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US culture and society is failing in its individual and collective responsibilities in regards to how we are raising our children leading them to feel superior and left out at the same time, social misfits who delusionally strike out supposed enemies....
We are a morally bankrupt nation fixated on immediate self gratification and sexual expression....
We literally live in "the land of plenty" yet few ever seem to pause during their self imposed hectic schedules of meaningless activities to breathe a silent thanks for such.
We feel entitled, elitist who constantly want more and more.
We have become a "victim society" where in our personal failing are the fault of someone else and never our own.
We live in a culture that has taught us through the media that violence, especially gun violence, is the answer to every problem, that violence makes a man a "true man". (How many movies or television shows have a hero who quietly goes about unobtrusively resolving issues and helping others to be the best persons they can be without personally seeking reward or recognition? The hero most often is the most violent who can single handedly take on whole armies, defeat violently undefeatable odds... What message are we giving to impressionable minds that have difficulty discerning image from reality?)
Morality has become subjective if we have any lived morality at all.
We fail to respect others just as we fail to respect ourselves.
If we do not wake up as individuals and as a society / culture, face and address the issues of this day and time we will destroy ourselves and leave a hell on Earth for our children to inherit.
Rationalizations and rhetoric, sound bytes and catch phrases will not work any longer. Entrenched positions are a major part of the problems we face.
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