• Awoo [she/her]
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    5 months ago

    Younger people are consistently the most bright eyed and willing to believe liars. They assume the best of everything, they assume everything is good-faith until proven otherwise. You don't just see this with military but with younger people supporting liberals in europe as well, they believe their bullshit as long as it's presented in an astute and professional-ish way like they're used to from their academic setting.

    Those reaching late thirties and early forties get over the bright-eyed shit through life experience. They've seen how much lying there is.

    • lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml
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      5 months ago

      Also I think young people often lack the life experiences to start thinking outside the dominant ideology. I remember being a teen and believing everything pop history told me about communism even if I had a very strong anti-establishment biais and already hated capitalism. It took meeting with maoists during uni to start questioning bourgeois myths

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        5 months ago

        This is true but a lot of people carry this way into even their late twenties. I see younger people getting abused in the workplace the most because they're often naive, believe bosses who are stringing them along and don't realise how much they're getting fucked. They're poor advocates for themselves who often believe just working hard is enough... To their own detriment.