🤣 I'm typically on the side of the EU on stuff like this, but damn. The US is catching strays. How in the hell is it our(US) fault that EU kids are reflecting their surroundings? Right-wing fascism and violence have been trending upward for a while, the US is far from the only country dealing with it.
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2025
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American companies and institutions are a mayor vector in spreading fascism , so there's that.
Oh those poor EU countries so helpless to defend themselves from media and ideas. Children are products of their environment. They weren't raised in the US. If it's American media that's "poisoned" the youth, maybe those kid's parents should pay more attention to their media diets?
It is bit of both. Like I said in another post, some parents are lazy and place responsibility of teaching to someone or something else (in this case, the tablet, phone or computer). Parents don't realise the kind of content their kids are consuming (I know some parents both work at the same time and couldn't look after their children).
On the one hand, social media companies are already aware of the deleterious effects their algorithms have on society, but don't give a shit because that's how they make money.
Everyone is involved raising children. As they say, it takes a village to raise a child.
American hegemony is probably the worst example of enshitification in history. Our cultural exports used to be Hollywood movies and McDonalds. Now it's our alienation, right wing ideology, and ultra-violence that crosses boarders and ignores local social policy.
And yet media is responsible for both and we still don't talk about it. In schools, like.
Well, social media...
All media. Television and movies and magazines and radio and records and newspapers and more - are media.
As often, we're simply behind the curve. This one is for mental illness among the youth. Hopefully we're better equipped to improve the situation.
It's ridiculous to try to pin this on the US. Is it US citizens going to Europe to shoot up schools? Perhaps the US and Europe share some common problems.
And the hegemony comment has a lot of upvotes, too.
I'd say our shared common problem is Russian infiltration of our social spaces
That's a factor. They add fuel to the fire, but they didn't light the match. Bullying has been a problem in schools for decades if not centuries.
American culture is our only export.