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Just exactly, word-for-word, the way you stated that, irateplatypus, is the problem in a nutshell:
"everyone has been told all through their lives that they're special, that they deserve to succeed by virtue of having a pulse. when people are told they deserve something and life doesn't deliver on its promises... you end up with a lot of very disillusioned and bitter souls."
This is what is what is behind the self-destructive, meaningless and pathetic "rebelliousness" of youth in our sad culture.
As you know, I consider the impact of mass media as the sole significant factor that shapes our consciousness. Therefore, I see the tactics of contemporary advertising - which promulgates and inculcates the childish idea of "specialness" and wildly unrealistic expectations as the driving force in all this.
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