https://freerepublic.com/tag/generationlockdown/ en-us Sun, 10 May 2026 03:47:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4378568/posts The primary purpose of government is to protect the liberty and property of the citizens. We have seen, for some time and in almost every major American city, how municipal governments from Boston to Los Angeles have utterly failed in this primary role. In Los Angeles in particular, the despicable phenomenon of "flash mobs," organized (presumably) online, strikes with the speed of summer lightning and loot convenience stores, threatening the owners and employees, and stealing everything but the shelving and light fixtures - leaving chaos in their wake.On X, a prominent Californian, Justine Bateman, took to her X account to... Red State https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4378568/posts#comment Sun, 10 May 2026 03:47:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4378492/posts Painters think in brushstrokes. Directors think in scenes. Women under 30 think in Instagram stories. Young women’s travel, clothing, hobbies, and even their romantic relationships are subconsciously selected based on what would look best photographed, filtered, and ironically captioned. Digital life and real life are not in competition; they’ve melded. Social media isn’t a hobby or a distraction for young women; it is their medium of self-creation and, in some instances, self-destruction—and it has ruined girlhood, Freya India writes in her debut book GIRLS®: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything. India, herself a 20-something, surveys the online activity of... The American Conservative https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4378492/posts#comment Sat, 9 May 2026 17:44:10 GMT