Someone once said to me that older people are finally stopping their harassment of younger people in the form of people saying that no one knows how to handle money anymore. I replied that such people are no longer getting a choice, because between wage stagnation and the rise in the cost of living, no one wants to hear about standards that no longer exist. While there are challenges with the rise of mental health awareness, the reckoning of people saying, “That’s just the way I am” has finally appeared. Instead of making excuses for people who are unnecessarily cruel, people have finally stopped receiving protection from consequences.
Nobody wants to accept this, but the reason that so many people behaved horribly for so long is because so many people made excuses for it, especially the people who were not directly affected by the behavior. Racists got to incite violence because everyone else was too busy saying, “That’s not me” or “They’re a product of their time” to stop them. Wealthy people preyed on the vulnerable and corrupted the government because they bought the press and paid it to say that they “worked hard.” Essentially, the worst of the worst get worse because too many people are too busy enjoying the status quo.
Thanks to all of these milksop individuals, society has become unbearable, with the desperate crowds nearly praying for the release of death to escape the turmoil. Too many people sat around watching other people struggle while hoping someone else will take the lead, and those people want credit for not instigating the harm. One fortunate side effect of all of the despair is that desperate people are looking at enablers, and the enablers themselves are finding themselves without friends. If people can reduce harm and offer nothing while making excuses for abusers, why should anyone see them as any different?
Adding insult to injury, people started believing that they, too should be obnoxious because it “works” for everyone else. Despite running around saying, “Love wins!” nobody actually did anything to make sure of that, idly believing that their fake kindness would be matched with authentic kindness. Now, there is a loneliness trend that shows no signs of stopping because too many people spent their lives expecting someone else to do the work. Consequences mean that if nothing is ventured, nothing is gained, so there will be a lot more lonely people if everyone keeps passively waiting.
Consequences for being emotionally immature and socially lazy are evident for people to see, and the formation of a fascist oligarchy should be evidence enough that such behavior is deplorable. People keep believing that easy answers are still possible, not knowing that they were only possible because enablers made it possible. The no-contacts and disengagement are the messages that people are being sent after feeling entitled to everyone else doing the heavy lifting, and the sad truth is that lazy people are now being called to do more. If the majority are fine as long as they avoid harm, they should not be surprised when people start avoiding them.
Chasing A Dying Empire 