I has come to my attention that y'all are still stuck in the prevailing paradigm of seeing yourselves as adolescent rebels trying to evade authority rather than responsible parental figures trying to wield it rightly. This is possibly our most serious psycho-spiritual deficit.
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Agree. But RE: the OP, we are as a civilization still clueless and floundering about where meaning is going to come from. I can already see the old gods becoming popular again even among the highly educated who are desperate for a coherent social narrative.
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Meaning comes from having a place in a larger social system. That comes from strong authority creating a system in which people have a place. The ends of the thing can be more or less punted, afaict.
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And, conversely, mindless rejection of all authority, regardless of specifics.
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