By lancer345 - 25 Nov 2020 22:20
- 25 Nov 2020 22:20
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Despite the apparent "wealth" people have.
Despite the technological and medical advancements.
Despite the lack of war.
I cannot help but feel what can only be described as an EXISTENTIAL ANGST in the modern West.
People are angry, frustrated, unhappy. The latest PS5, the latest tired Hollywood flicks, the latest Iphone or other meaningless gadget, fails to give anyone lasting happiness.
People long for spirituality, long for Christianity, Buddhism, nature, anything they can get a hold of that removes them from this God forsaken materialistic world, ruled by technocratic capitalists.
COVID has exposed these fault lines even more deeply.
Already years ago, writers like Yukio Mishima discussed the meaninglessness of the modern neoliberal societies and how "no one can die heroically anymore".
Even Islamic terrorism fails to lastingly rouse an apathetic Western population.
What do you think? Do you feel the same angst in Western civilisation?
The same ennui? Everyone is angry, frustrated.
The only ones who seem to gloat are the empowered females, and even they seem to not really enjoy life anymore, and neither do the leftist utopians.
The real question is where is this going?
Are we going to see a final collapse soon?
Despite the technological and medical advancements.
Despite the lack of war.
I cannot help but feel what can only be described as an EXISTENTIAL ANGST in the modern West.
People are angry, frustrated, unhappy. The latest PS5, the latest tired Hollywood flicks, the latest Iphone or other meaningless gadget, fails to give anyone lasting happiness.
People long for spirituality, long for Christianity, Buddhism, nature, anything they can get a hold of that removes them from this God forsaken materialistic world, ruled by technocratic capitalists.
COVID has exposed these fault lines even more deeply.
Already years ago, writers like Yukio Mishima discussed the meaninglessness of the modern neoliberal societies and how "no one can die heroically anymore".
Even Islamic terrorism fails to lastingly rouse an apathetic Western population.
What do you think? Do you feel the same angst in Western civilisation?
The same ennui? Everyone is angry, frustrated.
The only ones who seem to gloat are the empowered females, and even they seem to not really enjoy life anymore, and neither do the leftist utopians.
The real question is where is this going?
Are we going to see a final collapse soon?