Millennials' cross

[matrixmann]

Little reminder to all adults:

What do you think how kids imagine the world can be changed if they recognize they live in circumstances of systematic disadvantage, if they've been born in times of peace and drastic upheavals, to them, are only a matter they know from history books or tales of their grandparents? What solution you want them to get to if all they know is "obey, make no trouble and you'll be rewarded"?

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[quirkytizzy.livejournal.com]

I once read a quote by G. Michael Hopf. It went:

"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.'

And while I think it is better than children and people are raised in times of peace, I know that becoming too distant from things like war or genocide cultivate a kind of....cultural anesthesia. I read somewhere else that 45% of Americans can't even name one WW2 concentration camp. That's disturbing.

If we forget history, we repeat it. But if we do not create peace from that history, we also repeat it.

I don't know where the middle ground is.