My TakeI don’t despise young people, but they shouldn’t be leading us
Those of us with real-life experience should not be exploiting the younger generation to advance our political agendas just because we have no leadership to offer
I get a kick out of reading this quote from Canadian psychologist and media sensation Jordan Peterson.
“I tell 18-year-olds: Six years ago you were 12 – what the hell do you know? You haven’t done anything,” he said.
“You don’t have a degree, you haven’t finished your courses, you don’t know how to read, you can’t think, you can’t speak. It’s just not right to tell people in that situation that they should go out and change the socioeconomic structure of the culture!”
Over the years, my column has attracted quite a few hate fans. They have accused me of many things, some of which are not untrue. But there is one accusation I am absolutely not guilty of, that is, I despise young people. There is even a word for it – ephebiphobia.