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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin
I kind of agree...I kind of don't. We have always had our dirty little secrets in America. Well...in society in general. I agree the MTV generation and Youtube generation has ushered in a new wave of stupidity...but part of that is that the Internet is a gateway to expose idiots.
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Agreed. My main issue is that there appears to be no shame anymore. Even if everyone (not just America) had their dirty little secrets, they knew enough to keep them a secret. The very act of protecting them is a tacit admission that they are not the correct form of behavior.
Now it seems like everyone feels they can do whatever they like, and when impressionable people see this, they look at it as proof that such behavior is acceptable, and we see our societal concept of right and wrong slowly degrading as a result. This is one of the reasons why I'm generally against government entitlements, because we literally train people that the fact they exist grants them the right to comfort, and when they view it as a right there is no reason to work for it.
Good manners used to be the norm, now it's something I feel compelled to include in my resume as a selling point. I suppose I shouldn't complain, because for every person who simple doesn't give a shit or has a counter-productive system of values, there is going to be a growing void for competent people that I'll be happy to fill.
Part of the dumbing down of America is the opportunity to profit and advance myself through their stupidity.