Thinking about being unique in this culture/society is a bit of a joke. No matter how anti-mainstream or whatever one tries to be, you're going to fit in with SOME group of people somewhere. I think that we're truly unique if we're just honest with ourselves and stop taking a label as an acting role for our lives. I think the uniqueness should come not from focusing too hard on being unique, but from society learning to relax and stop thinking "this is the fashion you must wear, this is the color you must wear, this is the music you must listen to." This way we can all just be ourselves. Mentally/emotionally/spiritually we're already unique.
I honestly believe this day and age is far more morally bankrupt than past decades. Just looking at the ED or other sections here on Gaia is proof of that. Moral relativism is taken to quite an extreme as an excuse to have the right to do whatever one pleases, it's ridiculous. We tout out free will but we hardly accompany that free will with a sense of responsibility and consideration. One of the ways we vilify responsibility and consideration is by calling such things POLITICALLY CORRECT. People throw that term (PC) around at anything that lends itself to consideration of others. "Words are just words they have no meaning. Grow a thicker skin," they all say. Complete fools. Words do hold power. Among actions, we use words to inspire, strengthen, comfort, and unfortunately we also use them to show hate, to tear people down and shatter their dreams.
This ties into the whole not thinking ahead thing that sis talked about. Companies stand to make a lot of money by NOT caring, so of course they'll continue doing terrible s**t.
I see a continent terribly divided. We have no community anymore when we don't even know our neighbor's name or give 2 shits about how they're doing.
I think the morality, compassion, kindness bit is what bothers me most. We're in a black hole as far as dealing with the lack of consideration of others. People are doing what they damn well please and you absolutely cannot voice your opinions on their crappy ways or else you're "preaching". Ever watch the Disney Channel? Ever notice how in the past, kids/family shows had scenarios where the characters learned very clear moral lessons and lessons of truth, honesty and kindness? Ever notice how now shows are just crack entertainment with no clear lessons being taught, just lots of sarcasm and almost an actual MOCKING of certain lessons... yeah... it starts with the kids, people.
And yet I still hold hope. Maybe I'm insane, but I do. If I didn't have any hope, should I still care about humanity? I know we're capable of such atrocities but what helps me is thinking about the mothers and fathers that love their children and want to see them happy and healthy. I think about the good politicians who are in over their heads in corrupt governments and agonizing over not being able to do what they can to help their countries. I think about the few communities where neighbors care about each other. There ARE good people out there. I could only lose hope the day every single man woman and child became certifiably evil.
I honestly believe this day and age is far more morally bankrupt than past decades. Just looking at the ED or other sections here on Gaia is proof of that. Moral relativism is taken to quite an extreme as an excuse to have the right to do whatever one pleases, it's ridiculous. We tout out free will but we hardly accompany that free will with a sense of responsibility and consideration. One of the ways we vilify responsibility and consideration is by calling such things POLITICALLY CORRECT. People throw that term (PC) around at anything that lends itself to consideration of others. "Words are just words they have no meaning. Grow a thicker skin," they all say. Complete fools. Words do hold power. Among actions, we use words to inspire, strengthen, comfort, and unfortunately we also use them to show hate, to tear people down and shatter their dreams.
This ties into the whole not thinking ahead thing that sis talked about. Companies stand to make a lot of money by NOT caring, so of course they'll continue doing terrible s**t.
I see a continent terribly divided. We have no community anymore when we don't even know our neighbor's name or give 2 shits about how they're doing.
I think the morality, compassion, kindness bit is what bothers me most. We're in a black hole as far as dealing with the lack of consideration of others. People are doing what they damn well please and you absolutely cannot voice your opinions on their crappy ways or else you're "preaching". Ever watch the Disney Channel? Ever notice how in the past, kids/family shows had scenarios where the characters learned very clear moral lessons and lessons of truth, honesty and kindness? Ever notice how now shows are just crack entertainment with no clear lessons being taught, just lots of sarcasm and almost an actual MOCKING of certain lessons... yeah... it starts with the kids, people.
And yet I still hold hope. Maybe I'm insane, but I do. If I didn't have any hope, should I still care about humanity? I know we're capable of such atrocities but what helps me is thinking about the mothers and fathers that love their children and want to see them happy and healthy. I think about the good politicians who are in over their heads in corrupt governments and agonizing over not being able to do what they can to help their countries. I think about the few communities where neighbors care about each other. There ARE good people out there. I could only lose hope the day every single man woman and child became certifiably evil.
