My GenX existential horror was learning in my thirties that all the western American Exceptionalism ideology I was indoctrinated in as a kid was just a way of keeping us from getting proactive for sake of the future generations, and my parents and teachers and ministers knew this and actively lied to me anyway.
I also think that a lot of bad things about the US that a blind eye was turned to because they seemed to be getting better have since become relevant again because they’ve started getting worse
Looks like this kind of thing happened not only in the US. Maybe because of technologocal growth, maybe because of Cold War, but looks like some people decided to do that for their own sake, not for future generations
My GenX existential horror was learning in my thirties that all the western American Exceptionalism ideology I was indoctrinated in as a kid was just a way of keeping us from getting proactive for sake of the future generations, and my parents and teachers and ministers knew this and actively lied to me anyway.
I also think that a lot of bad things about the US that a blind eye was turned to because they seemed to be getting better have since become relevant again because they’ve started getting worse
Oh I realized that in my 20s
I was particularly credulous.
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Conservatives are well known for acting against their own self interest.
Looks like this kind of thing happened not only in the US. Maybe because of technologocal growth, maybe because of Cold War, but looks like some people decided to do that for their own sake, not for future generations