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redruddyred

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46. i don't either

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:31 AM

Mar 2016

but i'd love to hear any hypotheses

i wonder if the pop culture has anything to do with it; when i was growing up the films and music marketed towards teens were shockingly stupid and seemed to encourage the narcissism and utter shallowness i seem to see so frequently among my peers.

i also wonder if it's people wholly accepting the neoliberal dogma: i remember when i was younger joyriding on my bike late at night and getting harrassed by a group of teenagers in a lexus "GET A JOB". LOL.

i usually help out with the party during the election cycle and even among the democratic socialists i feel the least privileged of the group (it's the chronic illness). even progressives can be catty it seems.

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