The post-modern individual...

[Melacos]

A tendency that I, in some perspectives, find truly concerning, and one that, continually, becomes even clearer, finds some of its most recent net of roots in the beginning of the nineties, with the total breakdown of empire-scale communism, and the thereby following crave for personal freedom. The immediate fear was taking its leave, and at the same time, the personal (material) wealth was growing. The aforementioned, only being some of the latest 'wood to the fire', brings us to the actual issue, I would like to bring forth; namely that the individual has become the focal point, on which everything else is based. One could argue, that this has always been the case, and that, through our intelligence(which, in some ways, null-valued the basic instincts, and separated us from the common animal and its sense of belonging to the herd of its own breed - or rather gave us the choice.), we have always related to our surroundings with ourselves, being the thinking factor, judging and choosing. To this I will agree, but nevertheless it has now become possible for man to actually transcend the 'ordinary' way of life(especially concerning the family). Educational-wise, everything is open, and the personal wealth is exploding, which, among other things, opens totally new doors for the individual.
No longer a family is needed to form some kind of a general basis for life, and, even less, a lifeline, should anything go wrong.
slaves to our own illusion of having to realize our dreams only based on the fact, that we've got the possibilities. This causing us to neglect the core values we might already possess, and that we, eventually, might find to be a lot more important for the wellbeing - of both our surroundings and ourselves.
This is merely my point of view, or rather in fact, a contemplation of some sort, looking at this issue from a pretty narrow perspective. I fint it a very interesting and important issue these days, and would welcome anykind of response

 

[Darkstar]

Im having a very difficult time understanding this....am i the only one?

 

[SilentEyz]

I Kinda get what is being said..

I think the point is a bit obtruse as it seems the post was written in the manner of a lot of words to say somthing simple

 

[Kat]

my head hurts too much right now to figure it out...so no darkie you are not the only one

 

[Melacos]

I kinda see the point stated, that the post deals with too many words, and probably yes, a lot of them aren't necessary to get to the point. The only reason I find them important, is that I find it important not to forget the arguments and the complexity of subjects...
But lesson learnt - the next time I'll try to do it shorter and more precisely

 

[lemon]

i picked out of that story that greed was bad.

said who?

 

[Charmer]

I say it began in the early 80's........

 

[EmperorKupcake]

A tendency that I, in some perspectives, find truly concerning, and one that, continually, becomes even clearer, finds some of its most recent net of roots in the beginning ...
...This is merely my point of view, or rather in fact, a contemplation of some sort, looking at this issue from a pretty narrow perspective. I fint it a very interesting and important issue these days, and would welcome anykind of response

Lol. You just wrapped a meatball in gold foil. I'm not finding any new information in this. Basically, our environments influence our mindset and decisions. So, as the age of Communism ended in the early 90's, our way of life, thats impacted by our mindsets, changed drastically as well. This is not a new discovery by any means. This theme of how a political change leads to a social change among the common person happens all the time in history.

But I gotta agree with your statement that personal wealth is exploding, which leads to greater opportunity. However, over the past 60 years or so, the rich and middle class have been getting richer, and the poor have staying dirt poor, globally. So in a way, this is improvement. However, when you look at the charts, in 1950, CEO's were gaining some 10 times what the normal worker was earning in salary. In 2000, the numbers were well over 200 times.

Still, you have no actual point in your rant, just a lot of statements that seem to be quite unconnected to the other statements at times. I suggest a bit of elaboration to clear up your main point.

But thank you for making me think