the difference is gen x literally had the chance to course correct. the main issue with their generation is that they were largely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. they were fine reaping the benefits of a society that was being torn down. they didn't pursue government positions or take large stances against the machine that was being made. they went along with it for the most part. they didn't put up enough of a resistance until things finally got too bad. now, our only chance is to actually unite because a lot of things need to be fixed if we don't want things devolving into an actual civil war or simple collapse of civilization in the "civilized modern world" sense.  as much as people here like to meme about winning the civil war, there will be a lot of horrors and atrocities if that ever comes to pass. you will likely end up knowing or have people you care about die in such an event. i'm sure everyone knows or has someone they care about that needs medicine or something modern society provides that without it they would die. they would be the first to go in such an event.  so if we actually want to prevent a very bad outcome, that would result in a pyrrhic victory, we need to start dismantling the war machine, big pharma, big tech, start jailing bankers, and start rooting out corruption in the government.
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