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Our mistake was to think we lived in a better country than we do
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And what have we done as a generation to be remembered for? We gave in to nihilism and cynicism and did nothing.
That's not true. The cynicism gave us critical thinking skills to navigate through the bullshit we live with on the internet now. If anything, Millennials and Zoomers are more corporate friendly than ever, consuming whatever the doomscrollers tell them to.