Gilgongo wrote:dealtn wrote:my view is today's downtrodden and age disadvantaged aren't suffering as much as previous "youngsters" did.
Forgive me, but if you can't live well because of injustice, then that's a bad thing that we need to do something about. Or at the very least
pretend concern
To say that people in the past had it harder is a total non-sequitur unless you imply we should
ignore the issues of the present because of that. But that's flat-out immoral!
I can't even ... where does this thinking come from??
Again, where have I said ignore the issues of the present (or what will become the future, present)?
There are members of society, at all times, that suffer from (perceived) injustice, and there are numerous choices about how that injustice is highlighted, and potentially resolved. I am not denying such.
I am not the one making claims, with seeming certainty about "corruption", "injustice" or immorality. Those are all very strong words.
My view here is that situations are complex, and that the current generation is not the only one to have had problems, and perspective of this is helpful both in understanding this, and doing something about it.
How relevant this is to this board is far from clear, but in the absence of PD it seems we are seeing an overflow into other areas of the site.