And yet they were also expected to participate in what their parents were doing and that was in social settings which meant being around and not disruptive.
Which like has its own issues but at least they weren’t handed the talking screen and headphones and told to catch up later. There has always been neglectful parents but there is a difference.
Yeah but we need these kids to be super computers that squeeze more productivity out of one singular person than ever before… Otherwise how are we gonna keep those profit margins?
Just jobs for the savants, everyone else is worthless. We all need to be robots for our overlords already and if you aren’t, have you tried taking drugs to get you closer to one?
Yeah l think, honestly, one of the biggest issues we have is society giving less time to children and letting the digital babysitters get more and more control.
It takes a village to raise a kid but no one is allowed to tell anyone that they are wrong anymore or hold a consistent view of reality. And it’s sooo easy to just put a kid in front of a screen.
Parents don’t want to “give up their lives” to raise kids anymore and need them to be quiet or decoration. It’s just getting worse.
Yeah that’s an issue but I think it’s also from it being nearly impossible for new people to win against incumbents so we do need to also have a setup where it’s possible to run and win without already expecting it.
You know what? I still argues it’s a great idea to pay government positions well. Let there be no need for bribes or underhanded deals. You want them to also be able to take care of themselves for the stress and it should be something that people want to achieve because of what a good job it is then prove they are right for it so that there is a pool of smart people willing to do it rather than a job managing HR for Facebook cause it pays better.
But maybe I just like the idea of a country that takes care to make sure they are taking care of people.
I worked over there. Man Singapore looks so far down on Indians and Malaysians it’s amazing they can even see things to be racist about. And then they steal everyone else’s cuisine anyways.
It’s amazing how much SEA cares about status and all that but I think it’s to make sure they note that while being working class countries they are white collar instead of blue in an attempt to excuse anything away. “Hey, at least we aren’t farmers”
Even the birth places of Buddhism, Daoism, and more can’t avoid the trappings of perceived identity.
I think we just keep normalizing it and you wittpe down the population to those to unaware to notice it’s shit but simply continue cause it’s the animal drive and those who are psychopathic self driving who don’t care if it gets worse cause they expect to get their own at any cost. And the world will spin on and get worse and worse without end until it does.
I mean you’d be pretty reluctant to grab a torch too if it was one that has been held on desperately by a generation 3 above yours that didn’t even want to hand it away but are literally decaying around as they grasp tightly onto it and the torch requires feeding babies to it even though they don’t burn just so you have an excuse to dump a bunch of oil on to help reduce them to ash a bit further.
I think being handed a torch to carry would be fine. This is not a passing of a torch but a wildfire that people are busy dancing around. And I’m definitely to shy to join the “let it burn” party.
Got it… Really wish we had a good way of representing that because it’s gonna take a bit before people stop defaulting to use of pronouns even with best intentions
Nope. They use Gessen’s name the entire time in the article instead of a pronoun and I had a very androgynous photo to go off of and I may have misgendered them.
Yeah seems like he wanted to kick the can and make a lot of noise but it does get people to talk about you.
I wonder if it’s braver and better to willingly shove away the pointless reward to try and get people to talk about a subject you care about.
Well, if you read the article the only thing we have to go off of is that he actually argued that he wanted to see and audit the 2023 budget before approving the 2024 budget that included a raise for the city council so just as likely he thought they were all corrupt.
This dude goes around, and picks fights to feel something.
Don’t bother trying cause everyone else is emotional but him and he gets giddy to point it out. Basic abuser who likes the thrill of the fight and feeling superior.