In muslims schools teachers beat kids and teach them hate toward non-muslims

[Mister Agenda]

LOL, as an optimist, I think this would be a great time to be young.

What makes you think that?

I think the answer is contained in the statement, to be honest. But the trend on violent crime and conflict deaths is downward, the trend on global poverty is downward, the trends on medical advances and renewable energy are upwards; the rate of population growth is slowing down, etc. There are plenty of things to be bummed about, like climate change, extinction rates, ISIS, and Trumpism; but I think overall we're going in the right direction to be able to get on track.

When I was younger, it was acceptable to beat someone up if you found out they were 'queer', it was just common sense not to give one of your black employees a management position, when we got into a stupid war our losses were in the tens of thousands instead of the thousands, we had the draft, AIDS was a death sentence, and half the world was in extreme poverty. I remember double digit inflation in America. I remember three million people starving to death in Biafra.

So I'm optimistic and I think it's a better time to be young than it was when I was young. I'm a 'the glass is half full of water and half full of air' kind of guy.