• Crowfiend@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    That’s a very black-and-white way of looking at it. As children grow older, so too do their elders. Eventually the power balance (so to speak) shifts, and both the child and the elder learn who can hit harder.

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      2 months ago

      Locking up parents you don’t like in a nursing home is also a recent, Western development. Generally grown children don’t seek revenge against their parents even in societies where physical violence against children is common. On the contrary, these societies usually have strong norms requiring the respect of elders.

      (It’s ironic that by historical standards, Western parents treat their children exceptionally well but Western children treat their parents exceptionally poorly.)

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        2 months ago

        Who said anything about a nursing home? I thought we were talking about throwing punches? Cause as I said, as each party ages, they both learn who hits harder.

        Any old person that acts like they can’t catch hands, is literally asking for some to be thrown.

        If you’re 20yo still taking abuse from someone three times your age, you’re not fighting hard enough for your own rights.

        I hope to any and every god that may exist, that kid gets close enough to Erdogan one day, to return the favor tenfold.