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Kids these days!

Yeah, I don't believe (or see historical proof) for eternal stasis, so I don't find the argument "haha, he complants about kids these days, like tons of people did on their day, so it must have been always wrong to complaint about that" convincing.

There was a Rome, and then a fall of Rome and the dark ages. And the same for tons of institutions, states, cultures, etc.

Heck, there was the pre-war Germany and then there was the Nazi germany.

"Kids these days" is often very true compared to what preceeding generations did at various times.

There were many "past people" who did absolutely nothing when faced with atrocities brought upon Jews in Nazi Germany, just as there are "now people" who risk their very lives by engaing in various forms of activism regarding societal change. Making broad statements about level of engagement of "past people" is akin to statements like "in our time music used to be much better!".

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