observations
It is painfully obvious that my generation is one of intense and excessive narcissism. Society is changing, and so are people. It's all happening at an incredibly fast pace. So fast that I think pretty much everyone is losing track and overlooking a horrifying reality.
There is so much vanity and self-admiration injected through mediums such as newspapers, music, radio, politics, religion, and yes, even television that it is alarming. People are becoming more self conscious- feeling and thinking lower about they're appearances. It's hard to exist apart from the beautiful people splattered throughout movies, television, and magazine covers. It is even harder to deny the fakeness of it. What happens when we don't accept that these images and people are unrealistic, is that we begin to compare ourselves with them and create an unhealthy view of ourselves. After so much of this self-loathing people become selfish and unempathetic of those around.
My point is, people only care about themselves these days. No one understands inconvenience, no one understands going through hell to get to heaven, and no one understands facing consequences. As people grow dumber and dumber, directing more and more attention themselves each day, they lose sight of the things that really matter. They're socially unconscious, irresponsible, and worst of all- apathetic. Everyone has turned their lives into some sort of strange reality t.v. show.
Would it be too much to say that the government enjoys this downward spiral? It is obvious that an apathetic, socially unaware body of people are easy to govern, easy to deceive, and easy to manipulate. Just like lambs for the slaughter.
Duke Ellington once said that the greatest freedom is the freedom from the fear of doing something that will benefit someone other than yourself.
He's right. Stop living for yourself, and stop being selfish. Notice the realities of the world around you. Open your eyes.
are
There is so much vanity and self-admiration injected through mediums such as newspapers, music, radio, politics, religion, and yes, even television that it is alarming. People are becoming more self conscious- feeling and thinking lower about they're appearances. It's hard to exist apart from the beautiful people splattered throughout movies, television, and magazine covers. It is even harder to deny the fakeness of it. What happens when we don't accept that these images and people are unrealistic, is that we begin to compare ourselves with them and create an unhealthy view of ourselves. After so much of this self-loathing people become selfish and unempathetic of those around.
My point is, people only care about themselves these days. No one understands inconvenience, no one understands going through hell to get to heaven, and no one understands facing consequences. As people grow dumber and dumber, directing more and more attention themselves each day, they lose sight of the things that really matter. They're socially unconscious, irresponsible, and worst of all- apathetic. Everyone has turned their lives into some sort of strange reality t.v. show.
Would it be too much to say that the government enjoys this downward spiral? It is obvious that an apathetic, socially unaware body of people are easy to govern, easy to deceive, and easy to manipulate. Just like lambs for the slaughter.
Duke Ellington once said that the greatest freedom is the freedom from the fear of doing something that will benefit someone other than yourself.
He's right. Stop living for yourself, and stop being selfish. Notice the realities of the world around you. Open your eyes.
are