Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "Timcast"
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I'm going to argue against Tim on his claim that social media is the cause of the woke culture. Socialism has been growing for decades in our universities. Those academic socialists didn't call themselves woke, of course. However, they cultivated a culture that would lead to what we now call progressive woke. The socialist academics would only appoint those to academic posts who were avowed radical socialists. They would recommend them to educational positions in primary schools, who in turn, when they got the power, would only hire fellow socialists to teach or become part of the administration. That's when they had the ability to shape the minds of the young into their socialist philosophy. It's how Hitler shaped the minds of the youth of Germany. Get them when they're young so when they become adults, they become fervent foot soldiers for the cause.
Who are the most constant and influential users of social media? The young. They're on it all the time and when they use social media, they're drawn to those who share the values that they've been taught in school. The same ones that were taught by these socialist academics for over a generation. The academics know that to control the populace they have to control the media. They've done it in the legacy media, in Hollywood and in the personnel departments of our large businesses, changing the name to "Human Resources" It all started in the hallowed halls of higher education. Had these people not existed, there would be no woke culture. Social media is there new propaganda tool and it's been very effective.
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@jerrybumstead2654
Drugs for kids, when I was in school was unheard of. They just didn't exist. As for the authority part, culturally, life was so much different back then.
Right from early childhood, we were exposed to a much stricter set of rules and a more regimented lifestyle. This was the norm, no matter where you went. Prayer before and after each meal. If you're sitting in a highchair, mom reached over and held your hands down while the prayer was being said. This was expected. Everyone did it. The little ones were actually proud to do the things that the older ones were doing. At evening meal, there was also a Bible reading and you were expected to sit still, quietly and listen. This wasn't just at my home, either. It happened everywhere I went. By the time a kid went to school, sitting still and standing in line was nothing. Our classes were quiet. If you stepped out of line, you got the strap. I got it lots of times. No big deal.
In spite of this strictness, we had way more freedom that kids do now. We were out, at the neighbours, riding bikes, we never told our parents what we were up to. No helicoptering parents. We played hockey, soccer and baseball with no supervision. Fishing and swimming, building forts...but be home in time for meals or you didn't eat. I remember being blocks away and hearing my mother yelling my name to come home at 7 and 8 years old. You had the freedom but don't screw up. You got in trouble with the a neighbouring adult and he cuffed you across the head, you don't tell your dad. He'd cuff you a couple more times and tell you to stop being a troublemaker.
I was talking about this with my siblings a couple of weeks ago. We all agreed that life was a LOT more fun for us than for kids these days. Not even a close comparison.
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Dylan L
The United States has a population of 335 million people and have 72,000 deaths. Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the UK have a combined population of 322 million people, 13 million LESS than the US and have over 115,000 deaths, almost 45,000 MORE than the US.
So, the US isn't doing more poorly than others. In fact, per capita, the US is doing better in the death count than the next five countries, other than Germany, which is way down.
Things aren't as simple as you make them out to be.
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