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I think it's a function of the scientific / mechanistic view of the world.  It reduces us all to just particles bouncing around according to physical rules.  It causes you to view the world through the action of external forces rather than the individual decision-making of rational and moral beings.

SimpleStacker

A lot of what's lacking in modern discourse is peoples' agency to better their lives, despite difficult external circumstances.

There is a lot more of... I want to feel like I am doing something than doing something to help those that need help.

We have isolated ourselves from poverty and those that need help so it is easy to do. But it is getting harder and harder to avoid the poverty around us.

Bottom line, our society is what has produced it. There is some truth in the left's critique of capitalism. Yeah, it's hedonist and selfish materialism. But socialism is every bit as materialist.

Neither system is a moral system. We have stripped that out of society. No institution has the authority to speak to us on moral matters. Most of society is completely obsessed with gratifying their wants. Most of the people asking the state to fix this are no different.

Truth is, they are not helping. And most people aren't either. We are so lost morally.

Politics_And_Law

econ

While elitists theorize about the poor, this activist looked for successes

>  A lot of what's lacking in modern discourse is peoples' agency to better their lives, despite difficult external circumstances.

This 💯 

There is a lot more of... I want to feel like I am doing something than doing something to help those that need help. 

We have isolated ourselves from poverty and those that need help so it is easy to do. But it is getting harder and harder to avoid the poverty around us.

Bottom line, our society is what has produced it. There is some truth in the left's critique of capitalism. Yeah, it's hedonist and selfish materialism. But socialism is every bit as materialist. 

Neither system is a moral system. We have stripped that out of society. No institution has the authority to speak to us on moral matters. Most of society is completely obsessed with gratifying their wants. Most of the people asking the state to fix this are no different. 

Truth is, they are not helping. And most people aren't either. We are so lost morally.