Another very striking example of inversion of values is the substitution /preference of youthfulness and sex-appeal for mature age and life-experience.
Think about this for awhile.. Values of a fast and superficial life are being preferred to the wisdom that elderly age can bring. Recognize this?
The media play an important role in this. Concurrent with this is the emphasis on appearance. It is only sad that so many women fail to develop a healthy self-image. Men do not do much better, I believe.
ANother striking example of degenerated values concerns the substitution of image for truth. The newsmedia are only interested in soundbites and quick flashes of a scene instead of careful interpretation of events. Those who know how to use the media to their advantage can easily demolish someone's reputation in seconds.
It is the fast-food society (in the broadest sense of the word) that kills any value of healthy food, healthy work-leasure proportion, etc., that eventually kills people by overweight, stress, superficiality, etc. Either literally kills people or psychologically makes dumb people. I do not only refer to fast-food habits but especially to the above mentioned perversions in all the ramifications of these.
Future generations will probably think these were crazy times and I would have to concur. DId I mention the use of fear to manipulate people? You see, that's another insidious mechanism used to control people. Countless repetitions of images of planes crashing into the twin towers (9/11) was a surefire way to inculcate fear in the minds of people. It's an old trick constantly used by advertizers: repeat again an again until the image "burns into the subconscious of people". In the above case it is about instilling fear in order to impose measures without much protest from citizens. Even change laws to the extreme.
George Orwell's "1984"may very well be happening now. Big brother is watching you. Your phonelines are being tapped, your email checked, your whereabouts monitored. If you use a cellphone your location is known all the time, if the thing is switched on, that is.
Naomi Wolf has written a noteworthy piece on the degradation of democracy as I call it. Anyway, what type of democracy is it where money and lots of it buys you power and a presidency? Not much room for wise statesmen or stateswomen there.
Where will this society go? Will the people wake up?
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