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by robonerd 1515 days ago
> Plato complained about young people in his time too.

Athenian society was in decline during Plato's lifetime, falling out of the 5th century golden age. His observations were likely lucid.

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Fair enough. I was thinking of Plato's recounting of Socrates complaining about the proliferation of writing reducing young people's ability to remember things.
He’s literally just griping about kids being kids in it