Recent polls suggest:
1. 38% of Americans under age 30 are in favour of an authoritarian rule
rather than the current (admittedly unhealthy) democratic system.
2. Two thirds of young Americans have never heard of The Holocaust.
I suspect the two results are not unconnected and I'm probably not alone
in fearing that Europe is heading down the same dark road.
to clarify...
This was never intended to be a criticism of young people.
I may disagree with them but I can see their point.
My generation was raised in an unusual world.
Perhaps it is we who are deluded?
If I was 18 now I may well think Trump 'gets things done'.
regards
Titus
On a slightly positive note, I was working in a Catholic Secondary College for 25yrs (now retired - yeh ! ) and part of the Yr10 History curriculum covered the World War II and the Holocaust. I participated in many excursions with our students to the Holocaust Centre/Museum in Melbourne (alongside many other visiting schools) and can proudly vouch that many of our young Australians are very much aware of the atrocities that occurred and what caused them. I guess we can only pray that these students will pass on the message to their peers and ensure that it never happens again.
ReplyDeleteHaving heard stories first hand from a handful of Holocaust survivors that volunteered their time at the Centre, I can only say God help mankind if we allow this to happen again.
The problem is that young people now have grown up with the current crop of politicians. They will perceive Le Pen/Farage/Trump as 'old school' and 'normal'.I guess that's what happens. Couldn't believe the Danish Govt. rep I saw on tv who was basically kissing Trump's ass re his talk about the US claim to Greenland. So much for being in NATO!
Deletenever trust anyone *under* 30.
ReplyDeletethis is where decades of dumbing down leads.
upside down.
That's my daughters condemned then :)
Deletethere are always exceptions (as with the former 'over 30' truism)
Deletei have no doubt your daughter is bright and wise beyond her years. to peace and sanity!
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Sadly, because young people in America get their news from social media, they have no idea what the actual truth about anything is. Every opinion they have about anything is based on a social media lie. Even our so-called news outlets like Fox News are passing off lies and one-sided opinions as the truth. Once the truth dies, your country dies, and that is what will eventually happen to America. I am in my mid 50's and it makes me so sad to watch my country slowly slip down the drain.
ReplyDeleteI saw that the current projected tarrif levels are on a par with the ones in the 1930s...The Great Depression. I still think young people are just as smart as us though.
DeleteHaving grown up through, what may eventually be viewed as, the golden years of peace & Western European democracy, thanks in no small part to American influence. I've witnessed several US Presidents who I thought had a tenuous grasp of world order but in hindsight weren't nearly as deranged as I first thought.. but Trump is floating way above reality completely untethered from cognitive thought or anything remotely close to 'common sense'...ffs America what were you all thinking. His latest rant concerning Gaza and the Palestinians confirms that this man has no moral compass... pity the generation that'll have to deal with the repercussions of the deluded manchild.
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