Lmao Gen Alpha are either going to be the most capitalist generation or they're going to rebel against capitalism hard (hexbear.net)

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Holy shit and I thought millennials and Gen X had it bad with how corporate our toys were.

I hate to be that person that's like "omg what kids like these days is poisoning them!" Especially because I come from the Mortal Kombat generation, but between Mr Beast, social media and shit like Roblox turning every hobby into a hussle I have to wonder what effect this will have on them.

Capitalism preying on kids was bad enough when I was a kid in the 90s and 00s (and from what I've seen from 80s cartoons, the generation before mine was pretty bad too), but it's a whole other level now.

Collapse is hitting hard and is only going to get worse though, so it is possible they'll go left.

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[-] peppersky@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

I mean the question really is just whether capitalism is pulling the rug too early or if mass media and surveillance has already established sufficient control over people's minds to fully indoctrinate enough people. And it's really impossible to underestimate how much more directly controlling mass media has become over the last half century.