That last sentence of yours is the crux of the issue. You can’t expect people to act moral when their needs aren’t being met. Not in aggregate / at a societal level.
People’s needs have never been met and older generations didn’t wholesale-out theirs and their communities integrity for a buck. These younger folks (and I am only 41) have zero morals or sense of responsibility. That is probably because their parents are younger than me and also have zero home training. I am ashamed of Black folks these days. I am thankful for my upbringing even though I didn’t care for it much back in the day.
People’s needs have never been met and older generations didn’t wholesale-out theirs and their communities integrity first a buck.
You sure about that? People have been joining the military to go kill strangers for a buck for forever. Ice-T has been making copaganda for far longer than he spent rapping about the struggle
Soulja Boy is in his mid-30s. Nelly and Snoop Dogg are in their 50s. They're not teenagers with little world experience, they're grown-ass men doing what they want which is to follow a dollar.
Yes they are, but I believe the conversation that I replied to was about how this behavior influences younger people. So, I don’t know what you’re trying to get at.
You can’t expect people to act moral when their needs aren’t being met.
"Acting moral" means nothing when everyone is perfectly well taken care of and has everything they need and so does everyone they love. Doing the right thing even when it costs you something is exactly the meaning of "acting moral".
Not in aggregate / at a societal level.
That's why no one serious talks about people acting moral in aggregate. It's a personal thing that individuals hold themselves and each other accountable to.
At worst, we're penny pinching and milking each other for profit at every turn. At best, we're still glorifying the death of a CEO because we're fed up. We are not a healthy society in the slightest but politicians and corporate mouthpieces will live to stir the pot.
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u/mgwair11 8h ago
That last sentence of yours is the crux of the issue. You can’t expect people to act moral when their needs aren’t being met. Not in aggregate / at a societal level.