How America Got Mean
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/09/us-culture-moral-education-formation/674765/
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
Hey, America, Grow Up!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/opinion/trauma-mental-health-culture-war.html
David Brooks:
By, say, 2010, it began to be clear that we were in the middle of a mental health crisis, with rising depression and suicide rates, an epidemic of hopelessness and despair among the young. Social media became a place where people went begging for attention, validation and affirmation — even if they often found rejection instead.
Before long, safetyism was on the march. This is the assumption that people are so fragile they need to be protected from social harm. Slate magazine proclaimed 2013 “the year of the trigger warning.” Concepts like “microaggression” and “safe spaces” couldn’t have lagged far behind.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/09/us-culture-moral-education-formation/674765/
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
Hey, America, Grow Up!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/opinion/trauma-mental-health-culture-war.html
David Brooks:
By, say, 2010, it began to be clear that we were in the middle of a mental health crisis, with rising depression and suicide rates, an epidemic of hopelessness and despair among the young. Social media became a place where people went begging for attention, validation and affirmation — even if they often found rejection instead.
Before long, safetyism was on the march. This is the assumption that people are so fragile they need to be protected from social harm. Slate magazine proclaimed 2013 “the year of the trigger warning.” Concepts like “microaggression” and “safe spaces” couldn’t have lagged far behind.
American democracy is cracking. These forces help
explain why.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/18/american-democracy-political-system-failures/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/18/american-democracy-political-system-failures/