…I wish I had taken a pic, but there was a meme that had a pic of a Vietnam vet (during the war) over a pic of a 14 year old with a “cat” selfie (those face enhancements) and some bullshit of how weak the new generation is…
Fuck me! Vietnam was a life destroyer, a lie perpetrated by government for their own means in a country that did not want them there and who’s citizens suffered horribly. Those that went (through conscription and volunteered) came back to a population that did not “thank them for their service” and were tossed aside, left to their own mental tortures.
So a fourteen year old lives in a world that is relatively “peaceful”. Isn’t being pushed into killing others at a young age. Isn’t exposed to the suffering of previous generations - wasn’t that the “goal” of the previous generation? Wasn’t it to help create a world of (more) peace? A kid fooling around with a selfie doesn’t tell the whole story, as a pic of a Vietnam soldier doesn’t - BUT man, the “older” generation sure feeds itself on the idea of how “tough they were”.