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> required to act independently without a safety net' Then no one is an adult any longer, especially those of a leftist political bent. They speak of their pol
by NoMoreNicksLeft 11y ago
> required to act independently without a safety net'
Then no one is an adult any longer, especially those of a leftist political bent. They speak of their political programs in those exact terms, "safety nets".
- sliverstorm 11y agoThere are degrees. Most people who have any family that is not destitute have some level of safety net, but that's not at all the same as having mom & dad right on hand to save the day.
- madez 11y agoBeing an adult is not binary. And I think the possibility we have of not having to be fully "grown up" is one of the great advances of modern society. Keep the child in you alive. It's what makes you creative and open to the new.
- gohrt 11y ago> any longer and almost no one ever was. Independence from family is a very modern American notion. For most of history and the world, family/clan interdependence was/is a major component of culture. Modern left-leaning societies installed government-run interdependence to replace the clan (and some rare far-left governments displaced the family)