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Good fucking question. I don't know. Certainly been quite a few people who've noticed that the younger generations seem to have unprecedented levels of disinterest in anything approaching historical context, and I think some have chalked it up to social media feeds, which makes sense. Living in the moment is as well and good, but I think the detriments of this for anarchists (and for everyone!) are probably pretty clear. In other countries -- notably Chile and Greece, both with strong anarchist movements -- I have been impressed with how often the anarchists will remind each other of the importance of memory.

With that said, I wonder what you see as the problems of people treating these moments as Totally Fucking Unprecedented?

(On a somewhat related, somewhat off-topic note, it really fucking bothered me when I was hearing everyone call the coronavirus pandemic totally fucking unprecedented or the biggest thing to ever happen in "our state" or such nonsense. The state where I live was formed about 150 fucking years ago, made possible in large part by a devastating pandemic. There are still loads of people who remember all of their friends dying to AIDS. Fuck you.)