The Evolution, Or The Degradation of Society?

Is society in an evolution? Or is it in degradation? Now I’m all for the freedom of speech, But, I have to say that all the violence, swearing, and near nudity shown on television or heard on the radio these days go over the top. Does society really believe this has no effect on the youth of America? Can we really be that gullible? Of course it’s the producers, advertisers, and whoever else is profiting from this type of media that are telling us there is no correlation between these negative forms of media and the ever rising crime rate, drug use, swearing, and general lack of respect of today’s youth.

Gang violence, prejudice, terrorism, are all negative side effects of this trash media. Whatever happened to the FCC rules and regulations limiting what was acceptable in the media? Did they just disappear? Did the sensible regulators die, or get fired? How is it that the government lets this continue? Remember when the President of the United States was respected? Law enforcement was respected? Parents were respected? I realize it was a long time ago. My belief is that all the negative media had a very direct and significant effect on these issues.

I also believe the fact that both parents have to work to support their family has an equally significant effect on today’s society. Not only does this fact take parental supervision away from the children, it also takes away from the family unity, leaving the children feeling resentful and neglected by their parents. With both parents working full time, and the children running a muck, this also produces a stressful situation for the parents, which I think is one of the major causes for the divorce rate being so incredibly high. Another side effect is the fact that the children now have to deal with the stressed out parents, not to mention having to listen to all the arguments the parents get into.

Over the years these children grow into adulthood, have children of their own, and are then passing along this dysfunctional lifestyle to them. As we know, things either evolve or they devolve, so either society repairs itself or it steadily worsens.