I think there’s more than that. There’s a philosophical perspective that remains unfulfilled in the present day after the fall and subsequent discrediting of communism. And that is of the unique worth of the individual despite their status of wealth. That perspective was adequately addressed by communism (although in a weird way) which is in modern day no longer regarded as a serious system to run a country.
In its wake has entered a perspective of humanism impacted by America and it’s consumerism and “worship” of wealth and accomplishment. In other words your worth is how much money you have in this world and how much you’re going to buy and to consume.
The only real counterbalance to that in the vacuum left by communism is religion which says that individuals are worth something independent of wealth and what they can buy/consume. And I feel it’s a real shame that this perspective is being lost in America with dual trends away from religion and towards more and more consumerism.
And that’s why I decided to raise my kids in religion despite my understanding that it’s dying in America. I just can’t turn myself to the horror of that perspective of what modern life in America has become.
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I think there’s more than that. There’s a philosophical perspective that remains unfulfilled in the present day after the fall and subsequent discrediting of communism. And that is of the unique worth of the individual despite their status of wealth. That perspective was adequately addressed by communism (although in a weird way) which is in modern day no longer regarded as a serious system to run a country.
In its wake has entered a perspective of humanism impacted by America and it’s consumerism and “worship” of wealth and accomplishment. In other words your worth is how much money you have in this world and how much you’re going to buy and to consume.
The only real counterbalance to that in the vacuum left by communism is religion which says that individuals are worth something independent of wealth and what they can buy/consume. And I feel it’s a real shame that this perspective is being lost in America with dual trends away from religion and towards more and more consumerism.
And that’s why I decided to raise my kids in religion despite my understanding that it’s dying in America. I just can’t turn myself to the horror of that perspective of what modern life in America has become.