Why do people think the world is worse place to live now than ever before?
2007-01-04 13:37:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
No no no, I don't I happen to think we have it pretty cushty compared to my grandparents, going down the mine wasn't the most pleasant thing to do! lol
2007-01-04 13:42:46 · update #1
Hey and I have thought about moving to Switzerland, they are neutral after all x
2007-01-04 13:43:24 · update #2
And swear words were invented hundreds of years ago, mostly by the Germans, bloody foreigners! = ) 50 years ago the kkk were very mild mannered at going about lynching people.
2007-01-04 13:51:38 · update #3
That's it I'm going in with the thumbs down! Nobody can have a decent conversation without giving the bloody thumbs down! grr.
2007-01-04 14:36:53 · update #4
Oh dear I went maybe a little bit far with my thumbs down then! ha. Maybe we should go back to the good ol days when we lived to the age of 50.
2007-01-04 14:39:38 · update #5
By the way, my grandad told me years ago if a murder happened 20 miles from here, you wouldnn't find out for weeks. If something like that happens now, you'd frind out straight away. War has been waged since the dawning of time. The problems we see now in the middle east are the result of centuries of border disputes and what not.
2007-01-04 14:51:58 · update #6
Sorry about the shocking spelling too! perhaps our grammar was better back in the day!
2007-01-04 14:52:51 · update #7
like you said,its all about the news. it's not that worse things are happening, its just that we hear about it all. and the more bad news we're exposed to, the more dangerous we'll perceive our world to be and, ultimately, the more afraid and aggressive we'll become. you should read up on gerbners "cultivation theory" (in particular, his "mean world syndrome") if you're interested.
because of all this everyone seems to be so disillusioned. kids aren't allowed to play outside anymore, few people introduce themselves to new neighbours, you can't pick up hitchhikers at the side of the road.... in becoming so afraid we're losing sight of the fact that people are, for the mostpart, fundamentally good.
soon there'll be no such thing as community. hopefully that'll be after i'm dead and gone, the thought of it makes me very sad.
2007-01-05 01:12:47 · answer #1 · answered by spiralling 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People in general think the world is a worse place to live in now than ever before because mostly we hear bad news. Good news just doesn't make it into newspapers much or TV either.
I believe that this is a great world with some exceptions. When people need help, others reach out.
I always think of the field of medicine and see so much progress. Things that couldn't be cured not so far in the past, can be cured now. Things for which there was no treatment in the past can now be treated.
If one wants to look at the world negatively, then they'll find a negative world.
I'm glad I'm alive during this period in history.
2007-01-04 13:44:28 · answer #2 · answered by Juanitamarie 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-30 00:57:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, there have been many terrible things that happened in the past, we have better standard of living, well in the west anyway. We don't send our kids up chimneys either these days! Our average life expectancy is much higher, we have a health service, kids are rude but they'll get what's coming to em when they are behind bars lol. We had all those empires of people pillaging and raping, not much fun compared today, where we can sit on our computers all night or watch a dvd.
2007-01-04 13:47:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't know if the World is worse today than back in it's History.
Could the reason we think it's worse be, because we know SO MUCH more about events, as they occur than ever before?
The World has always been awful. Could be true.....
2007-01-04 14:47:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The capability of launching enough nukes to keep the sky and soil busy with our ashes for about 200 years. Then, countries like korea and iran may be going nuclear too.
2007-01-04 13:39:43 · answer #6 · answered by ConstElation 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Its what we make it, why because we are so full of greed now, we trust no one, and do little to help each other, sad i know
2007-01-04 21:59:53 · answer #7 · answered by ringo711 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am 50 years old and have seen much change in society.
It is getting worse.
People are more rude and inconsiderate than ever.
And that leads to more bad behavior in others who now see it as normal.
2007-01-04 13:42:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
People have always and will always think that, because it has always and will always be true.
Can I remind you that the ancient Greeks didn't know what the world was coming to when a timepiece - the sundial - was invented.
From there on in....
2007-01-04 13:39:17 · answer #9 · answered by AlexChappel 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Wars, People using inappropriate language, More people rejecting Christ, There is a great number of things.
2007-01-04 13:39:22 · answer #10 · answered by «♦ßяíttαηÿ♦» ☆ 5 · 1⤊ 5⤋