn would strictly reflect on a person’s work ethic and/or intelligence. “Don’t worry about the future, your net worth will reflect your personal worth regardless of external economic conditions!” sounds way more depressing than “the economic hardships you were born during and have seen in your short lifetime are not likely to evaporate by the time you enter the workforce”
- squigz 3y agoRelevant to b) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_meritocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_meritocracy
- squigz 3y ago> There is no way I am going to raise them thinking they should just quit. I'm not sure it's a choice between telling them they're doomed and should quit, and misleading them (if not lying), is it?
- Zpalmtree 3y agoThey are not doomed.
- squigz 3y agoI don't think so either. Perhaps I shouldn't have quoted this particular bit. All I meant was, ignoring the reality is worse than facing and dealing with it.