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There's been a slow shift here over the past decade, from "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Li
by youarentrightjr 7mo ago
There's been a slow shift here over the past decade, from
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"
to
"If you don't agree with what I think a nanny state should be doing you're a terrible person"
What I wonder is if this is brought on by a demographic shift or a viewpoint shift among the same demographic.
- Macha 7mo agoIt feels like there's different restrictions pushed by different groups. Gen Z is pretty prudish and seems to be the most in support of some of the adult content or internet censorship, while anti-LGBT/bathroom policing/etc seems to be more of the older generations.
- wat10000 7mo agoThere was a pretty much instantaneous shift on a certain Tuesday morning in September of 2001. I haven't noticed much of a change since then. The whole national mood has been "better safe than sorry" for anything vaguely terrorism-adjacent ever since.