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[–]fuck_reddit 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep. This is it. Something similar happened in the 18th century when authors/philosophers could afford to live off book sales and were no longer reliant on a wealthy patron. But instead of producing great literature like Candide and Persian Letters, these kids do the typical teenager thing of seeking to destroy anything they resent (which is most things)