My GenX existential horror was learning in my thirties that all the western American Exceptionalism ideology I was indoctrinated in as a kid was just a way of keeping us from getting proactive for sake of the future generations, and my parents and teachers and ministers knew this and actively lied to me anyway.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

I also think that a lot of bad things about the US that a blind eye was turned to because they seemed to be getting better have since become relevant again because they've started getting worse

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I realized that in my 20s

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago

I was particularly credulous.

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Conservatives are well known for acting against their own self interest.