What is the most dangerous addiction in our society?
“Wow what an amazing topic. I can go in so many different directions with this topic but I have lived through a cocaine addiction and a heroin addiction and I honestly believe the most dangerous addiction is to: MONEY,POWER, & GREED. This is very much to the detriment of our children. Children grow up in daycares while both parents slave away to have bigger houses and nicer cars.
- Society’s idea of a “successful person” consists of bragging rights regarding which college we attend, what we study in college, the type of car we drive, wat we look like, what our significant other looks like, etc.. ..We make as much money as we can just to be able to buy status symbols A.K.A. useless objects such as Boats, Brand Name Clothes, Jewelry, Furniture etc. Just to impress the other people in their lives. Furthermore, we want to brag about our kids’ accomplishes in academics sports. The desire to prove the extent of our successes drives us to focus on the superficial aspects of life.
I believe that people are becoming more isolated, more indifferent, and more entitled, due to the content of music and movies, combined with the stressors of society and becoming overwhelmed.
This addiction has caused our country to want to remove God from classrooms classrooms and even courtrooms. The more we refuse tobelieve in God the more We Believe that we become our OWN GODS.
This fixation on physical appearance is also very degrading to society. Social media making has hijacked young girls’ minds making them want to look like Kim Kardashian, who has had so many plastic surgeries, that level of beauty is unattainable.
As society loses touch with the importance of personal relationships due to the breakdown of the family unit, as well as the advent of the internet. social media, and video games. How can the next generation have genuinely fulfilling interpersonal relations with other people when they are raised by televisions, video games, and social media?
We buy a $200 pair of jeans while we know damn well there are millions of children starving in Africa. We as a society find it acceptable to ignore our moral consciences and remain indifferent to disparity and human suffering.
This world today teaches us that life all about getting what we want and doing what feels good. An entire generation seems to be dying off from drug addiction because the pressure gets so overwelming. They are taught concepts contrary to what the human conscience feels is good and just. They have so much to prove and just want love and approval but end up depressed if they just can’t pull it off. They have become terrified of admitting failure and haven’t been taught proper coping mechanisms to deal with failure in a healthy way, so they resort to self medicating while searching for approval and companionship with the hoards of other people feeling the same way.
Basically, we as a society have become so greedy, disconnected, and so self-centered I fear it is too late to correct the damage we have done.
This is not the way society should be, but this is the way it has become… WHY? Humans used to live in tribes and forage for food, but This addiction to MONEY, POWER and GREED is so dangerous because everybody agrees with it and there are almost no memories of a different way of life.“
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