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Talked to my mom, a gen X limousine liberal of suspiciously ignorant politics despite being otherwise very intelligent. She was talking about how Gen X has no desire to be in charge and threw some shade at boomers.
I mentioned that it makes sense for them to abdicate. ๐งต
I mentioned that it makes sense for them to abdicate. ๐งต
That Millennials have essentially demanded the crown since 2008 due to the shock of juxtaposed expectations from growing up in the 90's and coming of age after 9/11 and 2008. Laughed a bit when I told her as soon as the boomers are gone, it's gonna get crazy.
I told her that it's just as likely that as soon as the boomers are effectively losing their grip on power, that millennials will rush the vacuum and very likely begin to k1ll eachother, and Gen Z will probably be their foot soldiers.
Both millennial and gen z generations are partisan in similar ways. There is very little room for moderation. A shitposting frog or a soyanim redditor. A xir with blown out dopamine receptors or a future stormtrooper.
The clash that comes will not be a quiet one.
The clash that comes will not be a quiet one.
When the boomers depart for good to that margaritaville in the sky, having parasitically sucked everything dry that they could with no remorse or consideration for their progeny, they won't have properly mentored their posterity in running this highly complex empire.
The west will be functionally retarded. With Gen X taking mostly a backseat, a vacuum will rapidly appear and the only people available to fill it will be emotionally compromised theater kids. An entire government comprised of Jen Psaki's and AOC's cannot run an empire.
They will be petulant, ham fisted, and sloppy. With no nuance, no competence, and all the resources. Gone for the most part will be the cynical, evil, but otherwise rather competent gears of the machine.
They'll be a toddler with a hammer, seeing everything as a nail, but a toddler nonetheless. Competing nations like China and Russia don't bear this affliction and rot. They'll see the opportunity to act.
Now this is all assuming the boomers don't enact the cold war they always expected as one final selfish act of deprivation towards their progeny, we might not even make it to the point I'm thinking about. But it seems clear that the competent lack the resources and training.
The competent have mostly successfully been diverted into avenues of either ineffectual levels of power, the best of us maybe being middle management in govt or executive positions in the private sector. But far away from the levers of power.
The only real hope is that men with spines oppose the inevitable petulant outbursts of the millennials groomed to carry on the Liberal legacy. That people with less resources but more cunning run circles around them and degrade their entrenched positions while building their own.
We see tools like AI and many shudder at what they can be used for against us, but in a world where trust in video, audio, photos, statements, is all suddenly suspect, it's the anons who have the most experience in operating in environments that low in trust.
The society that's gonna usher in is one nobody is truly prepared for, but if anyone has a sliver of an inkling of how to handle that, it'll be anons who just take these tools and use them creatively. To just keep swimming.
It's going to render a lot of midwits disposable, and those with discernment and good psychosecurity will be invaluable. I think it'll present challenges but in many ways work in our favor as a force multiplier.
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The future looks like it's gonna be absolutely wild, and in some ways absolutely horrific. All you can do is get comfy and go with the current.
I just don't have a lot of faith that their apprentices can competently suppress us, much less actually manage to keep the machine running properly. Every generation ages into their elder statesman phase eventually.
What are these people gonna do in 20 years?
What are these people gonna do in 20 years?
This. I take joy in the fact that no matter what happens, we may or may not win, but I feel pretty confident they lose.
If your victory condition is that these unfathomably stupid people don't get to carry the torch, it's looking pretty rosy.
If your victory condition is that these unfathomably stupid people don't get to carry the torch, it's looking pretty rosy.
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