Comments on: In the old days young people went to university to learn from people who were perhaps three times their age and had read an enormous amount https://www.isegoria.net/2025/06/in-the-old-days-young-people-went-to-university-to-learn-from-people-who-were-perhaps-three-times-their-age-and-had-read-an-enormous-amount/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 21:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Muh'lennial https://www.isegoria.net/2025/06/in-the-old-days-young-people-went-to-university-to-learn-from-people-who-were-perhaps-three-times-their-age-and-had-read-an-enormous-amount/comment-page-1/#comment-3758465 Muh'lennial Mon, 09 Jun 2025 21:41:01 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53079#comment-3758465 In a healthy society elders would be worth listening to. If we do our part perhaps in 30 years they will be.

But the boomers were not beneficial, or even neutrally worthless. They were negative value down to the personal level. The people who listened to them and sincerely followed their advice did poorly in life compare to everyone else.

]]> By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2025/06/in-the-old-days-young-people-went-to-university-to-learn-from-people-who-were-perhaps-three-times-their-age-and-had-read-an-enormous-amount/comment-page-1/#comment-3758464 Jim Mon, 09 Jun 2025 20:58:19 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53079#comment-3758464 Literally everything about the United State circa 2025 is set up to favor the Eternal Boomer and its (yes, its) lesser offspring, the always-spiritual and often-literal butch-lez Elder Gen-X-ette.

It’s about damned time to dissolve the monasteries gerontocratic power centers—all of them, every single one.

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