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Elevz:
That truly is an interesting take, Tommy. Thing is, you shouldn't blame progressiveness by its nature for making life easier. That's exactly what progressiveness is all about: changing things for the better. Culture sure has become sloppy, but I fail to see a direct connection between technological advancement and cultural poverty. The latter is more a result of the power of marketing and commercialism, which evolves from unethical capitalism. But really, it is only natural for people to search for quick thrills. Once marketeers found out about that selling so well, western culture went on the drain.
The lack of substance in music, movies, sitcoms, the internet and even publications is simply a result of the downfall of idealism. The way things are going today, people are confronted with so many conflicting principles that the result is either radicalism or a total state of compromising. The latter seems to be becoming ever more prominent. People want a better world, but many of them wouldn't know what that world should look like. The media try to please the masses, but the masses cannot be progressive by their nature. Pleasing the masses is to stuff them with easily digestible generalities. Idealism, well thought out arguments, nuances and new perspectives don't fit in that view. Things have to be easy, fast and enjoyable, and what joy is to be found in difficulties when the average man doesn't care? The true nature of compromising is being exposed here; the result is cultural poverty.
Besides that, I do not believe in conspiracy theories about purposely dumbing the masses down by feeding them irrelevance. It's simply the nature of commercialism through capitalism. If the government wants to dumb down the masses, wouldn't it be easier for them to degrade schools and universities? Oh wait, that's exactly what's already happening... Compromises to give the meek a chance to get a university degree, while not giving the prosperous students what they need to develop - yes, that's exactly the way things go when people start complaining about fair chances for development. Collective dumbing down, the ultimate wish of the meek. What they forget is that without allowing excellence, this will always result in a downwards spiral.
Sikotic™:
If we had a time machine and could bring people back from centuries before, they would think that the fact that we have easily accessible water sources, any kind of food at our disposal, and all sorts of things as technology that made us lazy.
I can see your point though, but I think it's a beautiful thing.
Trauma-san:
Tommy the truth is you're an incredibly pessimistic guy, it's part of the reason you're such a dyed in the wool liberal.
The world is much, much better than even our parents had it. Since the world is so nice, it leads to people like you taking everything for granted and actually having the audacity to bitch about how nice you have it. Think about that. The world is actually SUCH A NICE PLACE for you that you have resorted to bitching about HOW NICE IT IS. Why? ...because it's about all you have to bitch about it. And when backed into a corner, a pessimist will find *something* to bitch about.
I'm not trying to be hard on you; i'm just hoping you decide to listen to maybe 1 sentence or so that I say. Why live your life writing diatribes and looking around at every way that life in this generation is messed up? There's nothing making you do all the things you mentioned in your little post, you choose to do it all. How can you blame anybody when in reality you're the one making the choice?
The truth is we're all living in the greatest world that's ever been, things are much better now than they were in generations past. Less than 100 years ago people didn't bathe regularly because they didn't have bathtubs in their house. Think about this shit. We've got it made! I haven't went hungry... EVER in my life! If you or I are hungry it's because we accidentally drove past the McDonalds on the way to work and didn't stop, if my father was hungry when he was young it was because HE COULDNT AFFORD FOOD.
Look @ the rest of the world. There are people starving to death at the rate of hundreds an hour around the world, and you've got the balls to sit here and bitch about how nice your microwave is? What? What in the fuck is wrong with you?
Narrator:
--- Quote from: Trauma-san on March 02, 2008, 08:34:34 PM ---Tommy the truth is you're an incredibly pessimistic guy, it's part of the reason you're such a dyed in the wool liberal.
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Liberal? Huh? It's the conservatives who are doing most of the complaining about the state of the world today. Actually, liberals do plenty (environment, wars, etc.), but it's conservatives who always complain about how the world isn't as moral as it was, how the loss of religious values is going to lead to us going the way of the Romans, how the Muslims and the commies are gonna take over shit, etc, etc, etc. You shouldn't associate pessimism only with liberals. It just makes you look more like a dumb Mormon (which we knew you were already).
Doggystylin:
--- Quote from: Trauma-san on March 02, 2008, 08:34:34 PM ---
Look @ the rest of the world. There are people starving to death at the rate of hundreds an hour around the world, and you've got the balls to sit here and bitch about how nice your microwave is? What? What in the fuck is wrong with you?
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LMFAO ahahahaha pure entertainment. Trauma classic.
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