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0 sats \ 14 replies \ @ninjagrandma65 3 Oct 2024 \ on: Men need to man-up to save America culture
Ecclesiastes 7:10
Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
The west is in clear cultural decline- or do you say its not?
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Define cultural decline
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Reduced unity of belief, increased breakdown of family structures, dysfunctional food supply and resultant obesity epidemic, increasing inequality, corrupt political system owned by corporate sponsors, fiat money, rampant inflation, chronic trade deficits chronic fiscal deficits, emphasis on consumption while ever increasing citizen and government debt due to lack of productivity- ie an economy and culture that consumes more than it produces.
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There's an excellent book called "The Geography of Genius". One of the points is that much of the things you mention are exactly the environment in which geniuses such as Mozart or Beethoven, Socrates, etc etc are forged in. These environments push humanity forward. Especially the reduced unity of belief. That's a huge positive. Although like it says in the book, it's unpleasant, not fun to live in, but highly beneficial to society and humanity. It's not comfortable though.
It's not society.... it's specific areas of society that have the family breakdown etc. There are other places doing really well. I mean gosh, folks might think all years after bitcoin were a cultural incline, when they look back through the eye of history.
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You have never experienced the defeat of your nation state in conflict with other nations.
People and countries that have experienced such defeat and enslavement under imperialism have a very different view.
They do not take for granted the wealth and privilege that goes with resource hegemony and the rise of individualism that goes with it and which often leads to cultural decline and eventually end of empire.
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There's something in what you just said; I have not experienced it. People and countries that have experienced such defeat and enslavement are usually hegemonic. Sure, it's more comfortable. But it's weaker.
The rise of individualism gives power for individuals to contribute. Collective societies tend to fall behind. That's what happens when you trample the rights of individuals.