Increase Of Teen Violence and Crime

[Marie Mallory]

I will use video, for statistics instead of writing it out or huge links.

I've not seen or even heard of the violence out youth is capable of now. Too much time online is one reason, too much violence in general is another.
Breakdown of families, cultural clashes some say Bible prophecy coming to pass.
Whatever the reason, it is worse now than ever.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

I'm reminded of that series of insurance company ads that feature an aging GenX-er who operates a workshop series bent on correcting "Millennials who risk becoming their parents."

I guess it is supposed to be funny, but the character's whole shtick seems to be "bad dogging" them when they try to interact with society as human beings who are a part of it. Instead he wants to help them be more closed down from others and selfish, hands in pockets, mouths shut, and isolated.

He's almost a caricature of a "male karen."

For an ad agency and its customer to see this as humorous rather than chilling makes me think "Yikes, how awful can his GenZ kids have turned out? Sociopaths?"

And now we're seeing how "GenAlpha" behind them seems to be swimming in a culture of criminality, often very violent.


I don't know whether such trends can be reversed. I just watched a long video on the intersection between falling birth rates and the rise of A.I.

It seems we have little to fear from "robot overlords" after all. Instead A.I. will likely be a crutch to help mediocrity get by for a while before the planet falls back into barbarism, war, and slavery far quicker than anyone had ever imagined.

 

[Cody Fousnaugh]

Mostly "big city" kids, not the farm/ranch types. The "big city" kids get so bored, so easily and what happens.............crime comes into the picture. Farm and ranch kids have responsibilities of taking care of livestock and helping do crops. We don't read, or hear about, kids in 4-H and/or FFA getting into trouble.

So, even though we do have to live in the city, we will both stick with the farm and ranch kids.

 

[Don Alaska]

I think much of the crime has resulted from lack of penalties. That was one of the issues addressed by Bondi et al. when they Federalized the cops in D.C. The D.C. cops hadn't been arresting criminals under 18 since they usually got off with no punishment when they went to court. They are being arrested now, and a juvenile record is being established, but I don't know what the penalties will be for those going through the process. This has been a problem in all "Blue" cities around the country.

 

[MamaFrankie]

I've never liked teenagers, most of them are troublemakers.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

I think it is entirely cultural.

People accept everything from petty theft to murder as "normal" and as already suggested above the societal systems meant to curb and contain it have been hollowed out and watered down.

Standards are just too low. But I'm beginning to suspect this has all been purposely engineered to create the very problems we are experiencing.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

I think much of the crime has resulted from lack of penalties.

It's kind of ironic, isn't it? The guy leading charge for all this law enforcement was tried and convicted of 34 Felonies and was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

Funny how most of those convictions have been either stayed or overturned once taken out of the hands of corrupt local activist partisan courts, with more on the way.

Though what any of it has to do with youth crime escapes me. Or is it saying that when their local officials are shown to be so deeply corrupt then that endorses gang and individual lawlessness in the streets?

Yeah, I can see that.

 

[Don Alaska]

They can't really say he was convicted of 34 felonies as I recall, as the judge told the jury that if they felt he might be guilty of any of them they should vote to convict. He might be guilty of only one politically motivated crime of some sort. Most were not properly defined.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

It doesn't matter if he was only changed with one count or a thousand. A conviction is not "official" until you're sentenced. That's not what most people believe, but it's the law. Trump was given an "unconditional discharge", meaning that yes, he’s officially been convicted, but he will face no penalties. Why? Because he was elected POTUS. But that doesn't change the Fact that he is a Convicted Felon. So yes, they can say that.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Mostly "big city" kids, not the farm/ranch types. The "big city" kids get so bored, so easily and what happens.............crime comes into the picture. Farm and ranch kids have responsibilities of taking care of livestock and helping do crops. We don't read, or hear about, kids in 4-H and/or FFA getting into trouble.

So, even though we do have to live in the city, we will both stick with the farm and ranch kids.

Totally agree, just what I told my daughter about how young families now want the big house while IMO the small farm would be a better start and a lot less expensive.
Kids learn to care for more than just themselves.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Need to get back to the basics,