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We're always being told that young people suck: that they are illiterate and unreflective and un-thoughtful, all of which ignores the fact that every generation
by hawkharris 12y ago
We're always being told that young people suck: that they are illiterate and unreflective and un-thoughtful, all of which ignores the fact that every generation had that said about them by the older generation. Yet somehow civilization persists.
That sentence resonated with me. Of all the superficial prejudices, ageism has to be the most hypocritical. By ostracizing someone for being too young or too old, you're making fun of a condition that you have, have had or will have in the future. You might as well swear at a mirror.
- dominotw 12y ago>which ignores the fact that every generation had that said about them by the older generation. Not true. I can think of many examples where this not true. For early 20th century Britain the world kept seeming better, country was filled with optimism for new generation. New schools, electricity , motorized transportation, universities, thriving empire.
- dfc 12y agoI do not see how the optimism of the golden days of empire is related to a lack of age discrimination. Can you give one or two of the examples?
- vanderZwan 12y agoI bet many of people were complaining that young people didn't appreciate how good they had it, how they were wasting these golden opportunities, etc.