I worry more about the very barren world we’re creating in general, than I care about local ‘neighborhood’. American ideals used to inspire individuals all over the world.
We’re now creating a world where young people have no real Ideals, nothing to look forward to or to inspire them - nothing to Live Up To!
All they have are simplistic slogans and shallow, empty ‘ideas’ stating what, on its face, has always been obvious to any good-natured human being; but with no examination or critique regarding the real motives behind all of this pabulum. ‘If it sounds good, it must be Real’.
Everyone is being dumbed-down to just think in ‘memes’, now. Many young people can’t even sit down and read an entire book anymore - they’ve been programmed to ‘understand’ everything in tiny, quick little bites. (Even the old Readers Digest gave more information than current ‘blink’ stuff; evening network news; ‘twatter’, &c, do.)
Hollywood can’t even make anything new, different and inspiring. They have ideas - but they are mostly vapid and uninspiring. The old fairy tales that I read as a kid inspired more idealism and concern in me toward compassion, kindness and ‘equality’ than any of today’s cinematic ‘morality plays’ do.
I’m by nature an optimist. But I’ve been getting depressed lately...