This monologue lists terrible shit that previous generations caused, then flips on a dime and declares that the one generation not responsible for any of it, is BY FAR THE WORST GENERATION EVER.
That's how deep our culture's reflexive "blame youth for everything" bias runs.
It's very fucked up.
"It has normalized the idea that young men and women are still children in need of constant handholding."
Today's infantilization of teenagers is a radical and very abnormal change in our society.
https://www.nysun.com/article/step-back-parents-your-college-student-can-handle-laundry-101
Here are a few serious questions you can ask peeps who love to say "undeveloped pre-frontal cortex" or "not fully developed until your late 20s"
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If we were to stipulate the absurd notion that under 25s cannot make rational decisions because the all-important pre-frontal cortex is not "fully developed"...
...how should that impact our society?
What changes should we make? What age limits should we reset to make sure that these irrational young adults are not doing jobs they can't handle?
Should we take the right to vote away from under 25s? Should we ban them from the military? Should we stop them from operating motor vehicles? Should we consider them working full-time child labor? Should we put their sex partners in prison because, if under 25s are children then clearly they can't consent to sex, right?
I'm asking a serious question. What is the value of the "under 25s can't make rational decisions" conclusion that you've made? How should society act on that info, if in fact you really believe it?
Infantilization =/= Solution
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If "our brains are still developing into our mid-20s" is important information, how come it has never been applied, to anyone, for anything, anywhere on the planet?
Aside from dissing young people on social media this information is completely useless.
We have a system that doesn't actually prepare children for real life, but one that artificially extends their childhood in order to avoid all possible "harm".
It's a disaster.
When blind faith in false beliefs makes you see things that aren't there
https://tube.xy-space.de/w/qj2WXzuLJRNqwQ2uFRHdC2
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