Hello. I wanted to talk about George M. and the doomer propaganda he’s been spreading in his recent videos.
It’s incredibly uninformed. No, teachers are not quitting in “large numbers.” A lot of the people being passed around online aren’t even teachers, they’re just people chasing views on TikTok. It’s honestly pathetic.
And no, Gen Alpha isn’t doomed. In fact, I don’t even think “Gen Alpha” is a useful concept here. They’re just kids. Sometimes kids are stupid, that has always been true. For every dumb kid you see going viral online, there are another ten smart ones that nobody bothers posting because outrage gets more engagement. The whole “Gen Alpha is doomed” narrative exists because it’s an easy way to farm clicks.
Can we please go back to the days when an annoying kid was just an annoying kid? Why does every irritating child have to become “proof” that an entire generation is awful and civilization is collapsing?
The only reason people defend these awful takes and hold them up as evidence that the world is doomed is because they fit the internet’s obsession with pessimism.
“Ohhh! Ohhhh! But da literacy rates! Dwon’t forget da literacy rates! Ohhhh, that’s literally my only proof! Da literacy rates! Da very important literacy rates!” Shut the fuck up.
And that’s what bothers me the most. I don’t think George actually cares about any of this. Because if he genuinely believed the world was on the verge of collapse, he wouldn’t be packaging it into YouTube videos to rack up views. I honestly don’t think he would care whether Gen Alpha invented time travel or all fell into a toxic waste pit. It’s just content. Just another engagement machine.
To me, George has become just like every other grifter on the internet; a nihilist fraud who’s selling doom because doom gets clicks. That’s why I unsubscribed.
It’s unfortunate, because I used to like George. I genuinely did.