• Jimius@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    We live in a hyper-individualistic society which is self-centred. This is only exacerbated by social media, where attention and being the main character is more important than ever. The new generation is living more and more in society. Instead of being part of society. Being part of something bigger is uncommon nowadays. Which makes participation in something as extreme as a war unfathomable. If you look at countries with high levels of civil sense like Taiwan. We see school uniforms and military service. Kids are being raised to be part of a free and democratic society, not to just live in it.

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      4 hours ago

      I can’t really provide evidence for or against that in recent years, but I’ll point out the greatest generation grew up during the literal great depression.