Sometimes I wonder if our building will only get cleaned up when the predominant generation is no longer running it.
Let me be clear right from the start: I donāt wish anyone dead.
Not now. Not ever.
What Iām talking about isnāt malice – itās culture, power, and time.
š§± The Era This Building Is Still Living In
This is a generation that grew up when:
- š³ļøāš gay people were openly mocked, ridiculed, called āpoofsā and worse
- š®š¹ Italians were dismissed with slurs like mogicakes
- š§ mental health didnāt exist – only āweaknessā
- š authority was sacred and obedience was expected
- š« difference was something to suppress, not understand
Time moved on.
These assumptions often didnāt.
š The World Moved On – This Building Didnāt
The world changed – for the better.
Our generation:
- āļø travelled, mixed, learned by exposure
- š understands diversity as normal, not threatening
- š§© recognizes neurodiversity because itās part of real life
- ā¤ļø knows mental health is health, not a moral failure
- š questions power because unchecked power causes harm
And yet, walking into this building feels like stepping into a time capsule.
Same suspicions.
Same hallway gossip.
Same selective enforcement.
Same hostility toward anyone who doesnāt fit the old mold.
Thatās not tradition.
Thatās stagnation.
š§ Some Systems Donāt Reform – They Just Age Out
Hereās the uncomfortable truth:
Some systems donāt evolve.
They donāt self-reflect.
They donāt correct course.
They just harden.
Because real change requires humility – the ability to say āwe were wrong.ā
When thatās missing, the response is predictable:
- āļø rules become weapons
- šØ disruption is punished
- š control replaces competence
- š©¼ accommodation is framed as āspecial treatmentā
This isnāt about wanting people gone.
Itās about wanting outdated mindsets to stop running the place.
š§ This Isnāt About Age – Itās About Attitude
This is not an attack on older people.
Plenty of older residents are thoughtful, adaptable, and humane.
They listen. They grow. They change.
This is about a specific mindset shaped in an era where cruelty was normalized and never unlearned.
When challenged, that mindset doesnāt reflect.
It resists.
š Change Will Come – One Way or Another
This building will change.
Either through:
- š£ accountability and pressure
- š” learning and exposure
- š§ people refusing to shrink themselves
Or through the natural turnover of power as time moves forward.
Thatās not a death wish.
Thatās history.
The world already moved on.
šÆļø This building just hasnāt caught up yet.
