It seems almost everyone these days is "insecure", and undergoing some sort of "identity crisis". Why is that?

[Siri137]

I came across this on 'YouTube'.

"Adult virgins" we can now add to the list, a list that includes fat people ("body positivity"), people who don't even know what gender they are, even though all they have to do to figure that out is look between their legs, and people who are desperately trying to convince themselves that all of creation just somehow magically popped into being from literally nothing (atheists).

Can we truly blame the usual scapegoats (ex. Democrats, communists, the WHO, the WEF, anyone who disagrees with us for any reason whatsoever about anything) for this, or this just yet more evidence, if any more were actually needed, that people these days are just far too soft mentally. Whatever happened to the ability to endure, to remain firm in one's convictions and to resist obvious attempts at emotional manipulation? Whatever happened to self-awareness and self-confidence? Everyone now seems so wimpy!

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You can't blame "Democrats" or "Republicans", because this is a GLOBAL phenomenon. It's happening everywhere, from Sweden to Japan to New Zealand.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Something the ancient Stoics practiced regularly is to voluntarily place themselves in situations out of their comfort zone to fortify their inner strength.

That's something I think we are no longer doing very much in society, trying to protect children from every possible form of discomfort, even the discomfort of losing in a race by giving them participation medals.

The idea that adversity, when combined with a positive mindset and accountability, can strengthen rather than break people seems largely lost in today's society. So I think we all tend to grow soft that way when we cease to place ourselves in positions of discomfort.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

One thing in response to your update: just very recently in Japan, there has been a major shift in education and parenting styles to favor a more lenient and softer way of educating and parenting children, including awarding participation medals in competitions. I mention participation medals a lot but they're symptomatic of a much broader phenomena as I see it which is trying to coddle children and protect them from any form of discomfort.

[AaronKrieger]

A lot of it has to do the internet/social media, as it helps you lose touch with the real world. Most people are influenced in that way including myself to some way or another.

As the second paragraph you wrote, political and cultural norms have always shifted. Hell, look at the 1920's and 1960's where you see society changing quite a lot. It's bound to happen in every decade for norms to change on some level.

[Anonymous]

Don't you know if you don't accept the opinion of the majority, you are either a flat earther or a virgin loser, and unfortunately most people are delicate flowers who cannot bear the burden of being a minority, god forbid they have their own opinion on any subject.

[LRSJame]

I blame Democrats. Whiny, hypocrite snowflakes, the lot of them.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure what you're asking because your question is kind of broad. It seems as though you're trying find a simple formula to explain everything. And nothing in is ever typically that simple or clear cut.

But I blame a lot of it on social media, lack of love and mission of purpose.

[ImHere22]

Dude. Don’t use YouTube as a platform for obtaining credible information.

[RedInnocent68]

I blame Republicans. Whiny, hypocrite snowflakes, the lot of them.

[AngryCarl]

YouTube is a toxic environment. Take you head out of that shit from time to time.

[DJB72]

We've been "educated".

[love_conquers_lust]

Because shit is expensive.