Comment · Thu, July 19, 2012
Is it true? Did the baby-boomers take advantage of the social programs their parents created and cemented, then voted to dismantle those same benefits for their children in the name of freedom, individual responsibility, and more benefits for themselves? Can a generation be that selfish?
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Theotropho · 3 points
I had read all about drugs and being poor and jail... but until I experienced them I did not understand well enough to moderate my behavior.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
There is no supplement for real life experience, no doubt. However, the more we know about an action, the better we can navigate through those experiences. Before I ever took drugs, I did hundreds of hours of research on them. I used the internet to direct me to studies and trials that gave me a much better handle on their effects. I would research potential damage and potential ways to mitigate that damage. If the potential damage was too much of a risk, I would avoid the drug all together. So information, in my case, led to a very real change in potential behavior. Without that knowledge, I may have just gone on anecdotal evidence from others.