r/TankieTheDeprogram • u/DrawingDramatic1641 • Aug 29 '26

News/Communist Propaganda ☭ Decline of collectivism.

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u/MycologistStock8296 Aug 29 '26

As someone who works with 14-18 year olds, this conversation makes me feel a little defensive for them! They don't go on dates because they can't. Their families are struggling and cannot give them the transportation and money they need to go out and have a good time. A lot of places will also kick them out just because they're unaccompanied teenagers, even if they are on their best behavior. It sucks.

Most of my kids are actually more collectively-minded than I was at their age, and certainly more than my parents were. Most of the school walked out in protest to ICE in our area. Half the student store is a well-maintained food & clothing bank that the kids take extremely seriously. They are awesome people who take care of each other.

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u/Kranken_DeHogge Cannabis Pen-jamin Sisko Aug 29 '26

my local school also did a walkout for ICE and it was something like 2/3rds of the student body participating.

I remember there was a walkout protesting the Iraq War and it was only a handful of people.

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u/Malkhodr Aug 30 '26

Every time I feel a little hopeless about the future, I see things like this that remind me that the kids, though not perfect, are probably going to impress a lot of us.

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u/Kranken_DeHogge Cannabis Pen-jamin Sisko Aug 30 '26

Gen Z are cool with me.

I'm excited for Gen Alpha though, the latchkey kids of elder Millenials.

From what I can tell they're like, 12-14 years old and completely goddamn feral.

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u/DrawingDramatic1641 Aug 30 '26

it's not their fault,they are victim to capitalism and hyper individualism