3. "And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immu...

"And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through" - David Bowie

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."

-Socrates 400 BC.

Every single generation ever has said these kinds of things about the younger generation. I think it's hard, and usually incorrect to make generalizations like this about an entire generation. Though it's also natural, and we're always going to do it.

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