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and generally horrifying information about the state of affairs. Some choice quotes:
People always say that every generation thinks the younger generation is getting weird, and is crazier. But I believe that what I am witnessing of the gen alphas is just completely different from the type of rebellion of my generation (gen z).
People will keep saying “we’ve always complained about the newest generation,” but society is fundamentally different now and it’s not just this generation. My parents are victims too, slaves to their devices. It seems like only some Gen X and Millennials are at least technologically aware enough to see what’s going on.
The screen and media addiction of generation alpha is actually an emergency that requires government intervention. Its literally like a black mirror episode what this stuff is doing to kids.
They are that incapable of looking at stationary with print on it. If it doesn't have a back-light and it doesn't move, it will not keep their attention.
Frankly I find myself taking the anarchist position on this, is it really "brainrot" or is it simply the inevitable collapse of a stifling system of indoctrination and systematic miseduction?
Sure functional literacy has decreased and tech has become addicting FOR SOME, but is this the fault of covid or kids, or the fault of a system that has been slowly starved and malformed for decades finally entering its death rattles
The fact the complaints are coming from reddit, a place filled to bursting with the ideological fanatics of the liberal order tells me this development is necessary, the kids are revolting and I believe the crux of the situation is more THIS than covid brain damage
yeah but it's way easier to "make 'em excited" when there are fewer other distractions around, also when the fundamental medium of the information (print and text) is something they're familiar with
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: