For all the talk of acceleration, change at the societal level is glacial, intergenerational at best.
That, more than anything, will cost us.
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it generally happens very fast when it happens, actually. You just need generations willing to do it.
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Well, that's what I meant. You get critical mass at generational shifts every few decades.
But miss a generation? Good luck.
We missed mine.
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nah, the Millenial shift happens when Millenials are old enough to take political power en-masse + Boomers are dying retiring. That's 2020 -24. You can see the foreshocks with Corbyn and Sanders.
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I'll defer to your judgement on that.
I just hope we won't be as crazy as we seem.
I mean, we aren't fucking boomers, but...
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things need to change. And I think they'll change for the better, though who knows.
But it isn't a sure thing and even if it is for the better, it won't all be for the better.
Also, it varies by country.
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A lot. Worryingly, most young people I meet from former Soviet countries are completely neoliberal in every sense of the word - including on war.
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Obviously there are selection processes in terms of who I interact with, but what worries me is they should be pointing the opposite way...
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Yes, the young are generally left, with some tolerance for authoritarianism in the anglo west. But in East Europe and Russia, no.
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Probably a mix of living in shithole city and meeting a lot of young professionals with great salaries, now that you mention it.