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RE: Is Modern Society Obsessed With Short Term Pleasure?
I blame this phenomenon on Capitalism and our constant need to have. Other cultures where people are closer, there's love in the air and a bond and community exists between friends and family aren't as affected by this social disease brought on by a system that constantly instigates us to have more things and get that quick fix .
Not sure it is capitalism itself but an extreme materialist interpretation that exists in the modern world. Right now capitalism is the best and fairest system we have. Communism in all it's forms failed because it did not take account of human nature.
I'm not a communist but I don't think it was ever practiced in its truest form. Greed is what drives capitalism, altruism is for bleeding hearts and the liberals. Call me a bleeding heart because if we keep going the way we are going this all for me and nothing for you system as Noam Chomsky describes real capitalism is going to blow up in our face. I've been reading another great depression is right around the corner. How will human nature react when that immediate gratification is not there to have anymore. Our generation doesn't understand true suffering. Should the store shelves go bare it's going to be a free for all. Its human nature.