No, this isn't related to one event. This is just many personal thoughts circulating in my brain for quite a while which I am going to express with the cost of criticism against it.
It seems todays mainstream media has become much more shallow and overly obsessed with the individual. This is not a new trend, I know this, but the rate that we are becoming self-absorbed is much more alarming than I realized. This can be seen by the fact that most Hollywood celebrities would rather convert to religions such as Buddhism and Scientology, where they are not subject to any divine judgement. I do not hate/dislike Buddhists themselves, I am just saying that society has become too individualistic for us modern devotionists. This is the very reason religions such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are fading away, the fact that people are unwilling to accept subjection to any divine judgement, and a good portion of people would easily prefer a permissive society where they can do almost anything they want. Aspects of permissive society such as the loveual revolution are mostly weak minded in my opinion.
Another thing that shows this is how a lot of mainstream music as we know today focuses on self pleasure and immoral aspects of society. Almost any shallow, no dimensioned song with a good beat and lyrics about fame, love, and drugs can become a hit these days. What happened to mainstream music that changed the music industry, that was well engineered by the artists themselves, that had real artistic value and dimension put into it? If I dare show that I have a dislike for mainstream music that is played everywhere by everyone and express my own for a bit, I'll just be labeled as a "hipster", which is a very ignorant insult in many ways that I shouldn't even have to explain. I'm not trying to look cool by pretending to be against society, I have a true dislike for it.
Another thing that is horribly bugging me is how a lot of youth today are also becoming more shallow and ignorant because of media and self interest. A good percentage of students these days would rather try to have love with others and focus on social relations than to learn important education from schools in which they can apply it to impact society in a positive way. Instead, some kids will like to think that politics and such are dumb because everyone argues so much and tend to ignore it and will most likely become a part of an uneducated and easily swayed electorate that will impulsively vote for the candidate who makes the most outrageous claims in the electorate's interests. This is the reason in my opinion why a lot of radical political ideologies are gaining support.
Continuing with the youth, what has happened to the moral standards of most of them? The trend that the general youth population are becoming more and more ignorant and shallow as the years go by seems to apply. I see many people cursing out their parents on Facebook for a simple punishment they received for the stupidest actions, and then I feel bad because I see people who are angry over their parents for real issues such as divorce and such. It makes me sick, there seems to be no respect these days for the long lasting and moral foundation of the family. This is yet another thing I see permissive society doing, is trying to attack the structure of the family with its ideals, I dare you to prove me wrong on this.
Gangs are probably the crowning achievement of the degrading morals within our youth. They usually tend to have no respect for anything outside the gang. The public disturbance caused by gangs and their lack of real world productivity shows just how bad mass media is promoting "Gangsta Rap" such as 50 Cent, NWA, etc.. Nearly everything done within a gang is a waste of the youths' time where they could easily be learning skills to benefit the real world and themselves instead of causing petty public disturbance for attention, women, and drugs.
Simple laws such as no stealing have also been challenged be less debated but still immoral things such as pirating. The preservation of human life has also been challenged by abortion, which I do not support unless under extreme circumstances. The natural function of nature has also been challenged by practices such as cloning which is not helping an almost overpopulated earth in any practical way. These debatable subjects are only increasing tensions within traditional and liberal forces within society, and usually don't actually impact society in a positive way for most individuals.
I can easily add more to this, I'd rather not now. Most of these arguments have already been mentioned many times before, I have just rehashed them from my perspective.
(If you are wondering, yes, I seem to be a "butthurt friend who is trying to sound intelligent that should cry some more, and also man up", oh well. I know this forum by now)
