RANT: Why does each generation get dumber?
06-15-2013, 01:51 AM
These western kids are being born into a world where every last thing is done for them, or at least made so easy, that they can do it without having to think, in any way. They have, literally, no idea how to survive outside of the comfort of their own homes. Take away the "creature comforts" our generation loves so much, and they'd die within a week or 2. At the rate we're chewing through energy, and with dissent spread towards nuclear energy (even when it's a far safer, cleaner, and better in every possible way, method of harnessing energy), we're going to run out of resources to consistently power our civilisation pretty soon - and most likely before we get to the point of stealing resources from other planets.
What do you think happens at this point?
All of these people with their vast knowledge of internet cats, and the latest TV series are going to start to panic. Absolute pandemonium will ensue. Half of the male population will die out within months (men will, inevitably, protect most of the attractive females, I suspect). The remaining population will most likely be the military super powers, the industrial super powers, their kin and security squads, and, lastly, the true survivors. Of course, for the rich and powerful, life won't change much at all, except they'll be bored all day. Without a world to destroy, the signs of serious mental illness will probably come to light very quickly. They won't last very long, I don't think, as money will quickly become absolutely useless; at which point, they'll become the easiest of pickings.
The real survivors, that can defend themselves, that know how to communicate, know how to fuck, know how to look after themselves with natural resources, that can work a crowd in their favour, and that still retain the animalistic instincts they were born with, these are the men who will continue to survive. The whole race will be effectively reset, and we'll begin again. Hopefully this time around we won't fuck it up, and hopefully the militaries won't turn the entire world into a war zone and destroy everything; not just each other.
Of course, this is all speculation, but relevant to the OP. Each generation seems dumber, because they know less about the things we learned, and more about completely different things, that probably weren't even things when we were their ages. We need to make the decision ourselves to decide what knowledge is most important to us. When someone up top makes these decisions for us, you really have to wonder what the motivation is, behind the particulars of what kids are taught these days. Something like 46% (I forget the exact stat) of Americans didn't even care when they found out their phone calls are being monitored. Maybe I should throw on a tin foil hat, but fuck, that seems a tad off to me.
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