Tribal dynamics... Older generations, teaching younger ones
Jul 19, 2024 9:21:22 GMT 9.5
Post by tundrawolf on Jul 19, 2024 9:21:22 GMT 9.5
I am not a fan of the boomer generation, nor do I believe the greatest generation was great at all- I know they did their best, but they are why so much is wrong with life on the planet today.
An epiphany came to me, earlier, a moment ago...
An epiphany came to me, earlier, a moment ago...
In a healthy Earth (Or, on it, rather) the Boomers would have cultivated healthy, loving relationships with their children, which would have been passed down to their children, etc.
I am on a website called 9gag, and there are the gamut of humans there, from 9 year olds with keyboards to 70 year olds, and it is impossible to tell them apart.
I recently, ripped apart someone intellectually, calling them out, and posted the reply.
I did leave them an out, and thinly veiled advice on how to do better, however I began to realize- who is teaching these people? The person I tore into, could have been a 12 year old, causing strife on the internet.
The toxicity that pours out of the internet shows how much the younger generations are OT being schooled by my generation.
My generation, is too busy trying to slog through life with the tons of trauma our parents (inadvertently, at best) foisted upon us to heal enough, to become healthy mentors of younger generations.
I recently, ripped apart someone intellectually, calling them out, and posted the reply.
I did leave them an out, and thinly veiled advice on how to do better, however I began to realize- who is teaching these people? The person I tore into, could have been a 12 year old, causing strife on the internet.
The toxicity that pours out of the internet shows how much the younger generations are OT being schooled by my generation.
My generation, is too busy trying to slog through life with the tons of trauma our parents (inadvertently, at best) foisted upon us to heal enough, to become healthy mentors of younger generations.
In a better world, my generation, would be healthy, and proactively going out, and seeking to repair the adverse energies of the younger generations, and guiding them. The young are literally, hanging by a thread, not knowing fuck all what to do, and are trying to parent themselves (And doing pretty good, actually.)
It's just a pretty big vacuum I noticed, recently.
When I do talk to people of my generation (We are usually in hiding) they seem to be somewhat open to emotional realism, but rapidly shut down if things start to get even a little vulnerable.
This is not a good way, to teach the future generations a way to go. We are failing them. We have abandoned them, because we were abandoned.
This world, could look very adverse in the future, if "we" do not start helping the younger generations.
Recently, at the dog park, a young boy, dressed in military fatigues with military paraphernalia (Battle rattle) sat next to a Gen X I was talking to, but had withdrawn.
I thought he was his son, but the "father" left. The boy then approached me as I carried my Husky dog in my arms (He was being obstinate and incorrectable) and asked me why i was doing that. I explained and he nodded- however the vacuum in the boys heart, was painfully aware to me. This is common, and becoming more common.
Eventually, a ship without a rudder, may fall off of a cliff or become stuck in distant waters. That si what we are facing, and we are at a crucial time in history- the PERFECT time, actually.
When I do talk to people of my generation (We are usually in hiding) they seem to be somewhat open to emotional realism, but rapidly shut down if things start to get even a little vulnerable.
This is not a good way, to teach the future generations a way to go. We are failing them. We have abandoned them, because we were abandoned.
This world, could look very adverse in the future, if "we" do not start helping the younger generations.
Recently, at the dog park, a young boy, dressed in military fatigues with military paraphernalia (Battle rattle) sat next to a Gen X I was talking to, but had withdrawn.
I thought he was his son, but the "father" left. The boy then approached me as I carried my Husky dog in my arms (He was being obstinate and incorrectable) and asked me why i was doing that. I explained and he nodded- however the vacuum in the boys heart, was painfully aware to me. This is common, and becoming more common.
Eventually, a ship without a rudder, may fall off of a cliff or become stuck in distant waters. That si what we are facing, and we are at a crucial time in history- the PERFECT time, actually.
I say all this without having any concrete ideas on HOW.
just, that, maybe the idea could be spread around. And, I am talking about healthy mentoring, not passing down our parents toxicity. This is the way it was in the tribe. Men, taking on other young men, under their wing, and teaching them the ways of life. I know, those young men grew old, and had deeply fond memories of their mentors, and what they were taught.
We (humans) are failing our young
We (humans) are failing our young
