Here Here! I'm still in high school, but I'm luckily a senior, and I can't help but be disappointed with society. I grew up in Korea getting the majority of my morals and values there and now that I compare my view to others', I can't help but to wonder what went wrong with society.
The answer seems to be everything. It ranges from the mindless TV which the new generation seems to feed on like a newborn to his mother to the dangerous drug and attention seeking habits others have. Rap, MTV, and Reality shows have contributed to society's fall heavily.
The answer seems to be everything. It ranges from the mindless TV which the new generation seems to feed on like a newborn to his mother to the dangerous drug and attention seeking habits others have. Rap, MTV, and Reality shows have contributed to society's fall heavily.
Really, what seems to be happening to our culture is, at its basest levels, a complete atrophy and decay of our morals and sense of decency, everything is immediate gratification, everyone wants something and they want it NOW! People have forgotten the value of patience as well as losing most of what is usually referred to as 'common sense'. Though one of the biggest things it seems people have forgotten is simply how to have a shred of kindness and empathy in them, people are too wrapped up in their own lives to give a damn about anybody else, it will not be the bomb that destroys us but the cancer of apathy that festers malignantly within us. What sets humans apart from the rest of the animals in the world our ability to reason and feel emotions greater than simple like or dislike, to be able to use logic instead of instinct to understand and make decisions upon, what our society is doing now is slowly but surely disregarding all of this and returning to their base animal instincts but with one new, malevolent one added in, just for us, the need to have power and control. Because, if you think about it, that's all that popular culture panders too, our base animal instincts, with sex, violence, and food. Essentially we're degrading, evolutionally anyway.
Nowadays, all of our cultural aspects are rather lacking. All of our new books aren't masterpieces, but are rather plot-driven stories designed to just make money. There are virtually no original movie ideas, and no noteworthy paintings or poems have been made. Really, all there are are the Gangsta rap songs, and the Emo or heavy Rock bands. It's disappointing because there is no imagination anymore. The little memoirs online are full of crap. People don't know how to express themselves anymore.
Morals are going downhill along with just about every good thing in this world. Really, it's just a matter of time until we all wipe ourselves out and really, as morbid as it is, I can't help but to think that the world will actually prosper from this. All I can hope for is a cultural revival like the world Renaissance that took place before
Morals are going downhill along with just about every good thing in this world. Really, it's just a matter of time until we all wipe ourselves out and really, as morbid as it is, I can't help but to think that the world will actually prosper from this. All I can hope for is a cultural revival like the world Renaissance that took place before
Oh, and as for things like Myspace, Xanga, Blogs, and other such things, as far as I'm concerned those are just mediums used by people so desperate for attention, acceptance, and affection that they are willing to put massive amounts of personal information up for perusal by any random stranger.
Anyway, glad to see that you've finally deigned to come out of lurker-dom Curious Stranger, not to mention reviving one of my old threads, so, on behalf of TFF, welcome to the board.