I’ve long been puzzled by the idealization of youth in the modern world. I mean that cultural tenet which views younger people as intellectually and morally superior to older people. It’s a very unusual view — virtually no society before modern society has held it.

submitted by Chipit from (treeofwoe.substack.com)

all 5 comments
sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This comes from the feminisation of western culture.

Women think the sun shines out of their kid's arse and are often competitive and ambitious through their children rather them putting themselves upfront.

Add that to a bunch of men who want to get into the pants of young men and women via flattery and simping then you have a generation of people basically being told they can do no wrong.

[–]passionflounder 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Premodern societies were based on older ways of doing things. Technological advances are driven and accelerated by younger people who are eager to have the latest and greatest gadgets. They often are the test market for new developments and advances while older folks are more likely to wait until the bugs are worked out before getting their feet wet- if they're interested at all.

Promoting the notion of youth as being morally superior essentially invalidates older generations' wisdom which limits them to little beyond being societal burdens; excess humanity that draws more in value from resources like health care than they contribute which ultimately makes them disposable.

[–][deleted]  (2 children)

[removed]

    [–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Just so everyone knows, the above is a paid poster trying to disrupt our conversations on this site. Click the "block user" button above and disengage.