How many times have we heard our parents say, “What is the world coming to?”? Well, I think we have our answer.
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The truth doesn’t matter any more.
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Promises don’t have to be honored.
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We are going against long held beliefs.
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We are opening up our world to people who want to destroy us.
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Privacy isn’t a thing.
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We are allowing ego to take precedence over propriety.
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Civility is no longer expected.
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Cooperation is passe’.
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Respect is out the window.
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Violence is the new norm.
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Hate thy neighbor is the new motto.
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Laws are disregarded.
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The constitution doesn’t mean anything.
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Rules – what are rules?
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Basically, anything goes.
The one thing that remains the same is that “Money Trumps Everything!”
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As a parent, I’m doubly despairing about the world we’re in. On the one hand, I’m inclined to agree with your assessment; on the other, I’m determined not to accept–for my daughter’s future–that this all represents the new normal. I’m praying this is a pothole and not the road itself.
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Here! Here!
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During the next four years I plan on mentioning, reminding, nagging anyone and everyone about what is normal. Not in an aggressive way, but it a determined moral way. I may not change the world, but at least I’ll know I haven’t given into all that you listed above.
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Good plan Ally.
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