What is the most dramatic cause of the lack of civility in America today that wasn't present 40 or 50 years ago? Why has the modern American become a self-centered, instant gratification, me first, greedy cretin? Well obviously not all Americans fall under this title, just a majority. The reason to me, for this change from 50 years ago is the amount of constant useless informational chatter bombarding us daily. How many people leave the TV on so they can get to sleep? How many people listen to the radio or TV while they get ready for work. Cell phones, email, Facebook, Twitter, video games. Endless de-humanizing devices running endlessly, stripping away our humanity. Why have a conversation when you can text? Why form your own opinion when some overpaid bigot on the radio can give you his? If the jerk on television cries crocodile tears because he thinks health care reform leads to communism, should you believe him? Why think for yourself? Just jump into the chaos stream and let all the prejudicial pablum wash over you. When George Orwell wrote the book 1984, I think he was off the mark in the year of the title and who the real villain was. Big Brother isn't the government. Big Brother is the secret cabal of billionaires that really use the chaos stream to control the unthinking sheep.
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