Couldn’t agree more, this is exactly what I’m thinking for like 3 years. I’m shocked with younger gen z-ers because it looks like this mindset is a thing all around the world (I live in Brazil and I can confirm it’s not that different here, even one year later it’s still so true that it scares me a little. As I read it, I started to think of a bunch of situations here that are totally related with your text).
i loved this post!! (i’ve been slowly making my way through ur whole substack after seeing it on my fyp half an hour ago) - i think it’s so interesting to consider how these kinds of attitudes change when people take time off tiktok as well. i have seen a lot of posts recently from fairly well known creators on leftist tiktok who disappeared after covid and came back rly recently, saying they’ve changed a lot of their opinions on how lived experience should inform your opinion etc. and saying that while they were on tiktok they were caught up in all these arguments about which identities are allowed to talk about and discuss what, and only realised when they spent time offline just how wrapped up in all that they were (and how they disagree w their past selves on this). i love how you discuss the tension between how much the user vs the algorithm is responsible-- super interesting!!!! thank u for sharing :)
u made so made great points in this. how can u cancel someone for liking what they like and getting turned on by what they get turned on by? sounds familiar.... Who's gonna tell gen z that the real world doesn't care about their feelings and everything can't upset them :) I said what I said
Couldn’t agree more, this is exactly what I’m thinking for like 3 years. I’m shocked with younger gen z-ers because it looks like this mindset is a thing all around the world (I live in Brazil and I can confirm it’s not that different here, even one year later it’s still so true that it scares me a little. As I read it, I started to think of a bunch of situations here that are totally related with your text).
i loved this post!! (i’ve been slowly making my way through ur whole substack after seeing it on my fyp half an hour ago) - i think it’s so interesting to consider how these kinds of attitudes change when people take time off tiktok as well. i have seen a lot of posts recently from fairly well known creators on leftist tiktok who disappeared after covid and came back rly recently, saying they’ve changed a lot of their opinions on how lived experience should inform your opinion etc. and saying that while they were on tiktok they were caught up in all these arguments about which identities are allowed to talk about and discuss what, and only realised when they spent time offline just how wrapped up in all that they were (and how they disagree w their past selves on this). i love how you discuss the tension between how much the user vs the algorithm is responsible-- super interesting!!!! thank u for sharing :)
and by "doesn't care" I mean "won't always care"
u made so made great points in this. how can u cancel someone for liking what they like and getting turned on by what they get turned on by? sounds familiar.... Who's gonna tell gen z that the real world doesn't care about their feelings and everything can't upset them :) I said what I said