OPINION
When, and Why, Did the American Moral 'Collapse' Begin?
Mark Lewis | Sep 06, 2023
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We live in a pleasure-oriented (not duty bound) society now where we tend to want everything “fast and furious.” We haven’t been taught the patience of time. Instant coffee and tea, fast food, fast cars, get-rich-quick schemes, one-night stands, instant gratification—such things are the rule, not the exception, in today’s age, especially in Western civilization. It is what it is and it isn’t going to change soon.
But history doesn’t work that way. Historical trends move slowly, methodically, ponderously because it does take a while to change the direction of the masses. If brainwashed long enough, man will eventually come to believe anything. But “long enough” is the key. It generally takes awhile. Oh, history can spurt occasionally—we call it a “revolution”—but even revolutions usually take time, often generations, to ripen and mature. Humans now are in a hurry; history isn’t, and is rushed usually only with catastrophic consequences.
Regarding humanity’s current “fast and furious” nature, it wasn’t always this way. Indeed, historically, it is relatively recent, only gradually evolving in the last 250 years or so, i.e., since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. For most of human history, things just didn’t change very much. Oh, there were some minor improvements here and there, but nothing like we’ve seen the past 200+ years. All over the world, people lived mostly by agriculture or hunting and gathering; trade and commerce existed, of course, but were definitely limited compared to our modern age. Because most people lived by agriculture, slavery was common—and accepted—nearly world-wide. Huge numbers of people were required to work the fields, and because capitalism, with its wage-creating system, was infantile at best, slavery was the only option. Now, please—there are exceptions to all of this, of course; few absolutes exist in history. But, by and large, this was mankind’s lot.
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