Gone are the days of music (listening to Jean Micheal Jaree’s Oxygen as I type this), civil behavior, politeness in public ... and basic manners.
We are in a mad rush to the profane and obscene. American has be come course and tribal. No longer do we aspire to greatness in science art literature.
When I was a little boy, I wanted to be an astronaut, as did my friends. Space was so exciting. But today, no one talks or dreams of going into space. The people who are flooding over our borders have no desire to do anything great. To them, it's just "what can you do for me today?"
Good luck finding anyone who has heard of Jean-Michel Jarre or Oxygene these days. I’m 28 and only the “weirdest” of my peers are willing to give him a try, but even they haven’t usually heard of him previously.
Goes without saying I tend to prefer the company of the “weird ones”. :-)