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All those YA books lied to me (lemmy.world)
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[–] mojo_raisin 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think a lot of us were raised to hope and to be like a superhero making big changes to the world.

Ya, so much of our media is about "ordinary person realizes they are not just a regular loser, they are special! They have magical powers or were actually a prince or a millionaire this whole time!" especially anything for young people.