When racism is defended we lose. When criminal acts are defended we lose. When women are treated as less than equal we all lose. When the ignorance of not seeing that no good comes from defending the wrongs in society is celebrated then we all lose. Defenders of the indefensible are currently in control of our nation and we are all losing because of it. What to me is most disappointing is that our elder statesmen for the most part refuse to recognize that our youth are going to inherit our existence and we are not listening to their pleas of change for the better.
This is not the old people's existence, it is all of our existence, both young and old. So why do we as older people not allow our youth to have as much say in their future as we have in our limited present left? When Greta Thunberg says "Act as if you loved your children above all else" are we the older generation incapable of doing this? Most of us would tell anyone we love our children above all else but our words contradict our actions. Our youth have no negative labels of disparagement as arguments but we elders do. Our youth see no division in our racial makeup but we elders do. Our youth see no inequality between men and women but our elders do. So why would we elders be better suited to decide what the future will be for our youth?
The short answer is that we elders are not better suited to decide what the future should be for our youth. Another answer to a question here is that we don't love our children above all else. What we elders do love more than our children is our own sense of entitlement and authority. We elders generally are more about ourselves than we are about anything outside our personal skin. We are selfish and greedy. A horrible legacy combination to lay on our deathbeds and the still living threads of our children. We the elders in this world would rather defend the indefensible than to admit we are not equipped to lead our species and planet into it's more natural evolution. I will admit it here and hopefully other elders will do the same wherever they are and give our children a much bigger say in how their future will survive them.
This is not the old people's existence, it is all of our existence, both young and old. So why do we as older people not allow our youth to have as much say in their future as we have in our limited present left? When Greta Thunberg says "Act as if you loved your children above all else" are we the older generation incapable of doing this? Most of us would tell anyone we love our children above all else but our words contradict our actions. Our youth have no negative labels of disparagement as arguments but we elders do. Our youth see no division in our racial makeup but we elders do. Our youth see no inequality between men and women but our elders do. So why would we elders be better suited to decide what the future will be for our youth?
The short answer is that we elders are not better suited to decide what the future should be for our youth. Another answer to a question here is that we don't love our children above all else. What we elders do love more than our children is our own sense of entitlement and authority. We elders generally are more about ourselves than we are about anything outside our personal skin. We are selfish and greedy. A horrible legacy combination to lay on our deathbeds and the still living threads of our children. We the elders in this world would rather defend the indefensible than to admit we are not equipped to lead our species and planet into it's more natural evolution. I will admit it here and hopefully other elders will do the same wherever they are and give our children a much bigger say in how their future will survive them.
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