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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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Carazaa · F
No, I don't want to live in that kind of society. I think some media is more into gossip nowadays, than news. One thing that bothers me is American news media showing names and pictures of suspected criminals that haven't been charged. That is not legal in some other countries, that's slander. They don't care about destroying lives it seams.

I also think the police shouldn't be able to do surveyance on anyone just because they are Muslims or suspicious, it's looking more and more like Nazi Germany. And the past, that's not relevant now!
ms20182878 · 61-69, M
@Carazaa Yes, there is certainly a lot of gossip and slander throughout much of the media. I also find it interesting how news headlines seem to be so often written with a racial slant these days. If there is any possible way to make the story about race, then that becomes the major point of the report. There is so much focus on "us" and "them"... so much division in the culture. Where have we seen that before in history?
Carazaa · F
@ms20182878 WW11, Nazi Germany!