• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    9 hours ago

    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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      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.