We Killed God, Family, And Community — And Now It’s Killing Us

[Geee]

The Federalist

Once upon a time, you had meaning. You knew you had meaning because you had a mom and a dad who told you so, a God who loved you, and a community that needed you. 

Once upon a time, if something happened to you, a significant number of people would mourn your death — not only because you were a good person and a good friend, but also because the community would suffer without your presence and skills. Now, the vast majority of people can barely count on one hand the number of people whose life would be truly altered by their passing. 

For the most part, it can easily feel like no one cares about you anymore. Your skills are ubiquitous, you have no true community, and God doesn’t exist. So what, you may ask, is exactly the point?

We have created a society that now offers almost none of the things that make people truly happy. Family, community, spiritual belonging — these are the foundational and primal building blocks of human happiness, and they are rapidly disappearing. 

With the destruction of the family, the church, and the community, the reasons people have traditionally had for their very existence are in danger of receding into the past. And the outcome is predictable: isolation, depression, anxiety, despondency, drug abuse, and death.

[Valin]

@Geee

 

We in the West have become The Richest, Safest, Healthiest, Freest Most Equatable society in human history....physically. The question is Now What? "Where there is no vision, the people perish"

Proverbs 29:18

 

About 10-12 years ago I was working with this young really sharp kid. He said he wanted to Be Rich, I asked him Why(?), he could give an answer.