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I Am Frustrated With Society

The bar has been lowered quite a bit in recent decades. People limit themselves much more tightly in their smaller circles than we used to. I'm old enough to remember when kids (myself included) automatically became friends with every other kid in the neighborhood, because that was just how it was. Having a sense of entitlement is on the rise, and having a sense of responsibility is on the decline.

But at the same time - racism, sexism and homophobia are also on the decline. Gender equality is moving more and more toward being a reality. Sites like SW disconnect us irl be lessening the need for face to face connections, but they also give us an outlet and provide us with something that we obviously value, or we wouldn't be here. Things that were thought of as standard parenting practices a few generations ago are now considered child abuse. Psychology and certain eastern spiritualities are acting as forces for self examination and personal growth that have been nearly non-existent in the west for most of history. A lot of it is just a fad, with people going to therapy or attending Buddhist classes just to make themselves look/feel good, without any intention of growing as a person - but over time, more and more people seem to be using the tools of growth to really step up and become better people. The percentage is still abysmally small, but it's growing.

And I feel like more and more people are unhappy with the way things are going. More and more unhappy voices are speaking up. More and more stupid remakes of old shows and movies are getting made, because the new crap is so dumb. In a way, it's making us deaf to those voices, since we hear them all the time, but at the same time... at least people are speaking up.

It aint great, but I honestly feel like society is rising up at least as much as it's falling down.
Invisible · 26-30, M
I blame technology for most of our problems and the government/media for the rest of them.

[quote]But at the same time - racism, sexism and homophobia are also on the decline.[/quote]
False. America is far more racially polarized than it was ten or fifteen years ago.

I don't see any particular relevance of eastern philosophies/practices.

[quote]And I feel like more and more people are unhappy with the way things are going.[/quote]
That's because our culture is visibly declining, just like Germany after WWI, the only real difference being that our currency hasn't become worthless (yet?).

Society doesn't go anywhere unless the people take it there or allow it to be taken. Right now, we have a lot of people letting it slip away into impiety, vulgarity, and depravity. Soon, we'll hit a point where everything will become too disgusting for us to sit back any longer. People will begin to cling to the things that are associated with traditional values and standards. Things will reverse a second time as people start to take control of society again.
Invisible · 26-30, M
You can't be overly direct. We didn't quite butt heads, I just wanted to have a discussion based on evidence and you just wanted to have a discussion based on opinions. There's nothing wrong with that, but that's not what I'm here for.
BlueDiver · 36-40, M
Oh my fucking god you bug me. Every ounce of your wording suggests that you see every one of your opinions as objective truth that anyone would be a fool to question.
Invisible · 26-30, M
Damn, you whine a lot.
It's always been that way from one generation to the next.
Maybe that's true. You are young still.

 
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