Do you respect your retirement accounts?

That's what they used to be, they were there to take care of you when you got old.

Now that we have more resources we can afford such luxuries as "not letting rich people randomly murder poor people for sport as much" and "slavery is bad, try to keep it low profile".

Mostly people who had the worse ideas are dying, and young people are allowed their own opinions independent from their parents and older society now, this is a huge change that only started this century.

In a way, the internet was originally a massive youth underground revolution where everybody got together and realized old people didn't actually know that much.

Yeah, I think there are rarely any historical texts that tells you how to treat your children right. Then again, children were seen as tiny adults back then, especially after they've reached puberty. Even child labor laws only appeared quite recently relative to the history of civilization.

I literally just had a falling out with my parents today. I guess it's been coming. We connect on very little. I'd say they are mostly stereotypical boomers, and whenever I just try and tell them about the issues I'm having with life and society, they claim they've "been there" and effectively devalue my concerns. It's maddening. I'm still processing it, but apparently we're not talking anymore.

I guess that doesn't fit this post exactly, but there it is.

Some would treat their kids better than they would be treated. In my milieu, this is generally the case. Everyone treats his kids better than he was.

I think that overall humanity is getting out of abuse more than it’s going in.

Like, my grandpa fought japanese soldiers in the south pacific. Then he came home and beat his wife and daughter, which compared to bayoneting them was rather mild.

My mother never hit me, but she played all sorts of mind games to protect a part of her that never felt safe, and that fucked me up.

Now I’m unraveling all the weird philosophies and worldviews. I’ll pass on trauma to my kids, but it will be less.

However, we’re also getting into a time when the world shifts faster and faster around us. And while that may be exciting, that excitement and the cognitive effort to adapt to new circumstances will create a physiological load on people that will (already is IMO) making people less “alive” than they could be with proper rest from novelty.

Slightly off topic from you, but when I was going through a religious phase I always hated when older church goers would use it without thinking about the second part of it.

Parents are supposed to take care of their kids and earn that honor. I think the quote I half remember is treat your kids like Jesus did the church. Too many people throw out respect your elders, but some elders don't deserve respect.