Quote:
Originally Posted by Polycaster
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Bickering doesn't cause people to do those things. Within my family we have far more bickering, and it just made us stronger. Which I think was the point; if you are used to Uncle Bob ripping on you, then some random jerkoff isn't going to affect you much.
I think the problem goes a lot deeper. Probably involving a lack of a group identity, that there is nothing greater than ourselves to attach ourselves to except ephemeral nonsense like brand name loyalty and video games.
|
Part of it is probably that nowadays we have entire movements of people essentially telling young people they're innately bad if they're not a racial minority, a certain gender, or LGBT (can't remember the full acronym).
Not saying it's necessarily a conscious affect on people, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are some at least subconscious negative effects on a young person from continuing to read/hear about how your entire specific race and/or gender is awful.