Once upon a time, in a land far, far away.....
Western Culture once seemed to encourage [personal] responsibility, human reason, and material innovation [i.e. science and its 'method'].
But societies today which claim 'possession' of THE VALUES of what we once knew as 'Western Culture' are, i would argue, 'philosophically' focused upon the pursuit of
1/ hedonism, and 2/ consumption. ??
And our 'education' systems seem to have been hijacked by social forces [i.e. '
social activists'] whose main objective seems to be; encouraging and teaching individuals how to cheat reasonable laws and reasonable rules and reasonable social conventions,
in order to pursue the '1/ and 2/' without earning the 'credit' to 'legitimately' do so.
I would argue, that today, we [in 'Western' nations] all live in
a 'theft' focused society.
i.e.
'You may do anything that you want [i.e. desire] to do.''And if anybody pulls you up, and tries to hold you to account for [the consequences of] your actions, ...just insistently argue with them, that they have no right to try to hold you to account [for what you are doing/have done].'It is LAWLESSNESS.
So called, 'Western societies' [today], are teaching LAWLESSNESS and social irresponsibility [
as 'skill sets'], to its own children.
BLM, Greens, Trans activist politics, Extinction Rebellion, Critical Race Theory, POLITICIANS, and on, and on..
@ Frank, @Reply #9,
Yeah ?
Well excuse me, but i'm just a teenage girl who 'wants to have fun'.
And
Lily Allen - The Fear, shows my generation what is really important in this life.
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"It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
- J. Krishnamurti
"Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay."
- Sallust / Bits & Pieces
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Why It's Called Made In America
Principles to Live By - 1942
1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
2. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong
3. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
4. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
5. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
6. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
7. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
8. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
9. You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
10 You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves.
William J. H. Boetcker, Presbyterian minister, 1942 Source: TruthOrFiction
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/l/lincoln-quotes.htm
"Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman
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ARGUMENT;The types of personal
values which Western Culture was built upon ---- >
Quote:
What are the most important things in life? What do the
proverbs, the wise sayings of man through the ages, have to say
on this point? Let us search them. If we did so we would come
up with the following list:
- the basic necessities (food and shelter)
- a good wife (or spouse)
- good health
- a good conscience
- a good name
- wisdom, understanding, good sense, spiritual knowledge,
understanding of ourselves and life
Now let us ask another question. What things are most commonly
pursued by man? What does the common, ordinary man pursue in
life? We can list them:
- temporary pleasure (gratification of appetites)
- material possessions, wealth
- social position, being "important"
- friendship, friends, acceptance by a group
http://solitaryroad.com/a398.html.
Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.