In my opinion one of the main reasons why we have this and other problems, is the fact that the two current-most generations have been actively taught to be snowflakes.
People are taught (and have been reassured in that behaviour) to expect others to be "nice" to them, to mollycoddle them, never to criticise, never to correct them, not even on patently false ideas, and the freedom of expression and discussion applies only to people who exclusively voice "positive thoughts". Anything even slightly marring the narrative of unicorns and rainbow glitter needs to be squashed, usually in completely insane ad hominem attacks maintaining you're out to get them. Rude. Offensive. Abrasive. Bad - all just because you dare contradict them and hold an opposing opinion.
This has been eating at me for a longish time. I grew up in Europe, where healthy debate and questioning other opinions is still considered a positive thing at school and uni, well, at least until very recently (under US influence this is also changing now).
This post here was triggered by observing a professional peer who in a discussion about criticism not only blithely stated that she cannot deal with anyone tabling errors and mistakes, but then went on to demand that people should only make uplifting, nice comments, because else she has trouble functioning. She isn't the first one I noticed, and they are surfacing in greater and greater numbers lately. It permeates society in a way.
These people not only lack the wherewithal to objectively look at and discuss their mistakes, they expect you to drop a kiss on their hurt and make it good again, too, and then avoid mentioning any further mistakes. Much like a very young toddler would. I'm talking people who are 20-30 years old. Adults.
I can't even. But one thing is sure, someone messed up royally in education and child-raising with those generations.
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