The year is 2015. Earth is a former shell of it's glorious self. Shootings, terrorist attacks, Movies being pulled from theaters for fear of retaliation from foreign countries. The kids of today have no empathy towards anybody else in existence. Is it because of the modern times we're living in? Can we blame technology for the decline in our civilization? I've always believed that as our technology advances, we as a society will continue to get dumber as we rely on machines to do all the work for us.
I started this entry in January of 2015, but never completed it as a result of frustration.
UPDATE: It is now the end of 2016, and the world is spinning deeper into a steady pace of decay. I don't remember the last time I didn't hear about a mass shooting, cop killing, racially profiled murder, road rage shooting, and blatent disregard for human emotion....The government is lying. People are living without clean water, anybody who speaks up winds up dead...All the lies are out in the open, and they're just waving their dicks in our faces because there's nothing we can do about it.
I cut the cable in my house over a year ago. I don't miss it. The high cost of channels I never watched. The nightly news which was never on in my house...My only regret is not getting LIVE episodes of the walking dead and doctor who. My sanity points. But living without the news is great. Not living your life in fear, being told to consume and obey. *Side note, Watch the cult classic film "They Live"
Anyway, the negativity still seeps in from other sources. People have taken it upon themselves to become freelance news reporters themselves by sharing links all over their social media pages...spreading the fear. Spreading the negativity. Continuing to spread chaos.
I've said since the 90's, during the years of AIM, and Yahoo Chat through bad dial up modems, the more technology advances, the dumber our society will become, and we will eventually destroy ourselves through technology and social media. Being a 12-13 year old kid that knew this information before anyone else did made me look crazy, but check it out. What has the internet become? Is it still the rad "Information super-highway" we were taught about? I mean, yeah, there's info, but there are also "Keyboard warriors" people who are impervious to sympathy and compassion towards others with their narrow, unwavered opinions. And EVERYONE has an opinion...on EVERYTHING! Do you check your resources? No? You just read the headline of a buzzfeed article and now you're an expert on thermonuclear fission reactors? Good for you chief. No need for degrees anymore. Sadly, this disillusioned, over privileged generation are so gullible, that they believe everything they hear and read, whether their source is credible or not. And Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance, and conscious stupidity-Martin Luther King Jr.
The fact that given this past election alone, people are rioting over 2 branches of the same tree. Most do not realize that the two main political parties go hand in hand and are not much different. Especially since they're connected to the same funding. and yet, the media knows this and understands exactly which trigger key words to use to infuse the mass population of stupidity. Because of the election, I'm now seeing MORE racism in public outings than I've ever experienced. Ignorant, middle class white women yelling in stores about how they've been discriminated against because of the color of their skin....REALLY?! You know not of racial discrimination for being over privileged and white. Millenials. Generation "Why Me?" people that are so offended by EVERYTHING, these are the kids of the kids who were never told "NO" as children. People who were raised to believe they were entitled to anything and everything no matter what the cost or outcome. People who've never had to work hard to earn what they have and where they got it from, throw a monkey wrench in that plan and they have no idea what to do except lay down and cry because they didn't get their way.
In a few short months regarding the election, I've watched these keyboard warriors divert their mentality backward 50+ years. Did we not learn anything about blindly following bigotry in WWII? Did we not learn anything about racial segregation in the 60's? why are we going back to a primitive time? Non-validated sources plugging ideas into shallow minds.
Everyday, I fear for the future. For my kids...Will there even be a future left for them? and if so, What horrors have yet to unfold? I've stated it before, but We have to do better. We have to leave the world better for the next generation. Educate them. I still abide by Wheaton's Law, which is simply put "Don't Be A Dick" it's not hard. What do you have to prove? I read an article about a 28 year old man, driving in a stolen vehicle. Stopped at a stop sign. the guy in front didn't go fast enough, so the 28 year old honked. The car in front, dude was 23 flipped him the bird. the guy got so mad, that he pulled up next to the guy and shot him to death...Why? Over a hand gesture? Over a dirty look? You're that insecure? Move on man.
Bill and Ted also put it very eloquently. A basic rule that people have no concept over. "Be Excellent to Each Other" and we really need to exercise that philosophy now...Or we're not gonna be around much longer.
