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.