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For context I am in my mid 20s. My youngest brother graduated highschool a few years ago. The only interaction I have with anyone this young is in passing, and usually at church where I know they have been sheltered (sometimes excessively). What I get from talking with even them is a deep sense of rage. Wholly founded, even if at times unable to be articulated, but nevertheless a sense of betrayal and longing for a future they may never see. I'm curious if anyone else has had similar interactions, or if anyone who is still captured by the school system, what they think of their peers. My sense is that things have not degenerated linearly, but rather this generation has reached an entirely new level of despair.
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CaptainTrouble on scored.co
1 month ago 8 points (+0 / -0 / +8Score on mirror )
The last time I spoke intimately to a high schooler was 4 years ago. He seemed pretty well-adjusted and understood most issues fairly well for his age. I never got a sense of rage from him but definitely a sense of needing to change things because he wasn't happy with the way things were. His biggest complaint was how women gatekeep sex to only offer up sex to the men who follow the "rules" and are good "leftists". He said women's influence in high school acted to passify the boys because the boys would chase after the women to try to get laid by appeasing the women which meant keeping up appearances regarding LGBTQ+ issues and other political issues (being leftist). He said the teachers reinforced this by disciplining anyone who stepped out of line and the women want to feel well-liked so they don't step out of line and don't want to be associated with the men who are not in "good standing". Obviously, he said there's exceptions but generally this was the way things worked and he hated it. He stopped caring altogether and just went full rebel but it hurt his social reputation and he said a lot of guys toe the line just to avoid the negative social implications.

That seemed to be most of his concerns. He wasn't too worried about work and cost of living cause he was going to go into the trades and had family/friend connections into that line of work so he was pretty psyched for that actually and not too worried about money/work. He was mostly just mad at leftist politics in general and how women seemed to dominate the social sphere such that the guys who plaid their game became pussies.
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