Comments by "Dennis" (@Dennis-nc3vw) on "The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder"
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Although I'm not fond of the idea of impregnating 16 year olds, and I'm sure Matt Walsh isn't today if he ever was, society needs to have a serious conversation about how it treats those we used to call "young adults." Youth suicide, 13 - 25, is at an all time high. "Teenage angst" is starting to extend into the early 20s and for 99% of human history, teenage angst was not a thing. Teenagers were stereotyped as happy-go-lucky, in fact. Why? Because nature wanted them to be adults, and that's how they were treated. For all of human history until K-12 was introduced, adolescence was adulthood. Pre-industrial societies like tribal societies in the Amazon still operate this way.
We need to recognize adolescence is, at best, a necessary evil. Instead, we're expanding this evil more and more. I'm passionate about this because I grew up a pampered rich kid who didn't get his first job until 23. When I met another guy with an identical upbringing, it was like a meeting of kindred spirits. We both felt the same way: our upbringing held us back, made us immature for our age, and seriously impeded our development as members of adult society.
If you treat someone as a child, they'll be a child indefinitely.
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