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Re:Teenagers now better behaved and less hedonistic but lone... by TheSpiceIsLife on Sunday January 14, 2018 @06:53AM (#16143896)
That some people have been rejecting it since time immemorial doesn't mean those behaviours don't exist.

What I'm disagreeing with is this: new doctrines of consumerism that is <snip> making us all willing to use each other (apparently) for our short-term jollies.

It isn't the new doctrines of consumerism that are making us do this, it's human nature; we like to fuck.

So your argument ... isn't one.

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Re:Teenagers now better behaved and less hedonistic but lone... by vedloseper on Sunday January 14, 2018 @07:21AM (#16143959)
There's still worlds between liking to fuck and using each other like toys. Though consumerist attitudes may not be new, see e.g. that Latin dude talking about how the mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled.
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