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Just gonna dive into that whole mess up there about the memorials (kids today, shakey fist old man action)
From their point of view they live in a world where their parents and grandparents were closer to these atrocities, yet are sleepwalking/following the same footsteps: It's hyper-real to these kids that the world they're growing up in is dominated by a growing faction of right-wing isolationist loons. Nothing has changed by being forced to go to these memorials.
Because remember, when you're that young, you don't yet have the capacity/luxury of zooming out from your own short timeline and seeing a bigger picture. From their viewpoint, our parents failed to learn from these mistakes, and everything's still shit. On top of that, we've fucked the earth up so much they probably can't fix it. What's the point? May as well enjoy the selfies.
When they're a bit older they might be able to reflect on the fact that we're actually enjoying a massive period of peace and liberalism and democratisation of rights for all, but it's hard to see that when your life is delivered to you through a constant stream of social-media notifications.
TLDR: Kids are fucking idiots, we all were too.
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Yes, perfectly.