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thefoundation  ·  4107 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Will It Take For Us To Dream Again?

To be honest, I somehow think that the ideas of apathy and things like not dreaming stem from a society that is growing stagnant. Some are fighting back ferociously against this, the people that create art, study science, and attempt to gain a better understanding of the world around us. However I think that at this point in time, the mass of the American public was raised to be leaning towards the apathetic, or in a better sense, they have been mass produced. The media that we are surrounded by with things such as Call of Duty, or even such simple things as having our refrigerators fully stocked all the time makes the American public uncaring. We have no need to dream because what more could we want? Living in the American dream has become a place where there is no need to go outside of the box. there is no need to be creative when things are being placed right in front of you. Now I'm only saying that there is no direct NEED to dream. Others CHOOSE to dream. There will always be dreamers out there, but in my opinion, we are now making less and less of those dreamers. Once America begins to decline at a noticeable rate there will be panic, and only after that point will we again begin to dream as a country together. All I know is that I'm going to keep trying my best to have a little class and culture.





BLOB_CASTLE  ·  4107 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So do you think that the children of our generation (assuming you're in the same generation as myself) will be brought up as dreamers because we see the world in decline and want to do something about it? Or do you think that as a whole, the decline will just continue until we ruin ourselves?

thefoundation  ·  4106 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, thats a complicated question. Due to the extreme growth of many technological factors many kids will be dreaming in a different way than you or I may think of. We are becoming a technology based society and their ideas will spring forth from these topics. We will not ruin ourselves anytime soon (I hope). But there will always be those that are enveloped in mass media. Until there is a fundamental change in the way that our culture brainwashes us (which won't happen) not much will change. Children are a cash crop for big business, and will be molded by what they see. It will be our job as parents to form them into dreamers and philosophers.

BLOB_CASTLE  ·  4106 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Until there is a fundamental change in the way that our culture brainwashes us (which won't happen) not much will change. Children are a cash crop for big business, and will be molded by what they see.

So you'd say that it's the greed of the 'corporate fat cats,' if you will, that has led us down this path?

When I become a parent, that is what I will be devoting my life too. There's an interesting trend among Silicon Valley CEOs that seems to do just that.