In my observation, a big part of social progress is each generation pointing out the hypocrisy of the previous. “All men are created equal” so how can you enslave black people? If men can vote, why can’t women? How come straight people can marry but gay people can’t? How is it fair to send an 18 year old to war but not let him vote?

A lot of these hypocrisies were so internalized that a lot of people of previous generations never even thought about them. It was like a mental blind spot. It took young people with fresh thinking to point them out and fight to fix them.

So, speaking as a Millenial, I’m asking what my generation’s blind spots are. What injustices are we perpetuating without even thinking much about it?

For reference, Millenials are currently in their late 20s to early 40s. Not running the world, but also not fresh eyed college grads.

  • 1984
    63·
    10 months ago

    How come straight people can marry but gay people can’t? This has the foundations in religion I believe. It’s a strong belief that marriage is between a man and a woman since it’s in the Bible I guess?

    Millenials seem to be a lot more open to all humans being free to be who they want to be, which means humanity is moving further away from traditional religions ideas about good and bad.

    Could be good or bad depending on if there is an actual god behind those religions or not.

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      Could be good or bad depending on if there is an actual god behind those religions or not.

      Spoiler: There isn’t.

      • 1984
        1·
        10 months ago

        Must be nice to be certain.

        • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
          3·
          10 months ago

          It is.

          I realize your comment is a smooth attempt at saying “Only a fool doesn’t acknowledge that there is a chance that they’re wrong” and sure, there’s a chance that I’m wrong, but are you making major life decisions based on the chance that dragons could awaken and attack mankind? Do you worry daily that you might be punished by Bigfoot because you ate the wrong food on Friday? Are unicorns disappointed in you because you masturbate too much?

          Who knows, maybe a magical, horned Sasquatch riding a dragon will cleanse the world of all non-believers. After all, there’s always a chance, but I’m not going to waste any of my time worrying about it until he shows himself.