"We had no money, and therefore a man's worth couldn't be measured by it. We valued the exchange of love..." Lakota Sage

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    [–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    The whole world is in disorder because of modern life

    This is completely false. Things are better than they've ever been, for the majority of humanity, and they're only getting better. Today is better than yesterday, and tomorrow will be better still. The poorest of humanity are the major beneficiaries. Sounds like you've been listening to some stinkin' thinkin'! Stephen Pinker addresses this at length. For which he has been attacked and villified.

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    Physical needs are being met by and large, still there are countless who go without (you'd probably blame them wholly for this) and our emotional needs are drowning under the weight of countless distractions, which many ask for but don't need. Our mental and psychological needs are actively being suppressed, unlike certain societies in the past, where there existed far more freedom and stability.

    [–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    our emotional needs are drowning under the weight of countless distractions, which many ask for but don't nee

    OOOOOOOHHHHH

    You're talking about wealthy white westerners. OK you make so much more sense now.

    I was talking about the entirety of humanity. Wealthy white westerners hardly make up 1%. Yes, for the lower 99% out there, their lives are better than they've ever been, and only getting better every day. The 1% are very famously blind to the 99%, so I get where you're coming from now.

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    You are adorable. My family is full of non-white westerners, and they have far different things to say about their own, westernized societies than what you seem to say. Are you saying this is only a problem for rich white people?

    It's obviously a problem for you too, whatever race or class you are in.