LogFAQs > #944965374

...don't know why I'm responding to this, but off the top of my head the list would be...
1) Selfishness. Traditional American "individualism" has become pure selfishness in the absence of any immediate major outside threats (climate change isn't the right kind of threat to pull people together: it's too large/decentralized)
2) Social media and the internet. There used to be a relatively common understanding of the world we could share from decently independent journalists. There were issues with that, but it was still a million times better than the "believe whatever the hell you want" we have now. I don't want Chinese style censorship, do I? No...but damn, they're going to crush us in the next century if they don't implode (which is possible).
3) No knowledge of history. Does anyone remember WWI? Heck, WWII? War is horrible, and there are huge consequences associated with selfish, xenophobic, and tribalistic actions. Get along, people.
4) Moral decay. Exactly what do we value, anyways? Christian values are on the outs. They're being replaced with...I'm not sure. Entertainment? Whatever is entertaining is good? Decadence would be the word. We like laughing about politics on late night shows and mocking opponents. Real debate over methods to achieve common goals is a million miles away. It sounds 'pie in the sky', but if there aren't values or threats holding us together drifting apart is inevitable. Reference: late Roman empire.

Qanon and Antifa are symptoms of the above, not the problems. Antifa is the most stupidly self-destructive group I can think of: all they do is provide their far right enemies a reason to believe their paranoia and distrust is justified. Qanon is just flat stupid, and it's shameful that leaders would embrace it.

Sigh.

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