Young people are not the problem in my eyes. It is just that they are growing up in a system that is not serving their interests.
Loosely related, but what really sticks with me is how quickly in less than a decade society transformed the role of women. It very quickly became accepted norm for both in the household to work to prop-up the fiat experiment and work, to sustain sufficient wages for the household. Not that it’s wrong per se for both to work, but accepted norms drastically shifted to be different from the 1970s. Just look how quickly attitudes (and accents) change:
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I hope I didn't come off as critical of the younger generations. They have my immense sympathy for how badly their predecessors screwed the pooch.
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