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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

wait wouldn’t this apply just as much to millennials? what did the US government accomplish that was big and complex in our lifetimes?

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David $53,000/YEAR Walsh

@DavidAstinWalsh

· Sep 28, 2021

I had the sickening realization yesterday that some of my Gen. Z students were open to the moon landing hoax conspiracy theory because the idea that the U.S. government could actually accomplish something big and complex was totally outside of their lived experience.

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

otoh i wouldn’t be surprised if to a zoomer it just doesn’t feel like this is the sort of country that was capable of something like a moon landing. you don’t look around and think “ah yes we are now 50 years past being an advanced enough civilization to land on the moon”

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

millennials at least grew up during a time where we could plausibly believe that large institutional forces were basically successfully maintaining order and prosperity in the US. lot less believable to a zoomer and nowadays, for good reason

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

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and then on the third hand the young will always love believing and saying things that horrify their elders. bless em

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

actually why do *i* believe the moon landings weren’t fake 🤔

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

hmm okay i think this question just doesn’t matter much to me eiher way. its significance in 2021 is almost entirely symbolic anyway

en.m.wikipedia.org

Moon landing conspiracy theories - Wikipedia

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For my part (born 25 and something years ago) it’s been a slow decline personally from “the govt exists to do good things and is capable” to “the govt exists to do good things” to “the govt should serve the people but refuses to”

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