OldLady
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"Pointless?" He lost his little brother.Affirmative AffluenzaThey aren’t taught how to deal with what real life will throw at them.
Instant gratification, no responsibility for own failures, etc.
how to become self reliant, how to pick themselves up, dust off their pants, and start afresh, when they are pushed down.
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That makes them wannabe Preppies, who have no right to set the stage in a democracy. You should only criticize your own ideology; anything else is hypocritical.
Besides, real life throws very little at richkids that sticks; their powerful birth advantages easily overcome what would finish off those Unfortunate Sons you criticize. Holden Caulfield would not have suffered for his pointless drift and depression, yet he was publicized as a "typical adolescent."