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This content was posted on  1 Jun 23  by   Hanzi Freinacht  on  Facebook Page
Just as she/he is over-exposed to downright debauchery, the child of today is equally exposed …

Just as she/he is over-exposed to downright debauchery, the child of today is equally exposed to an ethics too high-minded, abstract, and confusing for her/his developmental psychology to fathom and genuinely embody. At least this will be the tragic case for the vast majority of children growing up today: They will oscillate between trying to identify with these higher values and force themselves to feel and to think what is beyond their cognitive scope and emotional capacity, often pretending to feel, or posturing to seem good enough — and rebelling against these same values in a reactionary rage that will appear to strike as lightning from clear-blue heavens. Trouble in paradise is always double the trouble.

This dynamic feeds the very same sense of helplessness. Not only are you always stuck as an observer to other people pushing the (pornographic) boundaries; you are at a far distance from all that truly matters, from all “real relevance”. You feel insignificant. As I said, this is the opposite of a stairway to heaven.

Squeezed from both sides, from darkness and light alike, the young mind deteriorates on a planetary and civilizational scale — as we have seen in the statistics, and as we see in the lives around us. If we deign to look, we can see it within ourselves, too.

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Have you noticed that previous generations were both more crude, violent, and racist in their values, but somehow also more innocent and…

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