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I know this age identification thing is getting out of hand lol, but let me add context to my question:

When they asked Borges in an interview if he considered himself a man of the 19th century, he unquestionably answered, “Yes.” Borges was born in 1899.

I think it goes beyond having literally been born in that century. He despised his era; he despised what the 20th century brought to the world, so I see it more as a very conservative posture and identification rather than really meaning that he is someone from the 19th century, since he has no recollections from that century, and when we think about 20th-century figures, many of them were born in the 19th century (Hitler, Einstein, Churchill, Sartre, Kafka, Bertrand Russell, etc.). Borges did have a love for authors and philosophers of that century, and many of the anecdotes that he tells about his ancestors happened in the 19th century, so it is more of a longing than a literal identification.

So my question goes in a similar way: in what meaningful ways would you consider yourself to be a 20th-century person despite being mostly a 21st-century one? Or the world evolves so fast that it makes this impossible to answer as Borges did?

This is a genuine question since I feel less hope for humanity being on social media sites like these when people ask so my skewed and carefully coded question, only their perceived ideas on an issue get the 👍, MHO, or what have you…. Even when it is founded in echo chamber-ism. (Read The Whole Details, okay? And don’t point fingers as answers. Don’t point fingers.)

One question asked was “woke” teachers are instilling masturbation, sex toys, etc. in schools and what people thought of it? My critique is, discuss what can / what can’t be discussed in Sex Education…. Maybe discuss if it should be the right of the parent not the right of the school to teach that stuff. Once you use “woke”, anyone who doesn’t conform will be attacked / targetted just for having a different opinion. This is an extreme reaction.(From the Right) though I’ve seen Democrats do this too….

I see another question “Should Trump go to jail for his crimes?” where the polls are skewed, “No because I’m a Dumb MAGA” or “Yes because I use my brain”.(From The Left) though I’ve seen Republicans do this too….

This is a TWO Party issue because it is a PEOPLE issue. As people we are flawed, we can make mistakes, etc. though we should ask open ended questions where we not only expect differing views, we accept them and we don’t attack each other for being male or female… We just get along. Can we just agree to get along and ask more open ended questions?

🛑✋ Stop (From typing something heavily skewed)

🧠 Think (How you are going to phrase this to be open minded)

💚 Go! (Send it and prepare to hear from both sides in a more compromised & logical & rational way without trigger words and hate rather looking at the substance of the answer itself then you have actual meaningful dialogue which may shift your perspective on certain things)

No pointing fingers, just focus on the substance alone… Please.
READ The POLL Carefully Before Voting.