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Seeking Serenity

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2. "As a Society, We've Done a Poor Job of Protecting Young People."

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2025, 03:06 PM

Dec 23

You could've stopped right there. Our generations (Baby Boomers and 1st half of Gen X) have definitely failed the younger generations, especially Zoomers and Gen Alpha. There will be a reckoning. (I guess we can be thankful that we'll likely all be dead by that time, having reigned over and sucked everything of value out of our Empire of Dust).

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As a Society, We've Done a Poor Job of Protecting Young People [View all] MineralMan Dec 23 OP

Yeah. Those of us who brought it up were labeled, "Conspiracy Theorists." Kid Berwyn Dec 23 #1

"As a Society, We've Done a Poor Job of Protecting Young People." Seeking Serenity Dec 23 #2