What a thought-provoking post! The world is incredibly sick (in various ways) but I'm optimistic because, in a sense, it's always been that way. Up until very recently most people who suffered any sort of trauma pushed it down and didn't consciously process it so they passed that trauma on via their behaviors and their genes. We didn't have such effective mass manipulation (social media, MSM) but we had this legacy of trauma that we all inherited directly or indirectly.
Now, it seems, large swaths of people are waking up, realizing they're sick, and consciously finding ways to process this trauma and become better humans. When we do this everything becomes better -- relationships, ourselves, the world. It's a painstakingly slow, generational, process but it's happening. It really began with some of the last of the Boomers. Your generation plays an important role in all of this because you might be the ones who can actually step into important leadership roles and not be corrupted by the "old guard".
If we zoom in it's easy to get discouraged, depressed, and pessimistic. If we zoom out we begin to realize that we're getting better but it's a race against time.
That's a good point, I agree it's encouraging that trauma is getting talked about more and more, and with each generation, it's becoming more okay to say "okay my parents hurting me in X way doesn't make them bad people" (since I think that's what keeps a lot of us from acknowledging this hurt, you know?
There's so much to be happy about, so much that's positive.And just as legacy media's becoming more intense and oppressive, so we have more indie outlets. So maybe there's hope :) It is a race against time. I hope we make it.
Thank you, my friend :)
That's totally right. I think the younger generation is starting to realize people (in most cases) do the best they know how, including those adults who raised them. That's quite an epiphany because it takes the "victim mentality" out of the equation and allows them to retain their power.
There's still more to be happy about than not, IMHO. I hope it stays that way and, yes, I hope we win that race! You're welcome. Thank you for this post!