[garganzol]

You are getting downvoted because people see their own reflection in that statement. And they don't like what they are seeing.

[bee_rider]

It is getting downvoted because it is a well known silly trope. Generally, success reinforces itself. That’s why there have been a bunch of countries that have had multi-generational streaks of repeated success. Eventually, this feedback look can fail, but it isn’t on some predictable four generation pattern.

[csa]

> Eventually, this feedback look can fail, but it isn’t on some predictable four generation pattern.

Actually, it kind of is.

See The Fourth Turning and any other book based on the Strauss-Howe generational theory.

Is this theory air-tight and inviolable? No. Does it more or less support this “silly trope”? Yes. I think it’s safe to say that it is directionally correct.

[bee_rider]

I don’t think that book was well regarded by historians. It’s more of a pop-sociology thing, right?

[sepositus]

It's most likely because people just assume it's a misogynist quote.

[kubb]

Thinking in memes isn’t going to lead us to a better world.

Least we can do is downvote it.

[rf15]

The thing itself speaks seemingly a truth though: growing up too coddled will risk a twisted perspective of what you deserve and what's a given.

[kubb]

Seemingly? Do you have any indication that this is a consistent pattern in the world outside of imagination?

[rf15]

Rich kids with inherited wealth are always perfectly fine and reasonable people?

[kubb]

They overwhelmingly do better than their poorer peers, yes. Anectdote vs statistics.

[garganzol]

If you think that it's just an imagination, the universe will make you physically feel what it really is. Not all at once, but gradually, drop by drop. And then, you'll learn the true meaning of another "meme" word: ignorance.

[kubb]

Or you’ll find out that strong men thinking in memes create even worse times.

[garganzol]

In any case, that's the beauty of life: we live the consequences. Both sweet and bitter, depending on choices of the past.

[dyauspitr]

Thinking in memes is exactly what the right is doing. It’s short, succinct and pretty much a termination point for all further thought on the matter.