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Zoomers: how are Millenials hypocrites? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 8 months ago by Cryophilia to c/asklemmy

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In my observation, a big part of social progress is each generation pointing out the hypocrisy of the previous. "All men are created equal" so how can you enslave black people? If men can vote, why can't women? How come straight people can marry but gay people can't? How is it fair to send an 18 year old to war but not let him vote?

A lot of these hypocrisies were so internalized that a lot of people of previous generations never even thought about them. It was like a mental blind spot. It took young people with fresh thinking to point them out and fight to fix them.

So, speaking as a Millenial, I'm asking what my generation's blind spots are. What injustices are we perpetuating without even thinking much about it?

For reference, Millenials are currently in their late 20s to early 40s. Not running the world, but also not fresh eyed college grads.

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[–] Mr_Blott 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm gen-x according to you. When I was younger there were none of these divisive nomenclatures. They're stupid and harmful, the same as every stereotype, and anyone who uses them is a gullible fool

90% of people I know, from teenagers to pensioners, are lovely, interesting, amazing folk, and their age has as much to do with that as the colour of their skin

You should be ashamed of yourself for perpetuating divisiveness

[–] exussum 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm likely older than you and there's always been generational name calling and judging.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

“Our sires’ age was worse than our grandsires’. We, their sons, are more worthless than they; so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.”

Quintus Horatius Flaccus, writing over 2,000 years ago

[–] Mr_Blott 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Society-dependant I suppose. Doesn't make it any less toxic

[–] exussum 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It's descriptive. Do you want to use paragraphs to name a group of similar people, or a word? " The people born between x and y exhibiting these behaviors and traits, or have been imprinted by these traits, though it is not as strict rule," or "generation x."

And yes, we are also allowed to critique people based off of these things. It's how life works. It's how we grow and change.

[–] Mr_Blott 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

though it is not a strict rule

Vis a vis, a stéréotype

Keep 'em divided and angry at eachother!

[–] exussum 1 points 8 months ago

Say you make a new invention. Are you going to give it a name, or are you going to use a description each time?

What about if you have kids. Are you going to name your kid a long winded description of their lineage, or something short?