Each succeeding generation is worst than the last. Why?
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This is sometimes referred to as the pendulum effect. The "pendulum" of society continues it's swing in the direction of decadence until it reaches it's limit, then it abruptly swings in the other direction. The resulting opposite swing is often violent and catastrophic, leading to periods in history such as the "dark ages". You can expect to see this abrupt change in direction during the present century. The increasing popularity of fundamentalist religious movements are signs of this coming change. Moderate society is usually short-lived. Extremism in one direction or the other is always the agenda.
944489
Well, it deteriorates because all order is lost and everyone starts killing each other. That question is so broad. Maybe, you can narrow it and it might be easier to answer.
178287
They do this in part because they are not mature enough to deal with the real world.  I'm not being critical of them. I have too many problems of my own.  These "kids" were not taught a great deal of personal responsibility as children.  That rests squarely on their parents shoulders. Now they are having children and have less chance of teaching their own children responsibility.  It will likely get worse before it gets better.  Some day maybe parents will step up to the plate.
640154
This assumes that people were brighter in the past.\n Which they just were not.   Hence, Hitler ; Stalin;Mao;\nKim il Sung.   To name but a few. \n I have found that those who think everyone else is not as smart as themselves, are usualy quite thick and ignorant.\n\n                              Victor
649713
My grandmas grandmas grandma said the same thing...Each new generation blames the one following it....Things were never easy....Before technology people died of diseases that are now curable, women died in childbirth, children died from all kinds of diseases,,,,,thing were never easy
904147
It is, but it's not just the Republicans.  There's plenty of blame to go around.   But ya know what's even worse?  Is that the generation that borrowed the money, our generation, will never pay it back.  That chore will fall on our kids and their kids.  We should be ashamed of ourselves.  Quite a legacy to leave our children.
1116648
You've got some really great answers on here. I'm an especially big fan of "it's there own fault they are poor." Spelling on that would be "their" by the way. I just love these generalized comments. They don't take into consideration people who lost jobs, people who were abandoned at birth and never received a proper education but were continuously passed through our foster care system or elderly folks who never had a chance to save because their money went to their families and now they can't survive on a Social Security check. Nice empathy there.
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i think its getting worse cause parents and schools are getting more and more lazy in how they teach and morals, parents are getting younger and younger(which is fine i was a mom at 16)but some of these young mothers don't want to spend time and love their children they want to see what their missing which leads to kids feeling lonely and left out their self esteem lowers they become depressed and turn to crime as an outcome
380596
Someone else is asking pretty much the same question.  As I replied on the other question, the biggest indicator of what ones economic status will be during their lifetime is to simply look at the economic status of their parents/grandparents.  The majority of the wealthy had a head start due to better education and other opportunities and then simply built upon the vast assets they inherited.  My solution (I know it sounds like communism) was to seize everybodys personal assets when the pass away and redistribute them to pay for the deficit, healthcare, taxes, and better school districts/educational opportunities for everyone.  This would certainly even the playing field and provide for an incentive to compete (which is the basis of capitalism isn't it?).  The capitalist system wouldn't suffer because everyone would still be able to enjoy the fruits of their labor during their lifetime and may actually be enhanced by the the fact that the best/brightest/most ambitious would continually be the ones that prosper each generation.
1045094
The last generation started to end. We ARE in the last generation b4 the lords day comes. The coming of Jesus Christ.
340886
Okay, so they're college professors who are teaching the future leaders. I don't think that you can really find any generation without things to complain about. It may shock you to know that not all of us gen x or y or whatever category I fall into are what you see on MTV, fully obsessed with the bling-bling "real world" jessica&nick fantasy life of hollywood. We're not all grungy potheads with no ambition in life either. Some of us made it out of the mess and have a concern for the well being of the rest of the world and CAN see outside of our own front yard to how our actions affect the rest of the world. What scares me about the future is the corporations who don't give a damn about anything but profit and exist to worship and glorify the almighty dollar at the expense of variety of life itself. And the sad part goes back to your original statement. People in my generation don't give a damn. About much of anything. So the corporations take over and tell us what to wear, listen to, watch, eat, drink and do or risk being yesterday's news and people buy into that crap. That is what scares me. Apathy.
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I don't think it as bad as everyone makes out you are just more aware of it plus media makes things to be more severe then they are.\nI grew up in the cold war in the Silicon Valley I saw a guy get beat to death on the street when I was 8 those same dangerous neighbourhoods are now strip malls with a Starbucks.\nIf you believe everything you read you will all die of bird flu next week right after a major terrorist dirty bomb attack and the survivors will be wiped out by a comet.\nThese doom saying Bible bashers have been claiming it is a sing of the end for the last 1000 years. But I say we are living in the safest time in history there are fewer wars going on then ever disease is fairly controlled the cold war it over so Mutually assured destruction is not a daily worry. Let face it when is the last time you heard of a rampaging horde wreaking havoc and ridding through towns burning houses and running off with the women.\nI think we are all too soft and should complain less and work toward making a better future.\nI have been in a war zone and they don't really whine as much as us the privileged to live in a country where wealth is abundant, always seem to be worried about how bad things are.\nDrug use isn't any higher, it's just less acceptable and more publicised.\nIn the 60's experimenting with drugs was ok in the 70's it was over looked in the 80's it was kinda hip I think Morals have taken a turn back people are more concerned then ever.\nCasual sex of the 70-80's is not cool now and free love of the 60's is considered almost evil.\nWe are a more morally aware generation.\nWe worry about the environment now and are doing things to change it for the better no generation before cared at all.\nStart looking at the positives and build on them.
483422
This is a question that only God can answer.....we do not know, and we cannot predict the future....I expect it will get worse though, haven't people gotten greedier and more selfish with each generation?
19410
It's a cultural shift to the age of information. People become jaded about life and love when they are bombarded with internet porn, unattainable bodies, soft drink ads, and winning free ipods. The ideals of our grandparent generation are gone. I don't think that there is all bad to come of this shift, i believe that we are more aware and informed then ever. We have way more options then the you have to marry girl down the street or the person you parent picked out for economic reasons.
525416
It will forever be this way. The way it was 30 yrs. from now, it will be in another 10. Because the youths are the results of the fuckups of the previous generations. It's a vicious cycle that never ends. Some of it's true some of it is hyped media bulls&*t. Get used to it. But know that there is plenty fact there. Youths are stupid a lot of times. They're immature listen to stupid music, are materialistic and they're just kids. I was once that way too. The fact remains, it's based on truth.
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You can say or ridicule the 60's generation.  Those free loving, pot smoking, out spoken, older generation.  Can just sit back and wonder when you Homer Simpson, junk TV watching bunch of losers are going to get off your asses, and at least call, email, (if thats the best you can do)your congressman,  and explain to them that you are not blind to what they are doing is not representing your wishes.
899140
Yes, our society has degraded tremendously since 1970! I was twelve years old back then, and I have been watching. I wish we could get our old values back before it is too late.