I had a thought last night, it was innocuous at first but the more I chewed on it the more it seemed to weigh on me. There's a decisive shift In attitude, predominantly amongst young people, myself included, regarding the sanctity of banks and financial institutions. More specifically a growing distrust of them, having lived through recessions with contentious bailouts, the growing awareness of salacious greed within global finance/government, and other factors withholding prosperity and opportunity from folks, it seems more and more people become inclined to damage the system wherever they can.
The most recent example of this I've seen making the rounds is the naritive of the ignorant youth, unversed in the lessons of The Great Depression, lashing out against banks by withdrawing their accounts and inadvertently walking us into a Bank Run.
“Young folks haven't learned from history” it's said, and to those people who keep echoing this naritive, I'm here to say they have and concluded its what they want to happen.
When you desperately yearn for societal change, an opportunity to foster the conditions to incite it, however bad, comes with an inherent alure to it. What if a new depression happens? Could it finally be the straw that breaks the camels back and wakes people up to insert grievance about society? What if the people finally take action? What if we could come out better, and would that make it worth it?
I couldn't say personally, but I think it's unfair to assume ignorance on the part of those who participate, especially on the grounds of generational division.
You may not agree, you may think it's stupid, but considering the state of the world, can you blame them?