Federal Government's Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship
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I think this list is solid confirmation of something we already know which is that cultural and social mores have changed so much and so rapidly over the last 60 or so years that many have failed to adjust. For them, change has outpaced their ability to adapt and it has left them feeling alienated and culturally isolated.
For society, change has been a two-edge sword: those who felt oppressed under the old order have been liberated whilst many of the old guard now feel oppressed. Thus perhaps we shouldn't be surprised at the extent of the backlash.
This current backlash seems to indicate there's an actual limit to the rate that societal norms can change and still meet with agreement or consensus for the majority of the population. Observation suggests that in recent decades that not only has this rate been exceeded but also the disruption it's caused is increasing without any sign of abating (society is now more polarized than ever).
I'm not a sociologist so I'd like to know what current research says about this. (It seems to me we cannot properly address the problem until we're fully conversant with the facts.)
You’re not observing anything abnormal. History is full of generational conflict
Google Frederic Wertham. DND outrage of the 80s.
The elders always have a hard time accepting their mortality and try to fight against the obvious physical truth, due to high minded but wrong notions of how reality works.
I for one feel we ought to consider it a mental illness to attempt to limit the next generation’s self determination .
We should lower retirement to 55, purge for basic manual job roles. Roles where loss of institutional knowledge would increase risk to species well being, enable mentorship but not leadership.
Boomers have unequivocally failed to accept generational churn and prepare. They want to ice skate uphill and it’s not going to work. It’s just not how physics works.
Maybe, but I'm not alone in believing there's more to it. Check my reply to giantg2 about Brokaw (for context the thread starts early): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43716734
"Boomers have unequivocally failed to accept generational churn and prepare."
That's undoubtedly true but look at the circumstances. The generation to which Brokaw refers did not want their Boomer kids to go through what they experienced and went to great trouble to shield them. Unfortunately, they became spoiled, less resilient and expected everything on a patter. That overcompensation wasn't their fault but the legacy hasn't been nice.
If you havent seen the film about Woodstock you ought to, it's good background material (it shows the other side of the Boomer generation).
Right, that's not physics, it's sociology and political philosophy—metaphysics (defn: above and beyond physics).