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    Its just now that they’ll happen even sooner, and now I have to worry about being put in a camp because of my prescription to estrogen.

    And that alone should have been reason enough for anyone who actually gave even the slightest of shits.

    Growing up is realizing you aren’t going to win. But you can lessen harm.

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      Yeah except that for previous generations not “winning” wasn’t an inherent global existential threat.

      Its hard to be motivated when you know either way you’re not getting the full life you where promised. Especially when the issue at hand is someone else’s problem. (From the perspective of my cis Gen Z counterparts.)

      I’m not saying its the right way to operate, I’m saying its how lots of people do naturally. Its unfortunately human, and its taken advantage of by design.

      Its easy to keep people preoccupied when they’re a weeks pay away from starvation.

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        I’m not saying its the right way to operate, I’m saying its how lots of people do naturally. Its unfortunately human, and its taken advantage of by design.

        And a lot of people are selfish hateful assholes who never actually cared about the social good and only ever wanted an adventure and for themselves to get ahead.

        Gen z are not unique. Again, millennials and even boomers have stood where you stand.

        As for a lack of a future? Millennials aren’t that much older and we are just as fucked.