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Who of us wants to live in a culture where you are held responsible and judged for everything that you have ever said or done as an adult?

It appears that our culture is changing to become a culture where anyone, especially anyone in public life, can and will be held responsible and judged, based on the continually changing cultural views, for everything that they have ever said or done as a teen or adult. In such a culture, no one will be able to withstand that judgement of their life, and everyone will eventually fail to pass the cultural scrutiny and fall. Question: Do you personally want to live in a culture like that? Why, or why not?

Additional Thoughts: When I wrote this question originally, I didn't want it to become so politically focused, but that is how most have answered it, possibly because I wrote "especially anyone in public life" in the original question. What about other areas of life? If your entire life were researched and scrutinized by a possible employer during the job application process, based upon the values of the current culture, would you be OK with that?
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Hasn't it always been this way?
ms20182878 · 61-69, M
@PoetryNEmotion Some people say that it has always been this way. I personally don't remember people's lives being researched at this level of detail and then seeing them held responsible for things that they did 20, 30, 40 years, or more, in their past.
@ms20182878 The past 8s the past. It should be turned away from...This is the age of technology. Info overload. How can we be safe when we can be turned inside out? I lead a simple life. I love my surroundings. I dislike drama. I surround myself with good, kind people and I try to help others.
ms20182878 · 61-69, M
@PoetryNEmotion Your words are the same as my words... I agree.