Good morning, GeauxHomeLittleD! It is literally freezing this morning and it's harshing my morning mellow. lol
"Machiavellianism"
I know this one well being raised by a dark triad personality (narcissistic psychopathic Machiavellianism) I know all about the victim mentality. It's a trait in every generation. Seems to be getting worse and worse and worse though.
I'm gen X with a gen Z son. He'll be 21 soon and he's a good dude. He works and does a good job. He struggled a little through school but nothing major. He's by no means perfect, but has a good heart and head on his shoulders. Very ethical young man. His mother and I did parent him though, both when we were together and even once we divorced. He was the one thing we didn't fight about and worked together pretty well with raising him and teaching him as he was growing up. We both had a different style and things we focused on were different but it was a nice balance in the end, even with a divorced home for him.
A lot of what is going on has a lot to do with the conditioning they are having to go through. It's not always the parents. Mostly, and on the grand scale I would agree. Now we have a full scale battle for the minds of our children and youth using techniques and technology that wasn't around back when you were growing up. There was way less influence on your generation, and still had victim mentality running rampant (I know this because i know a lot of my elders have that same mentality). What we are up against these days as far as protecting our children from evil is in a league that can't even compare to what it was like in the 40s 50s and 60s with raising and protecting your children from harmful influences. Now it is everywhere. Schools churches phones etc etc etc (we all know I could list bomb but I wont) are all weaponized and the target is the youth of the nation.
Trust me, I am very worried about what my son, nieces and nephews will go thru. They are all good young adults though. They were all parented, all gen z, none of them victim mentality. They are all go getters in their own ways, all very intelligent and wise for their ages, but what they are up against is a whole new terrifying monster and new ways of manipulation of the minds of the people that they are being set up for complete failure. Not that a lot of them aren't capable but the game is rigged.....and the opponent has new cheating tools and is now in full attack mode towards our youth.
All we can do is hope for a decent future for them. I'll be around a good while longer Lord willing, but I weep for my own future, and I am terrified for our children's future.
ETA: Sorry, came back to add this after my own little rant. Lol
I agree with having zero tolerance for the victim mentality. Those are the types of people that will suck the very soul from your body. It is always best to cut ties with those types when you can.
It's pure hell when you cant....
"Machiavellianism"
I know this one well being raised by a dark triad personality (narcissistic psychopathic Machiavellianism) I know all about the victim mentality. It's a trait in every generation. Seems to be getting worse and worse and worse though.
I'm gen X with a gen Z son. He'll be 21 soon and he's a good dude. He works and does a good job. He struggled a little through school but nothing major. He's by no means perfect, but has a good heart and head on his shoulders. Very ethical young man. His mother and I did parent him though, both when we were together and even once we divorced. He was the one thing we didn't fight about and worked together pretty well with raising him and teaching him as he was growing up. We both had a different style and things we focused on were different but it was a nice balance in the end, even with a divorced home for him.
A lot of what is going on has a lot to do with the conditioning they are having to go through. It's not always the parents. Mostly, and on the grand scale I would agree. Now we have a full scale battle for the minds of our children and youth using techniques and technology that wasn't around back when you were growing up. There was way less influence on your generation, and still had victim mentality running rampant (I know this because i know a lot of my elders have that same mentality). What we are up against these days as far as protecting our children from evil is in a league that can't even compare to what it was like in the 40s 50s and 60s with raising and protecting your children from harmful influences. Now it is everywhere. Schools churches phones etc etc etc (we all know I could list bomb but I wont) are all weaponized and the target is the youth of the nation.
Trust me, I am very worried about what my son, nieces and nephews will go thru. They are all good young adults though. They were all parented, all gen z, none of them victim mentality. They are all go getters in their own ways, all very intelligent and wise for their ages, but what they are up against is a whole new terrifying monster and new ways of manipulation of the minds of the people that they are being set up for complete failure. Not that a lot of them aren't capable but the game is rigged.....and the opponent has new cheating tools and is now in full attack mode towards our youth.
All we can do is hope for a decent future for them. I'll be around a good while longer Lord willing, but I weep for my own future, and I am terrified for our children's future.
ETA: Sorry, came back to add this after my own little rant. Lol
I agree with having zero tolerance for the victim mentality. Those are the types of people that will suck the very soul from your body. It is always best to cut ties with those types when you can.
It's pure hell when you cant....