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There are USian liberals and conservatives alike who love to go for the "maturity" argument, but "maturity" ends up just being a stand-in for "a cynical view of humanity" and "a dogged persistent belief that mass suffering is an inevitable attribute of the human condition and tweaks around the edges are the only way to accomplish anything."
Being jaded isn’t really something to be celebrated, it’s just sad.