• madcaesar@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    China, Russia and US… All lead by the biggest pieces of shit in each respective country…

    I wish a sociologist could fully explain to us how humans keep giving power to the least qualified person possible.

    You want your car fixed and you’ll google and compare and evaluate and get references, yet voting for the guy leading you a simple BS Facebook post will do…

    • Cochise@lemmy.eco.br
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      14 minutes ago

      What do you have against Xi? He is the only one not bombing anyone, not meddling in any country internal affairs, and focusing in his own country and people.

  • Derpenheim@lemmy.zip
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    “Wise Elders” is why we are in this shit show. They “know all” about shit that was wrong even 20 years ago, and hold onto to the feelings of the time (racism) and poison the modern well with those feelings.

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    5 hours ago

    Elders were a great source is information when the world didn’t change much. Now they know everything about a world that became irrelevant a decade or two ago.

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    I do not agree with the notion of “wise elders”. I don’t want to dismiss the wisdom that comes with experience and time, but there’s too many other factors to disrupt it.

    Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht or, in Billy Shakespeare’s words: “There’s No Fool Like an Old Fool”

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      3 hours ago

      The boomers have completely destroyed the illusion of age equaling wisdom. They’re the generation most responsible for today, and today is a shitshow of unbridled narcissism.

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    7 hours ago

    Elders are not the solution. Hero worship is a fatal flaw, and this author might know that, but the headline suggests otherwise.

  • LazyGit@feddit.orgOP
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    9 hours ago

    Sorry, overlooked the “opinion” part of the sidebar. Feel free to remove.

    I don’t think it’s too polarising, though.