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Joe Biden is my favourite comedian. The gift that keeps on giving. His latest gaffe was hilarious: 'Lets go Brandon, I agree'. ????

19 hours ago, ballpoint said:

“The Chairman alluding to the problem of young people and their English said his experience was that many did not seem able to express or convey to other people what they meant. They could not put their meaning into words, and found the same difficulty when it came to writing.”
Unable to Express Thoughts: Failing of Modern Young People, Gloucester Citizen, 1936

 

“We defy anyone who goes about with his eyes open to deny that there is, as never before, an attitude on the part of young folk which is best described as grossly thoughtless, rude, and utterly selfish.”
The Conduct of Young People, Hull Daily Mail, 1925

 

“Whither are the manly vigour and athletic appearance of our forefathers flown? Can these be their legitimate heirs? Surely, no; a race of effeminate, self-admiring, emaciated fribbles can never have descended in a direct line from the heroes of Potiers and Agincourt...”
Letter in Town and Country magazine, 1771

 

“The beardless youth… does not foresee what is useful, squandering his money.”
Horace, 1st Century BC

 

“They think they know everything, and are always quite sure about it.”
Rhetoric, Aristotle, 4th Century BC

 

 

So, there you have it. OP's observations confirmed - things have gotten progressively worse with every generation since at least 4th century BC. ????

But as other members in the forum have touched upon in their posts - it's your inner world that matters, and with which attitide you interact with the people and reality around you. Change is always possible if you are not happy.

33 minutes ago, mrfill said:

Can't think why you didn't compare against its immediate neighbours, Norway and Finland.

One tenth of the death rate of Sweden. - 148 per million in the case of Norway, 182 per million in the case of Finland.

 

Not good for the rhetoric though.

 

You could look at Scandinavia alone and draw the conclusion that Sweden has botched something in its Covid strategy compared to its neighbors. But there are other explanations to the difference in numbers.

Sweden's care homes for the elderly are larger and have more residents, so when the virus spread in this environment early in the plandemic this resulted in many deaths.

Sweden also has plenty of immigrant ghettos where people don't speak, or bother learning the language, so these communities had an information disadvantage on how to limit transmission. Younger family members would keep intermingling with the older family members according to their culture, further inflating the numbers.

Considering Sweden did not have a single day of forced lockdown and no mask-wearing mandates what-so-ever there should be no Swedes alive today according to the Covid-19 fear-mongers.

Let's put it this way: If you were given the task of finding the one country that ignored WHO guidelines and trusted their own expertise - by looking through worldwide statistics on infection rates and deaths - would you be able to single out Sweden?

Answer: NO.