Teenagers are idiots. They think they know everything but know little to nothing. They loudly reject and rebel against the legacy world.
Around their 30s, they dial it back significantly. Understand they were wrong, their ideas stupid and unhinged, and perhaps regret some style and music choices of their teenage years. Which will be total fun for this generation, the internet is forever. This is also the point where they get skin in the game of The System.
Rather than overthrow the system, they'll work it to their personal benefit because that's what adulthood requires. The more successful they are at it, the more they become the system.
New teenagers emerge which are now found annoying, and wrong. Cycle completed.
Which generation of rebellious youngsters became the ultimate neoliberal capitalists?
> Teenagers are idiots. They think they know everything but know little to nothing. They loudly reject and rebel against the legacy world.
They also know what things did absolutely fucking nothing for them growing up and feel viscerally the harm that the previous generation caused them, and set out in their lives to live in a way that reduces that harm.
Boomers grew up being wild individualists having been raised by a generation of relatively sadistic collectivists. Millenials realize the downfall of unrestrained narcissism and tend towards more tolerant collectivism.
Gen Z was raised by a generation that valued emotional openness but couldn’t attain it in healthy way. They’re really into boundaries and prevention of emotional harm.
All this is basically what you said but without the value judgement.
Teenagers are idiots. They think they know everything but know little to nothing. They loudly reject and rebel against the legacy world.
Around their 30s, they dial it back significantly. Understand they were wrong, their ideas stupid and unhinged, and perhaps regret some style and music choices of their teenage years. Which will be total fun for this generation, the internet is forever. This is also the point where they get skin in the game of The System.
Rather than overthrow the system, they'll work it to their personal benefit because that's what adulthood requires. The more successful they are at it, the more they become the system.
New teenagers emerge which are now found annoying, and wrong. Cycle completed.
Which generation of rebellious youngsters became the ultimate neoliberal capitalists?
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