THE END OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND OTHER OCCURRENCES
By Austin Edward
Goal: Survey the effects of the modern era.
->The Internet, mass production of goods loss of morals, loss of community and the constant challenges we face today.
->The loss of role models in society; they only exist today as a negative influence; they do not offer answers to anything and are more likely just there as ego boasters that wish to “influence” lesser people
->The loss of options for those seeking the answers to the greatest challenges and secrets the world has to offer.
1. How far we are straggling from nature. We are told it’s better to betray our innate humanity in favor of some supposed egalitarianism and to live for and support a society that forgets just what we are. Nature always wins.
2. We live in an age of constant need for instant gratification and the want to be seen or heard, never before in history have, we’ve been so coddled into thinking we matter “so much” to the universe and we’ve forgotten what Carl Sagan said, “We are just space dust, an insignificant spec on the universal scale” and that goes for our whole world much less the individual.
3. Dehumanization is the norm and people are always apt to “one up” another, we are no longer fazed by death and suffering, we see it all the time on the news and on the internet. Often, I see people celebrate the deaths of others solely based on their political stance and it’s sickening.
4. Power hungry petty tyrants; people love to hold power over others and slap it in their face, we live in an era where everyone has a label and some will artificially handicap themselves (trans people for instance) in the perception that it “empowers” them and makes them better than others of similar status/race/class etc. (which can explain why most trans people are white biological males, they feel like they need to separate from the boogeymen that white men are made out to be in higher education and the media).
5. How the influx of immigrants from other countries like India, Africa, South America/Central America to the U.S. and the Muslim world (to Europe) destroy our culture and economies, destroy our heritage, and uniqueness that once defined us all as different cultures and communities, now everyone gets diluted into gray blobs of unidentified mass, a real human melting pot. And its only white people who are not allowed to retain their culture for some reason, we often celebrate diversity but only if it implies to non-white cultures, why is this racism allowed? [Is this racist?] someone has to say it.
6. Reversing race and gender roles further confuse people from what the natural state is and leads them down dark paths. We are going backwards in regards to race and now gender as a whole. Growing up I rarely saw these issues we have today, its like we reverted to the 1960’s, I always had Black, Brown, Jewish, and Asian kids in my schools, and they never treated each other better or worse because of their race. You never saw on TV or read in the news about “How bad X is to Y people!” or “Why we should discuss X’s past!”. Today racism thrives like never before because of these ghoulish pundits in the media that make money off our division, constantly reinforcing a bleak world view. Women were women and men were men, there was no confusion in these roles, of course there were times you could step out of your “zones” so to speak, as women could do anything a man could do and most people agreed on that, and men could fill roles of traditionally women-dominated arenas, there is no problem with this egality. But today, just like with race, we constantly view hatred and sow division, thanks to our overlords consistently peddling such rhetoric in the media.
7. Destroying free speech leads to more control by the “few” “the elite”; normal people conform to the interests of whatever political alignment they subscribe to; this is seen today more so with radical leftists nowadays wanting to destroy our individual freedoms in the name of “safe spaces” and supposed security. You can visibly see the influence it has most recently even in public through the placing Ukrainian and LGBTQ+ flags at every store or home these people own just to fall in and feel a sense of community against the “others”: The Evil Orange Man and his supporters, forgetting they are just like the rest of us and have they’re own complexities of thought and morality. But to them, they are merely "othered", censored, ignored and labeled “fascists”. On the right you see people celebrating deportation and wanting to “lock them up” in response to leftists in power. A lot of them may also follow blindly to whatever their leaders say even when not in their best interest. Visibly, MAGA does it too with their own version of the progressive flags seen with the endless, ridiculous amount of merchandise and omnipresent red hats, but in truth, mostly as a response for the years of hatred by the left during the Obama years. Dividing people is the first step in total control.
“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.” (John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859)
8. The right is further pushing in their respective direction as well, leading to authoritarian practices of their own, including attacks on free speech and representation. Idolizing billionaires and whoever aligns with their politics, no matter how much harm they may cause. Now that Trump has the white house again, they wish to fill the very same roles of the oppressor that led them to their ideology today.
9. Everyone is human and has similar experiences and its up to them to make out what to learn from them, yet it’s easier to hide or shun away that part of your person in order to establish yourself deeper with your label, again wishing for others to accept you into the perceived “community” of their choosing.
10. Escapism is the new norm, I remember growing up, hiding in video games and anime and being (rightfully) ridiculed for preferring to isolate myself then to spend time with others and make connections, friends, lovers etc. But nowadays its completely fine to waste away your youth for nothing, sure it has many benefits to some people, like creatives looking for inspiration or wanting to look at things from another point of view. The problem now is that there’s no guide to distinguish it from reality, the lines are blurred due to just how much we isolate and consume which is why we see many kids and young adults today are living in complete delusion. Escapism has evolved and seeped into everyday life, kids today hide behind “seven layers of irony” and don’t see the problem or the impact it has on distinguishing reality.
11. Covid-19 role in conditioning the populace to always obey authority and never ask questions; this one is the biggest issue I’ve seen with society, the over-compliance with authority and the sheer HATRED for people who dare to speak up against it. The “wear your mask” control freaks that ruled the narrative in the online sphere constantly reinforcing you to fall in line and obey your masters was far too many. The fact that the government (CDC)(USAID) funded this rhetoric to be plastered everywhere with all dissenting viewpoints censored or removed was the biggest wake up call. Reddit and Twitter were the worst offenders, censoring and forcing people who believe in free speech or common-sense approaches under the floorboards. This practice, in turn, only caused more people to the right of the pendulum, especially people like me who were traditionally liberal and just wanted what’s best for liberty and individual/personal freedoms. It normalized attacking people with different opinions that the ones in charge of the government and media had. It fostered an artificial landscape for “liberals” to align further with government and corporate policies, weakening their will and traditional liberal values. And yet these very same misguided people claimed higher moral authority than others and would even consider themselves “punk” and “anti-establishment”; the biggest hypocrisy to ever grace our computer screens.
12. To truly find ourselves and look for the answers we seek in life. Our destiny. Our purpose. Our universe. It is vitally important to live free of confinement and the chains that bind us our almost entirely man-made. Remove people from your life that reinforce such limits and don’t give platform to those who just stir division aimlessly, as they have no meaning or benefit. Evil people revel in the pain of others, whether it be physically through violence, war, abuse, sports, injury, pain etc., to what’s mostly considered acceptable nowadays: psychologically. It’s easy to hop on the computer or take out your phone and hate on one another, or to follow along with your perceived “tribe” and belittle those who you other. It should be noted that those who constantly have to appease a “tribe” or community have little self-worth and 9 out of 10 times have nothing of value going for them and so they seek to bring everyone down to their levels. With all the idle time nowadays, the lack of war and national issues, and the internet, it creates a perfect landscape for artificial problems to take fruition. If we are to truly live to our full potential and discover ourselves, we need to keep busy with our goals, no matter how small they might be, and refrain from falling into the traps laid out by these heinous people, consistently reminding our self that everyone has their demons and that you have no more room for another’s on your shoulder.
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