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I've been taught to respect the elders. But now I've seen that there are enough of them which aren't honest, good people, but only know how to present themselve
by qwertox 2y ago
I've been taught to respect the elders. But now I've seen that there are enough of them which aren't honest, good people, but only know how to present themselves in a positive light, while looking down on the ones they live with.
I now stand neutral against them: they may be good, they may not be. There's nothing in their age which makes them deserve more respect than the one younger people deserve.
- ConspiracyFact 2y agoSo do you respect 12-year-olds as much as you respect 25-year-olds? Do you respect the opinions on work and adult responsibilities of a 23-year-old as much as those of a 35-year-old? Do you trust the professional judgment of a junior engineer as much as that of a senior engineer? Older people, in general, know more and have better judgment than younger people.
- anthk 2y agoNot in Japan.
- piltdownman 2y agoYou're conflating age with wisdom - a common fallacy when charisma is valued over education, leading to Septuagenarian Heads of State ruling on partisan lines rather than Technocratic and egalitarian governance.
- ConspiracyFact 2y agoAge correlates with wisdom. It’s not a fallacy. I don’t claim that every person is wiser than all people younger than him.
- lazide 2y agoAll you know about an old person is they’ve lived - and survived - longer than someone who is not so old. That can have a lot of different meanings.