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ryivhnn in Reflections • 4 months ago

The Australian government is in the process of "banning" social media for children

All governments in the entire universe can foad horribly with that level of nonsense. I have zero patience for overreach and even less for people excusing and justifying it.

the average under thirty has barely worked, may not have a career path, not be in a committed relationship, not have children

I recently asked eldest how his job hunt was going and got a rant in response (the usual about everything allegedly screaming for workers but what they actually want is a type of worker so specific that it's very hard to get, so they don't get what they want and pretend that people are being too lazy to apply for jobs, and our now running gag of all the entry level jobs demanding 5 years experience, he's given up again and is trying to find "something else" but doesn't know what that "something else" is).

because that is not how the conditioning has designed them to respond

If challenged do people accept that they've been "conditioned"? Does that still have generally negative connotations?

4 months ago in Reflections by ryivhnn

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tarazkp 4 months ago

All governments in the entire universe can foad horribly with that level of nonsense. I have zero patience for overreach and even less for people excusing and justifying it.

Have you ever considered what that line of overreach is though? In my opinion, parents should do their jobs as parents, but are they? Some yes, many it is highly questionable. Governments are terrible, terrible, terrible at governing people (the irony), but when they try, it should make people more aware that they have to step themselves up and take responsibility instead.

The challenge of the employment market is interesting, as there are all kinds of poor outcomes based on bad decisions in the past. In Finland for example, there are jobs available, but the population is so educated that no one wants to do those jobs, even though like you said, they don't have the experience to qualify them for much.

If challenged do people accept that they've been "conditioned"? Does that still have generally negative connotations?

I think so. But, can we really defend the position that we aren't all conditioned in some way? I know I am.

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ryivhnn 4 months ago

I'm very paranoid about thin edges of wedges and slippery slopes and roads to hell and overreach is extremely easy to just keep moving because after all you're doing it for the good of something and it feels like the right thing to do who in their right mind can possibly argue when it's to make sure terrible events never happen again so no one has to go through the pain and anguish. Moreso if it's something that you personally agree with.

Governments are terrible, terrible, terrible at governing people (the irony)

I giggled because why is this so very true XD

can we really defend the position that we aren't all conditioned in some way?

You think that people accept that they've been conditioned or that it has generally negative connotations? Both? I don't know if it's just the people I know/have known but if you mention being conditioned to respond in a certain way it's apparently an affront, even though everything is pretty much conditioning.

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