I am writing a thesis for a college class on Human behavior- Here are the highlights (if you want to read it-- It is very long winded and is written from my personal opinions):

I have narrowed down most of societies problems to over convenience and no accountability.

Over convenience: everything is easy- if you want food you go to the store and buy food- No hard work to grow crops- raise animals- butcher- bake for hours-- If you do not want to work for your food there are welfare programs- free meals- or someone else that pays for it now a days. You get what you want. If you drive by the average American home there are vehicles in the driveway that no one had to save up for years to buy- now you can fiance a vehicle- or a boat or home for that matter. It takes a lot less hard work to obtain "things" then it did 30-40-50 years ago. It is also easier to obtain a spouse or at least the "conveniences" of having a spouse-- (ie sex-room mate- split bills) Also having children or the choice of not having a child is easier-- you can terminate the pregnancy- in many ways- give it up for adoption or just keep the child without any social stigma with most of these options.

While it is easier to obtain things- There is also no enforced discipline to maintain things. You have insurance to cover a wrecked car or house- pretty much if it is your fault or not- You can file for divorce at any time - or "break up" no matter how long you have been together. If you have a child you can get all kinds of welfare so that you no longer have to work- in fact with very little creative bookkeeping you can make more money by being single- having a child and live with your significant other. There are no consequences for about anything. If you don't pay your taxes there are lawyers and services to wipe out your tax debt-

All of the above options are if you are a documented US citizen. If you are not a citizen you can get Social security that you did not pay into- free medical- if you are a refugee you get $30,000 a year in salary, a decent house and food stamps. In a certain state you get collage for free and can get a job with the government as a teacher. You can get a drivers license. The government pays for Multilingual classes for students that do not speak English- at the cost of millions a year- On school in California has teachers for 23 languages- and only teach from that language to English in 5 classes. So there is no consequences for being an illegal in the US.

The seven deadly sins are no longer sins but goals to many of Americans.20-30 years ago it was Taboo to break the 7 deadly sins and have people know about it. Today's society promotes them. Let's sort them out 1 by one--

Pride or vanity runs rampant with selfies and videos on social media. The more outrages the more hits someone will get.

Greed is idolized in today's society. Music videos are about nothing but showing the "bling"- gaining trophies. It doesn't matter if the trophy is a car, a house , some cash, or another person.

Lust- Lust is a slippery slope- Some people bevel sex should only be after one is married. Today's TV and movies promote exactly the opposite. Sex sells is the motto for today's electric entertainment. Nude selfies, Erotic videos, "hook up sites" makes sex much easier to achieve in today's society. And I might add there is no consequences to having sex anymore either. Certain types of sex that were once taboo are now glorified and have become popular in mainstream society. We have also become a society of a different set of rules- "you cheat on me and you must die- but if I cheat on you it is ok-it was an accident."

Gluttony- with the availability of food and how easy it is to obtain this one kind of speaks for itself.It is a goal to see how much you can eat- or drink- and we must have a picture or video to prove how much or what it was.

Revenge or wrath: People posting nude pictures or videos of someone online- road rage- Suing someone over a trivial matter-- calling someone names on social media because they do no agree with you. All examples of seeking to harm a fellow person.There are also no consequences for speaking out on social media. There are no consequences for being rude,

Sloth: 49% percent of the people are being taken care of in this county by %51 percent of the people who follow the rules and pay their taxes. The government itself is the biggest spenders in our economy. The is no stigma or backlash for being supported by any welfare program. I do not want it to sound like I think we need to do away with such programs- It just seems to me that 1/2 the country is mooching off the other half. Some people abuse the system, and do not really have a "NEED" for such programs. They are able bodied people who refuse to work. I agree that there is a fair number of people who are to feeble to work or disabled in some way. But they are rapidly becoming the minority in the whole" a handout is what I deserve" mentality that is ever growing in our society. I know people at healthy work ages that choose not to work- or take a 14 hour a week job and then complain that they have no money to pay their bills, In my personal opinion If you are living in someone else's house get $1300 a month in benefits- pay no cable. phone or electric bills-- you need to re-evaluate some of your life decisions. People s need for a handout is starting to border on the ridiculous.

Well this is the middle section of the paper- I gave no references for this portion as written here, to make it shorter- and it is all opinion- I have it re written with allot of "in the 1924 so and so was put to death for doing such and such" type of facts taken out.


Tell me what you think!

 

 

These have always been with us. I remember old guys sitting around when I was a kid complaining about the same things and I'm 70 years old. Back then TV was going to ruin society and I suspect before that it was radio.

Now, I do believe we are more disconnected now on a direct level than we have ever been and not many of us live in close proximity to family the it was common a couple of generations ago. The other side is we are more connected now electronically than we have ever been. I visit by phone every day with my daughter who lives 800 miles away. 60 years ago a phone call would have involved several phone operators and a call would only have been made in an emergency. Also, I can drive there in a long day. Back then it would have taken several days to drive there due to the difference in roads (no interstates) with lower speed limits and a number of things. This is just a bit of the change.

We complain how media influences people, but we have had this for many years, especially on a smaller scale. Major newspapers or radio could influence an election. Many people were unable to vote due to the color of their skin, That has changed although recently a number of states and areas have done things to make it harder for some folks to vote. That should be a crime even if I disagree with who they vote for. Look at Dodge City, a town with about 20,000 people and only one polling place. That was a local election officials decision. That is just not right. If a person is an adult and a citizen, they should be able to vote and society should do everything possible to encourage voting and making it easy rather than hard. Enough on this issue.

Look at this site. We are a community, but most of us have not met face to face. It is much different than a physical neighborhood or small town, but we support and encourage each other. It would not have been possible just 30 years ago.

I'll quit for now, but these are just some thoughts.

 

The answer smells like purple because Aliens don't wear hats.

 

Yes Curtis, but what if it smelled like orange and the Aliens did wear hats?

 

Then I would say, a chicken and a half laid an egg and a half in a day and a half. The answer is false of course, because there are no bones in Chocolate milk, and you can't row a cement canoe down the interstate legally.

 

Families and friends used to get together and play cards, let their kids play together for the full evening, sometimes into the early morning. The world used to be full of adventure, but now its Zika viruses and sick and perverted people hiding in the woods.

I remember a safer time, when I felt bulletproof, driving fast, and wild, living fast and kind of wild, and nothing could hurt or kill me. Now if I roll over in bed wrong, I hurt for the day.

I don't have to go to the mall or Walmart, or Target, or Kmart anymore because everything I want, or ever dreamed of can be ordered online right to my house, without putting on my dress clothes. Even groceries.

Information about everything I ever wanted to know is available at my fingertips, but I bearly know my neighbors. I am connected on Facebook to people around the world, but don't even get phone calls from my own mother anymore.

I can see your house on Google Earth from any computer type device connected to internet. but with three kids, two dogs, and a wife, don't have time to see it in person.

I have a pretty nice house, but only have time to sleep there most days. A man's home used to be his castle, but I have an HOA, so I make payments and they make the decisions.

If I can afford insurance, I can insurance myself to death. I can spend so much on life insurance that I cannot afford to live.

Healthy food is expensive and most time unhealthy food is cheap/affordable. Things that taste good aren't necessarily good for you and things that are good for you often spoil quickly so you can't keep much of it around.

Government spends a lot of money on designing the perfect corn, but corn is not an efficient form of fuel, and offers little or no health benefits.

It takes more carbon footprint to develop and build wind energy windmills than the return they will get out of them, but they have to start somewhere, so we foot the bill for development.

Politicians have to differ themselves so much from each other on where they stand, or they will not stand out in the poles, but what if we had 5 or six people to choose from that had similar views, and goals. Why do some have to go to the extreme? Why do we have one governor that is in charge of (for example) 75 different things that he in no way can monitor, develop, guide, or oversee instead of 10 people in charge of those things that have hands on work with it. In other words split the jobs up between the people that are already doing the work, and have the taxpayer vote on whether they are doing a good job or not, then have them correct, if they are not. much like a boss who is actually paying them to do the work, do the work they are getting paid to do. Confused?

Why is there always a troll that seems hell bent on ticking people off? What do these people get out of it? Misery loves company?

I believe that cars can run of fuel much more efficiently, and run well. However someone greases someone's pockets to make sure that the technology for that type of activity doesn't take hold. There is money to be made in selling fossil fuels, but we have to go to war to get to it.

We as a whole will spend 6 dollars on a few tickets to win the lottery that you know will likely never return to you, but won't give the same amount extra in church or to a charity, because you are afraid it won't return to you.

Churches are being targeted by different groups, even the largest Church in the world, has theories, rumors, and jokes about it and its priests.

Today's world won't allow you to look at someone and say.. I Mrs, Miss, or Mamm, or Mr... because you aren't allowed to assume their gender anymore.

 

Yes it explores the appearance of religion- the family unit- and community as a whole.I already rambled on enough for one post so I didn't want to tripple the size of the post--- it is a 12 page paper so far.

 

I agree Del I have some quotes from my dad in the last generation and am going to interview my great uncle for his thoughts as well.-

 

"Politicians have to differ themselves so much from each other on where they stand, or they will not stand out in the poles, but what if we had 5 or six people to choose from that had similar views, and goals. Why do some have to go to the extreme? Why do we have one governor that is in charge of (for example) 75 different things that he in no way can monitor, develop, guide, or oversee instead of 10 people in charge of those things that have hands on work with it. In other words split the jobs up between the people that are already doing the work, and have the taxpayer vote on whether they are doing a good job or not, then have them correct, if they are not. much like a boss who is actually paying them to do the work, do the work they are getting paid to do. Confused? " You think that is confusing-- in Italy they have 30 parties-- with several (17?) "states" and they vote for everyone at the same time! Somewhere around 500 candidates.

 

BTW Chad, are you working on an additional degree at this point? I was curious when you said you were doing a college class. Is something you are doing to better do your job?

Either way good for you. We are never too old to learn something in spite of some folks who think they know all there is to know.

 

Taking a few online classes-- I want my bachelors - and sociology and psychology are fascinating topics. -- I have 3 assoc. degrees but I want the bachelors- maybe someday a masters- I read about a blind physiologist- so it might be a carrier choice later on. I Would really love to get a doctorate in ANYTHING just to be able to call myself Doc Chad- but I highly doubt that will happen - you never know though. I am also taking a course in micro and macro economics. But if I get a degree in something- I can start collecting management pay- (if either I relocate or I get my own area to control) but that is double what I make now. Now that I can at maximum sock away 19,000 a year in my 401k and 6,000 in an IRA- I am pushing to get as much in there as possible so that I can retire and live comfortably. Never know with the way the economy is going- Millionaire-Doctor Chad might be in the future :-) ha ha ha

 

As Recently as 1993 while I was in High school, many of the students drove pickups to school as their school vehicle. I would estimate that about 10% of them had rifles and shotguns hanging for display in the back window, on the gun window racks. Nobody blinked an eye, not one person felt threatened, school staff wouldn't say a word, and didn't care, weren't worried. I brought Dad's old 12 guage shotgun in to the school to rebuild and rebuild the stock. Carried it right by the principal, who asked to look it over, saying, "That looks like a fun project!"
There was no fear anyone would get shot, there was no mind set that kids were going to shoot kids. Then Columbine... News made them heroes, to everyone who had ever been picked on, or had a mean streak, or a mental illness.

People used to sit on the front porch and watch the world go by, and ask people would walk past their place, they may strike a conversation with them, perhaps bonding or getting to know them. Garages used to be at the back of the house, and the front porch was the focus of a house. Now today nearly all new houses, have the garage as the focal point of the house, extending out the front of the house. Large doors at the front of the house that are usually closed to society. Front porches are not being built into most new houses, and it seems most people in our neighborhood don't enter their house through the front door, but open the garage to enter the house even if they don't park in the garage. Once inside, they don't seem to come out, unless its to mow. Some neighbors, have weird hours, and never come out, and I have no idea who they are, or what they look like.

After something horrible happens, the neighbors are always interviewed, and it almost always has the same story.. "They were a quiet neighbor, they kept to themselves" but it seems everyone is a bit that way these days. (except our neighbors across the street that scream at each other every living moment of the day.. but that chapter closed, they moved and got foreclosed on.)

Theft in the world is such a problem that when places like Walmart and Dillons install self checkouts they have to formulate how much shrinkage they are willing to accept in order to let 6 tellers go and replace them with self checkout computers and scales.

We have reached a point where its not safe to discipline your child. I guess we are supposed to let them grow up to be wild animals.

Common Core.. that is all I have to say about that..

Everybody gets a ribbon.

1 person responsible for doing what 3 people used to do.

I may sound like I am angry or bitter or even complaining, but I'm not, I am just pointing out the differences that I see taking place now, compared to what I remember in the past.

Some of these things I may complain about from time to time, but most of the time I shrug my shoulders and frown my face and move on..

I just wanted to add some more topics for you.

 

Great tot hear on the college classes Chad. My daughter in Michigan is working on her Masters right now. She is doing it all online.