The hatred of the youth culture for adult society is not a disinterested judgment but a terror-ridden refusal to be hooked into the, if you will, ecological chain of breathing, growing, and dying. It is the demand, in other words, to remain children.

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This quote suggests that the aversion of young people towards adult society is not simply a neutral or observational critique, but rather a fearful rejection of being intertwined in the natural cycle of life: being born, maturing, and eventually passing away. It implies that the youth's resistance stems from a desire to remain perpetually childlike and avoid the responsibilities and challenges that come with growing up.

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