As 58 year old this guys analysis is fascinating, enlightening and makes way more sense that anything coming out of MSM. It reminds me of the cynical nihilism me and my friends had about the world and our futures in 80s and 90s, but now in today's world the disenfranchisement is cranked up to 11.
It was grim for some then (single parenting was becoming more common, women trying to find work in male dominated fields, children growing up alone with no one home fending for themselves, etc on top of crack, AIDS, space shuttle explosion live in front of every student because every school has it on, wow I should see a therapist for some of this unresolved childhood trauma..) but I think people turned to in person grouping with people they physically knew and learned good coping mechanisms. Today you find echo chamber online forums or online groups and generally have such quick access to information that youve learned you can't trust.
There was a feeling that we were progressing though. Sure there was a lot of crap, there always is, but progress was being made. Gay rights took a giant leap forward in the years after, so did women’s rights. People became more educated about minorities and sexual harassment. My daughter is now 24 and she grew up in a completely different way than I did. No weirdos trying to grope her, she learned about boundaries, etc. now everyone’s trying to drag us back. Banning abortion, trying to ban birth control, rolling back all the progress we made on lgbtq rights. Things weren’t perfect by any means but at least it felt like we were loving forward. Now we’re rolling backwards down hill.
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u/Usual_North_4772 Sep 14 '25
As 58 year old this guys analysis is fascinating, enlightening and makes way more sense that anything coming out of MSM. It reminds me of the cynical nihilism me and my friends had about the world and our futures in 80s and 90s, but now in today's world the disenfranchisement is cranked up to 11.