I chose 'economy' partly for this subtopic. I feared a Brave New World society when I was a child. It's getting there in the US, UK, EU, Japan, Korea, etc. We in the developed world have become obsessed with consumption of material goods and information online. Long hours at work, a few hours of conspicuous consumption, no tight-knit, nuclear families or a sense of community, lack of spirituality, no passion for greater knowledge, a failure to remember the past and learn from it, and so on. I go to the gym, and see TV screens flashing in HD everywhere with the same talking heads, the same news stories, the same disrespect for the other person's perspective, and the same commercials with gorgeous people convincing us to buy something. You go to restaurants and people's faces are buried in their smartphones. They're texting, on Facebook, or YouTube. They don't speak with each other too much. Someone nearly gets into an accident, or an altercation nearly ensues, so people whip out their phones to record the event rather than intervene SMH. I feel like this sometimes looking at our new world:
Funny that the minute bobmarley points out nature's harshness, you immediately switch to the concept of "We" and thus defend your ridiculous anarchism through collectivist values. If nature dictated that man works best in nature's equilibrium, we wouldn't have formed society in the first place, genius. Freaking Aristotle figured that out, much less the Enlightenment thinkers. "The bourgeoise, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his natural superiors, and has left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked self interest, than callous 'cash payment'. It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervor, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation." -Marx. THAT is what terrifies me. Yes, capitalist society has created great marvels, and to go back into feudalism would benefit no one. But while dmc references Brave New World, it's Wall-E which has terrified me - and what people miss about that film when they state that Wall-E attacks modern society is that its attack are just as valid when applied to socialism. And to me, irrelevance is a fate which is worse than death.
My biggest fear is those heartless selfish pure greed capitalistic human scums eventually fully take over our society and work everyone else as slaves... which is not far from the truth nowadays.
Actually, leaders on the extreme of either side are equally dangerous. When ideology trumps reason and compromise, it is a recipe for disaster. You can find this in either extreme.
Wealth inequality. To me, that's the biggest problem these days. I honestly expect a full scale revolution to occur within a few decades, and I feel it would be absolutely justified.
It would be the shortest revolution in history. The number of people that would actually put aside their apathy long enough to fight would be squashed in minutes by the military.
Greed and ego. Society would be so much better if pot was legal and everyone listened to Joe Rogan podcasts
Actually that is the number 1 threat to this country according to the threat assessment created by homeland security. There was a documentary about it on the History Channel last year. It was pretty scary. There is a significant amount of nuclear material missing from the former Soviet Union. The belief out there is that when the Soviet Union collapsed, nuclear workers sold that material to the highest bidder so they could provide for their families. Some of hat material easily could have found its way into the hands of extremists.
I voted debt because that is what will destroy this country. Lol at the people who voted global warming and gun owners!!!!
If you don't thing that global warming is a serious cause for concern, then you just aren't very bright. The polar ice caps are melting at an alarming rate. This could cause the sea level to rise by a foot or so. If the sea level rises by that amount, the result would be catastrophic to all coastal areas.
Depends on whose side the military takes. There could be some serious surprises in that regard. Remember, soldiers pledge an oath to the Constitution.
