Re:Is American Childhood Creating an Authoritarian Society?
by dsfyu404ed on Thursday June 22, 2017 @08:39AM
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As a non-expert on the subject this analysis seems reasonable but I think when you consider the rural/not rural and generational breakdown the points the author makes about voting preferences are a very long stretch.
My anecdotal evidence of correlation is that 9/10th of advice offered on Reddit (mostly millenials) is a reference so some external authority. If your new neighbor takes "your" unmarked spot on the street they tell you to call the police. If someone leaves their laundry in the common dryer they tell you to call the landlord. If your pipes leak they tell you to call a plumber. The overwhelmingly common theme is deferring to someone else who is authoritative for the issue at hand.
Meanwhile on the forums I frequent for my hobbies (which are typically hobbies that old white men have) the more common theme is handing out the information or the location of the information and telling people to make their own decisions.
Part of this is probably explained by the "general public" nature of Reddit vs enthusiast forums but my my experience interacting with people in the real world correlates with this too.
edit: The article also seems to have a "omg trump was elected, how did we let this happen?" tone to it which make me think the author needs to get out of their bubble.
My anecdotal evidence of correlation is that 9/10th of advice offered on Reddit (mostly millenials) is a reference so some external authority. If your new neighbor takes "your" unmarked spot on the street they tell you to call the police. If someone leaves their laundry in the common dryer they tell you to call the landlord. If your pipes leak they tell you to call a plumber. The overwhelmingly common theme is deferring to someone else who is authoritative for the issue at hand.
Meanwhile on the forums I frequent for my hobbies (which are typically hobbies that old white men have) the more common theme is handing out the information or the location of the information and telling people to make their own decisions.
Part of this is probably explained by the "general public" nature of Reddit vs enthusiast forums but my my experience interacting with people in the real world correlates with this too.
edit: The article also seems to have a "omg trump was elected, how did we let this happen?" tone to it which make me think the author needs to get out of their bubble.