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Silver Gaia

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13. The majority aren't paying attention to anything important.
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 09:54 AM
Mar 29

Nor do the majority have a shred of critical thinking skills. They are tuned primarily into entertainment and sports news, fashion and makeup trends, etc. and only "see" their algorithmically created bubble on social media: primarily friends, influencers, and celebrities they follow.

Ask them where they get their news? They will tell you they get all they need to know from influencers they follow on TikTok. Politics? They say they don't concern themselves with that. It's not something they care about. Too depressing. Seriously.

This is the reality created for them by the TechBros who created and manipulate social media technology. So, they are absolutely not connected to EVERYTHING, only to a limited bubble of their own shallow creation. By design. They do not think deeply about much of anything. They serve their purpose as consumers.

How do I know this? I try to teach them how to use critical thinking. These are things they tell me. It ain't easy. I reach a few, but I know it's only a small dent. And now many use AI to do their homework for them, so who knows how much they are actually learning. THAT is the grim and depressing reality of what I'd say is the majority of the youngest of our younger generations, the ones who have never known a world without social media. It IS their limited reality.

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Canada doesn't want to become like the US, ruled by Russian Nazis. Irish_Dem Mar 29 #1
Charlie Angus is great Easterncedar Mar 29 #2
Being inside this proverbial pot of warming water is frightening enough. Bumbles Mar 29 #3
And such a long border to defend. erronis Mar 29 #16
Yes, Charlie, we know. 😟 ShazzieB Mar 29 #4
Exactly! I want to say, yeah, dude, we're freaking living it! paleotn Mar 29 #12
I'm a 75 year old geezer. I'm mystified where the younger generations who are SO connected NoMoreRepugs Mar 29 #5
The majority aren't paying attention to anything important. Silver Gaia Mar 29 #13
I think a lot of them Hornedfrog2000 Mar 29 #15
No they aren't Cirsium Mar 29 #20
Once we go to war with former allies, it may take a draft to wake them up n/t AntiFascist Mar 29 #21
Saturday, April 5, HANDS OFF protest rallies across the nation. Let's see how many turn out and their ages. wnylib Mar 29 #22
Europe needs to understand what the Canadians seem to realized. We are not an ally. * 617Blue Mar 29 #6
USA and Canada were allies a short time ago, and we will be again Martin Eden Mar 29 #8
A European leader said it best during the election... 617Blue Mar 29 #18
As I recall, the NATO Charter was invoked only once: Martin Eden Mar 29 #19
Even US citizens are no longer safe. Lonestarblue Mar 29 #7
Scary times my friends Bayard Mar 29 #9
It is staggering... GiqueCee Mar 29 #11
Plantation mentality . . . leanforward Mar 29 #28
Musk said those who are vandalizing the Tesla cars could be sent to a prison in El Salvador. NH Ethylene Mar 29 #24
Got that right. I'm looking at a nation I don't understand anymore and I freaking live here. paleotn Mar 29 #10
I don't think that's deep at all Beck23 Mar 29 #14
I agree. Even stupid people should be able to see that Trump's words and actions are devastating to the US. patphil Mar 29 #17
Donald Trump 'recruited by KGB in 80s and even has codename', claims former Soviet spy Justice matters. Mar 29 #23
Yes, he is a traitor, and yes, he's been lucky...so far. patphil Mar 29 #27
I don't support Trump obviously BrianTheEVGuy Mar 29 #25
Can you show us this "celebrating" or "support"? muriel_volestrangler Mar 29 #26
Thankful for these comments DaBronx Mar 29 #29
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