LOL. You're living in it. Maybe not in your neighborhood. But that's sort of what I was talking about with the 'sheltered' thing.
I guess what I'm trying to say is- you have to realise that with the 'safe, sheltered environments' that many of us find ourselves in, this is not the norm. Most of the world is not like this at all. The norm for the world is suffering, quick and brutal lives and violence and corruption in every direction.
One could probably say that 98% of all our current problems are not down to that harsh truth but on the failure of Western Culture in realising that harsh truth. We live in a small bubble. It seems rather big because it has everything we have been taught to desire. The mistake we- as conservatives AND liberals- make is, we assume everybody else is basically like us. And they're not. Their lives are different. Out there in the world, people get f---ed over. HARD. And it's a way of life.
And when I say 'out there in the world' I don't just mean in other countries. Right in your own country you would find things that absolutely shock you going on right and left- right under your nose. People leading lives of incest and abuse, kids with violence as a routine and normal part of their existence. People so ignorant of anything better it would break your heart to talk to them.
It's not just about growing up in a different environment. I've gone out and looked at the world a bit. It's an eye-opening thing. And it's out there. Right now.
[you have to realise that with the ‘safe, sheltered environments’ that many of us find ourselves in, this is not the norm.]
It WAS the norm for our country.
There have always been evil people but they hid their evil behind closed doors and it was not as prolific as nowadays.
Just look at what has come out of the woodwork since Obama has been elected, everything has grown much worse. The gays, lesbians and muslims are now trying to force their agenda on us. The liberal communist agenda has unleashed that upon us.
Decades ago, those who were ‘evil’ were less inclined to act because of a more moral population. It would not have been tolerated. I did not know ANY violent children, they obeyed their parents, teachers and adults of authority. My 4 children did the same.
As for ‘dog eat dog’ world, competition was always there and you worked hard to succeed. You didn’t lie, cheat, steal or kill to get your way. The morals have changed now. Our politicians are corrupted.
[One could probably say that 98% of all our current problems are not down to that harsh truth but on the failure of Western Culture in realising that harsh truth.]
Envy of our country and lifestyle by other countries is not our fault. It’s not like we took anything away from them. In fact, our country has always been the first to act and done the most to help other countries.
It is not our fault that they continue to be violent and abusive to their people. It’s not like we cheer and want it that way for them! The students in Iran are trying their best to rebel and we [the people] are cheering them on. Hopefully, a better President would try to help them.
Look, I’m not a historian, just a woman who luckily grew up in earlier years of the United States.