Is the world going to Hell in a hand basket?
YES
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Previous generations didn't have to deal with the industrialization of the food supply. Previous generations didn't have to worry (too much) about the global population and its effects on the world's resources as a whole. Now we are worried about e.coli, salmonella, hig fructose corn syrup, and mad cow disease. Is that the right direction? Only the last couple of generations had to worry about the bomb, and back then it was in the hands of two (fairly) responsible superpowers. Now the superpowers talk of arms reduction, while rogue and irresponsible nations test their weapons. Is that the right direction? Everything we manufacture is disposable, and room for disposal is running out. Previous generations didn't have to deal with decades of sustained industrial pollution. Whether or not it's affecting climate change is irrelevant. Is turning every rural area into a landfill the right direction? We spoil our kids, lower our expectations, hope that they don't have to work as hard, and expect something better than what we had. Is that the right direction? Civilization was founded on people working together to benefit themselves and their neighbor. Now we don't even know our neighbor's name. We don't care about local politics anymore, and citizens have no more rights than non-citizens. We simply don't care enough about any one thing to do anything about anything. Sure there are exceptions, but usually the people who do care have a personal agenda that could get one over on you. Now Russia's worries are China's worries are America's worries are Mexico's worries...everything is interdependent. Nearly everyone is at risk of losing their jobs due to something they had absolutely no control over. Now - more than ever - the power has been consolidated to so very few, leaving the HUGE majority of us powerless and at their mercy. How is that the right direction? Sure we're making some strides in some areas, but culture has been degrading for quite some time. Worldwide there has been an emphasis on freedom, yet nobody considers the responsibilities of freedom. Freedom without responsibility is the antithesis of civilization, and that's where we are headed. Side: yes
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Not that I believe in hell...but I get the point...I don't think that our world is any different than our parents or their parents. I think that when we get a certain age we think of such things because we then have something to guage life from. However, I am not happy with pollution and what people have done to animals, bringing them to the end of their line. Sharon ~The Baby Boomer Queen~ Side: No
The rate of increase in unemployment has slowed down, and there are signs that people are becoming more confident in the economy here and abroad. And we're also finally getting to the bottom of the torture issue, and the US is again improving it's reputation around the world. The country Bush dubbed one of the "axis of evil" looks like it's on the verge of some sort of revolution, and whether there is that much difference between the two leaders, or even if it's not successful, the people reclaiming some amount of their power in one of the most influential countries in the world is always a good thing. In Iraq, the parliment is considering kicking us out in September, which would be awsome I think. The only thing that has not improved in the last few months is Afghanistan. And it turns out the source that told us Osama was in those foothills between Afghanistan and Pakistan was just lying to make the torture stop, so who even knows what we're doing over there now. Side: No
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