If you ask any average person what is currently the main resource of the economic system, one will answer that it is power, another will say that it is money, and a third will give preference to knowledge. Surprisingly, none of these answers are correct. The main resource of the modern economy is fools and degenerates!
Sounds strange, implausible and wild, doesn't it? But the advantage of fools and degenerates is that you can sell them absolutely everything! Obscurantism and ignorance are the engine of development of our society, the economic system, and global business. The degradation of modern society is an issue that no one is in a hurry to solve. And why deal with a problem that brings a lot of profit to interested parties? So it turns out that for many people the meaning of life lies in satisfying the needs imposed by marketers.
Why is society deteriorating? When did these destructive changes begin? What signs of societal degradation exist? In this article we will discuss these and other important issues relating to modern society and its degradation.
What is personality degradation
Degradation is a regression, a rollback, a descent to a step below the achieved level. In other words, we can say that degradation is the opposite of development. It is characterized by a decrease in activity and performance, loss of acquired skills, simplification of human needs, and lack of motivation to set and achieve goals.
Degradation, as a rule, affects all areas of life. First, a rollback occurs in one area, then along the chain it pulls others along with it. For example, at first a person refuses intellectual development. Stops reading books, loading the brain with mental work, and solving some problems. As a result, cognitive functions deteriorate.
And since all brain structures are inextricably linked, the sensory-emotional sphere begins to suffer. Emotions begin to dull, a person ceases to experience joy, and loses motivation to achieve goals. In the absence of motivation, apathy begins, energy for life becomes less and less, needs are reduced only to physiological ones.
In order to somehow regain the brightness of the emotions experienced, at least for a while, a person begins to abuse alcohol. This is how degradation reaches a new level. Unfortunately, many never return from this level.
This means that the sooner a person notices signs of degradation and begins to do something, the greater the chance of a favorable outcome.
HOLLAND
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In 2002, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize euthanasia. Since then, more than 3 thousand people have exercised this right every year. Since the spring of 2012, special teams led by professional doctors who perform euthanasia at home on call began working in the Netherlands. In large cities of the Netherlands, such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and others, coffee shops have been opened that have official permission to sell marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms and other soft drugs. The organization of licensed coffee shops was designed to protect users of “soft” drugs from drug addicts addicted to hard drugs. But rehabilitation center workers say that more than 90% of heroin users in treatment developed their addictions from smoking weed. In 2011, on the Dutch television channel BNN, in a TV show called “Proefkonijnen”, hosts Denis Storm and Valerio Zeno ate each other’s meat. Before the transfer, they underwent an operation, during which a small piece of meat (muscle tissue) was cut out from them, which they then cooked and ate during the transfer. A political party has been registered in Holland that defends the rights and freedoms of pedophiles, reports BBC News. The party, called “Charity, Freedom and Diversity” (NVD), intends to fight for lowering the age at which one can enter into sexual relations from 16 to 12 years old, as well as for the legalization of sex with animals (bestiality) and child pornography.
Causes of degradation
The pace of modern life is so fast that today you need to run as fast as you can to stay in place. But to start sliding backwards, you just need to do nothing. The degradation process starts immediately after development stops.
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Let's look at why people begin to degrade.
Incorrect settings
The traditional value system is collapsing these days. Moral and ethical standards cease to be a guideline for young people. They are replaced by dubious ideas, which often contradict the principles of human evolutionary development.
The most striking example is a contemptuous attitude towards work and the cult of idleness. A person is taught that life is created for sensual pleasures, that working is neither cool nor prestigious, that happiness lies in carefree idleness.
This is a very harmful and destructive attitude that literally ruins people's lives. With such an attitude, a person will hate his job all his life and consider himself defective.
Even if he manages to sit on someone’s neck and live in idleness, his life will still not be happy. Evolution does not need idlers, so nature is trying with all its might to get rid of them. Depression, apathy, all kinds of addictions are just a small part of the unpleasant consequences of idleness.
And there are a lot of such destructive installations. I offer you a small test. Read the following statements and mark which ones you agree with and which ones you disagree with:
- Studying is a useless activity. Most of the knowledge is not useful to us in life, so we shouldn’t fill our brain with it.
- You don't have to work hard to succeed in life.
- A man must fully provide for a woman, but she may not work at all (responsible only to women).
- A woman should take charge of the entire household, regardless of whether she works or not (answer only to men).
- Parents are obliged to help their children even after they reach adulthood (answer only to children about their parents).
- Winning money in the lottery is more pleasant than earning money yourself.
All of the above statements are essentially harmful attitudes leading to personality degradation. If you mentally agreed with any of them, you should reconsider your views on life.
Infantilism
Infantilism is the scourge of modern society. People refuse to grow up and take responsibility for their lives. Hence the uncertainty, fear of making decisions, the desire to look for support outside, the lack of an internal core.
With such a set of problems it is very difficult to build a strong, stable personality. And a weak personality is fertile ground for all kinds of addictions and other factors that cause degradation.
Laziness
On the scale of all humanity, laziness is the engine of progress, and for an individual person it is a factor leading to degradation. By constantly indulging our laziness, we not only stop developing, but also lose what we have already achieved.
Self-esteem problems
Both high and low self-esteem can lead to degradation. A person with high self-esteem perceives himself as better than he really is. Therefore, he believes that he can do nothing and reap the benefits of his past success.
Low self-esteem forces a person to constantly sit in the comfort zone. He does not believe in himself and is terrified of failure, so he prefers to give up self-development.
Social isolation
A person can begin to rapidly degrade if he falls out of his usual social life. For example, upon retirement. He loses the social role through which he felt useful and important. If it is not possible to replace it with another, apathy begins and the person slowly sinks to the bottom.
Hard-won resources and skills are being destroyed. In old age this is especially critical. Old people, cut off from social life, often suffer from dementia, in other words, senile insanity.
Psychological trauma
Severe psychological trauma can unsettle a person for a long time. Guidelines are lost, the value system collapses, motivation and desire to live disappear. If this condition drags on for a long time, the personality will begin to collapse. Returning to normal life will not be easy.
Timely qualified psychological assistance will help avoid such developments.
No mental stress
If you do not subject your brain to regular stress, it gradually begins to degrade. New neural connections are not formed, and old ones are destroyed. The functioning of all cognitive functions deteriorates: perception, attention, memory, thinking, imagination.
So why did society not begin to live more cheerfully, but began to degrade?
In the late 60s and early 70s of the last century, humanity, distinguished by its progressiveness, faced a serious problem. The fact is that the basic needs of most people living in the United States and other leading capitalist countries have been met. Previously, people lived so well only in Paradise! After being expelled from Paradise, man had to constantly work hard to satisfy his rational and natural needs.
But in the 70s of the 20th century, average families not only did not lack healthy and tasty food, beautiful and high-quality clothing for the season, spacious, cozy and comfortable housing, but also acquired such luxury items as a car, household appliances, etc. d.
But just 10-20 years ago, all this was the American dream! Why a dream? Because all this was not available to the average person! In order to satisfy basic needs, a person who lived in the 50s and 60s had to work hard, endure all sorts of inconveniences and step on the throat of his own selfishness.
America 70s
And there is nothing strange about this, because in an ordinary English mining town in the late 50s there was only one bathroom. All other residents were forced to go to a public bathhouse, relieve themselves in street latrines during the day, and go to the toilet in chamber pots at night, the contents of which were covered with an ice crust by morning. Women washed clothes in a trough, ate fruit on major holidays, and bought flowers only for funerals.
In the 70s, two-thirds of the population of England and any other decently developed capitalist country gained access to security and everyday comfort. If earlier ordinary mortals, regardless of their country of residence, were forced to constantly struggle with hunger, cold and other signs of poverty, now the struggle for a piece of bread has faded into oblivion. Don’t believe that ordinary mortal people lived like this just recently? Then you definitely need to get acquainted with the works of Dickens, Remarque, Moravia, Hugo, Dreiser and their contemporaries!
Yesterday's poor man, forced to constantly scour for a piece of bread for himself and his family, overnight turned into a completely decent average person who eats well, dresses fashionably, has good housing, equipped with household appliances, and a personal vehicle. Elderly Europeans recall that after the end of World War II, many of them dreamed of simply eating normally and dressing normally. But after 10-20 years, the same Europeans noticed with surprise that they “no longer lacked anything.” A person who has nothing missing has eaten well, pushed the plate away from him, left the table and asked himself a reasonable question: “I’ve eaten to my heart’s content!” What next?”
The model of social development, based on satisfying basic needs with money earned by people, has exhausted itself. Not only did people not have any growth in cash or their needs, but they did not foresee any growth in the future. Only population growth could affect business growth, but in developed countries, population growth somehow did not work out.
How to understand that a person is deteriorating
Tracking degradation can be difficult. It happens slowly and may not appear until later.
Let's look at the alarm bells that can help you recognize that you are deteriorating:
- Untidy appearance. Greasy hair, dirty, wrinkled clothes, unkempt nails, an unpleasant odor - all these are signs of already advanced degradation.
- Denial of moral standards and compromises with conscience. A person begins to allow himself things that he has never allowed before. For example, deceiving loved ones.
- Refusal to take responsibility for your life. A person considers circumstances and other people to be the culprits of everything that happens to him.
- Reluctance to engage in spiritual development and self-knowledge. Needs are limited to physiological needs.
- Categorical. The world of a degraded person is divided into two poles: either black or white. There are no intermediate options.
- Tendency to self-flagellation and pathological feelings of guilt.
- Impoverishment of speech. It becomes more and more difficult for a person to formulate his thoughts, filler words and obscene language appear.
- Constant feeling of anxiety. The whole nature of man rebels against degradation. The brain signals to him that he is living incorrectly and something urgently needs to be changed.
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In Norway, the level of morality has fallen below all possible limits. Parades of sexual deviants include children holding banners promoting homosexuality and same-sex unions. Parades of sodomites in this country have become public, citywide holidays. Juvenile justice authorities fully control the behavior of parents and children. The main thesis of the authorities is that biological parents should no longer have priority in raising their own children. Parents can be punished, including the removal of their child, even for treating their children with candy. The amount of sweets must be strictly controlled. In Norway, it is illegal to cry; tears are a sign of emotional instability. The tears of a mother who lost her children due to juvenile justice will be evidence in court that she is unstable or crazy, and will only aggravate the “guilt.”
How to deal with degradation
If degradation is not stopped in time, you can smoothly sink to the bottom of life, from which it can be very difficult to get out. Once the degradation has barely begun, you can stop it on your own and start the reverse process. But you won’t be able to cope with advanced degradation, especially aggravated by chemical addictions, on your own. You need the help of loved ones and qualified treatment.
read books
The simplest and most universal way to stop degradation is reading. But only if it has not reached an advanced stage.
Do you feel like you have stopped developing lately? Pick up a book immediately. Reading not only fills our memory with new information, but also develops important parts of the brain.
You just need to approach the choice of literature with all responsibility. Second-rate pulp novels, meaningless detective stories, and memoirs of pop stars are unlikely to help stop the regression; rather, on the contrary.
Russian and foreign classics, scientific works on philosophy, ethics, history, biographies of great and successful people, encyclopedias, and self-development books are perfect.
Tidy up your appearance
Appearance is the first to suffer when degraded. Therefore, it is best to start crawling out of the hole with him. Here is a checklist that will help you tidy up your appearance, which has suffered during the regression:
- Maintain good hygiene. Shower - daily, brush your teeth - twice a day, wash your hair - when dirty.
- Throw away clothes and shoes that have lost their appearance. These are things with stubborn stains, stretched knees, faded patterns, and holes. And also shoes that can no longer be repaired.
- Put in order those things that are left. Get rid of pellets, wash off stains, iron thoroughly. Clean your shoes and treat them with special products.
- Watch your nails. Trim and remove dirt promptly.
- Don't slouch. A hunched back reveals you as a person crushed by life.
Learn to think positively
Pessimists are more susceptible to degradation than optimists. Emotional distress leads to psychological and then physical distress. Therefore, you need to literally pull yourself out of despondency by the scruff of the neck. There is no one else to do this.
Luckily, positive thinking is just a habit that anyone can develop. You need to start with spring cleaning in your own mind. Uproot all negative attitudes that, like weeds, prevent beneficial seeds from sprouting.
“I won’t succeed”, “I won’t achieve anything”, “Life is pain” - you need to get rid of all this garbage.
Then you have to learn to control your thought flow. It's not easy, but the result will pleasantly surprise you. Every time some unpleasant thought appears in your mind, immediately block it, not allowing it to grow like a snowball. Gradually, such thoughts will become less and less, and they will be replaced by positive and constructive ones.
Observe moral standards
Moral guidelines have been formed over thousands of years and are deeply imprinted in the collective consciousness. Even if you try to deny them, your brain knows on an unconscious level what is right and wrong, and judges your every action according to these criteria.
Many consider any norms to be a relic of the past and a useless framework that limits individual freedom. In fact, all these rules, on the contrary, are designed to strengthen the personality and make a person stronger.
If you become seriously interested in ethics, you will find that moral standards are the same in all developed cultures. You can turn to any religion and take the fundamental principles as a model. For example, the idea of the seven deadly sins in Christianity.
Mind your manners
Move from ethics to etiquette. Start watching how and what you say, how you behave in public places. Get rid of swearing, filler words, jargon and other verbal garbage. Be polite, tactful, courteous, moderately restrained. Stop talking loudly and laughing, because this is a sign of bad taste.
Get rid of bad habits
Of course, if it was bad habits that led you to complete degradation, then this advice will be useless. But in cases where the degradation is not so advanced and you are able to control yourself, take a step towards a healthy lifestyle.
Give up cigarettes and alcohol, reduce your consumption of coffee and other stimulants. This will not only improve your health, but also increase your self-confidence. The realization that you yourself got rid of a destructive habit through an effort of will gives a tremendous boost to your self-esteem.
Stop feeling sorry for yourself
When a person realizes that he has seriously neglected his life, he wants to feel sorry for himself, so small, weak and defenseless. You shouldn't do this. Complaining will only make the problem worse. On the contrary, you need to gather all your strength into a fist and start doing at least something to pull yourself out of the swamp.
When we feel sorry for ourselves, we personally acknowledge our weakness and worthlessness. And change can only be done from a position of strength.
Seek help from specialists
In the most advanced cases, it will not be possible to stop the destruction of personality on your own. This is especially true for degradation caused by alcohol addiction. You need to recognize your limitations and seek help from a doctor or psychotherapist.
Signs of Kali Yuga.
Srimad-Bhagavatam gives a colorful description of the Age of Degradation - Kali Yuga (Kali - fall, degradation in this context, Yuga - era). Excerpts from this chapter were at the beginning (12.2).
Sukadeva Gosvami said: O king! Due to the powerful influence of the age of degradation, religion, truthfulness, purity, patience, mercy, longevity, physical strength and memory will weaken day by day.
In the Age of Degradation, wealth alone will be considered the defining sign of good birth, correct behavior and good qualities of a person, and law and justice will be established by those who are stronger.
Men and women will cohabit only because of momentary attraction, and success in business will depend on the ability to deceive. Femininity and masculinity will be defined only by sexuality, and a brahmana will be considered one who simply wears a thread.
A person’s spiritual position will be judged only by external attributes, and the transition from one spiritual structure to another will consist only in their change. A person will be trusted only if he earns enough, and the one who skillfully juggles words will be considered an outstanding scientist.
A person will be condemned if he does not have money, hypocrisy will become a virtue, and marriage will be entered into simply by verbal consent. People will stop decorating their bodies with signs and attributes, and in order to look decent, ablution will be enough.
A distant body of water will be regarded as a holy place, and beauty will be judged by one's hairstyle. Gluttony will become the goal of life, and arrogance will be mistaken for truthfulness. The ability to support a family will become a criterion of experience, and the principles of religion will be observed only to maintain reputation. As the land is overrun by ungodly populations, the strongest will take power, regardless of class.
Having lost their wives and property because of such greedy and unmerciful rulers who will behave no better than ordinary thieves, their subjects will flee to the mountains and forests.
Plagued by hunger and excessive taxes, people will eat leaves, roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds. Suffering from drought, they will reach complete exhaustion.
Subjects will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain and snow. In addition, they will be tormented by strife, hunger, thirst, disease and unbearable anxiety.
Srimad-Bhagavatam. 12.2.1-10
How to help a degraded person
It is very difficult for people to watch their loved ones deteriorate. I want to help, but it’s not clear how. Indeed, in such a situation it is very easy to cause harm and aggravate the situation. Let's look at a strategy for how to behave if a loved one is falling into a hole.
Stop babying him
Very often, loved ones try to “treat” a person with care and patronage. They see, for example, that a person lives in dirt, and come to the rescue with buckets and rags. It seems like a noble impulse to help, but the effect is the opposite.
A person becomes convinced that being weak is beneficial, and degradation begins to gain momentum. If earlier he simply did nothing and decayed, then after regular help from compassionate relatives he begins to believe that everyone owes him for his inferiority.
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A degraded person already knows very well that he is living wrong. Simply inertia, lack of motivation and fear do not allow him to move forward. If you remind him of this every day in an edifying tone, it will only cause rejection and protest. Or maybe even drive you deeper into depression.
Encourage any useful activity
A person who has realized his degradation faces a serious problem. He wants to return to normal life and take the path of development, but he does not have enough internal resources. Energy is at zero, knowledge and skills are lost, he does not know what to take on and how to act.
This is where the help of loved ones will come in handy. If you see that a person has really come to his senses and reconsidered his way of life, help him take the first steps on this path.
Advise him on what training courses to take, how to organize his daily routine, what to change in himself to be more productive. Moderate material assistance can also be provided, preferably not with money, but with targeted payment for some goods and services for self-development.
Be an inspiration
In almost every article about self-development, I advise people to communicate with those who are smarter, more successful, and more motivated than them. Having a positive example before your eyes helps you achieve results faster, gain motivation, learn from invaluable experience and put it into practice. You too can become such an example for your loved one.
Demonstrate activity, energy, and determination around him. Try to involve him in various activities that you yourself enjoy, take him out of the house more often. He will see that living an interesting and rich life is cool.
Provide psychological support
All degraded people are deeply unhappy and depressed. They may even have thoughts of suicide. Sometimes they just need someone to talk to without fear of receiving a portion of condemnation in return. Give him this opportunity sometimes.
During the conversation, listen carefully and encourage him. But don't regret it under any circumstances. And don't let him wallow in self-pity.
BRITANNIA
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The UK government has backed a ban on workers and employees of British companies openly wearing crosses, justifying dismissal for such an act. For this reason, the same government allowed child condoms invented in Switzerland to be sold. In Britain they also took care of the health of young girls. Oxfordshire students have the opportunity... to order emergency contraception using SMS messages. The pills are given to girls by school nurses. Schoolgirls over 11 years old can use this modern service. This program was developed by the local administration and the regional branch of the First Medical Aid Foundation.
DENMARK
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Poor Danish women are forced to have abortions under the threat of having their existing child taken away: “My social worker told me that if I want the daughter I already have to stay with me, I have to have an abortion,” the young woman told Copenhagen Post". Peter Brugge, head of social services, is convinced that his subordinate had the right to mention abortion: “... they must be aware of the possible consequences if they suddenly decide to give birth to another child.” In Denmark, along with regular brothels where anyone can satisfy their sexual fantasies, there are animal brothels where people pay for sex with horses and other animals. This type of service has also become widespread in countries such as Norway, Germany, Holland and Sweden. As long as no excesses occur, and as long as neither people nor animals suffer from this, the governments of these countries will not impose a ban on the provision of this type of service...
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In the Swedish capital of Stockholm, 90% of the dead are cremated; 45% of the urns are not taken by relatives. The vast majority of funerals take place “without ceremony.” The crematorium workers do not know whose remains they specifically burn, because the urns only have an identification number. For economic reasons, the energy obtained from the burned urns is optionally included in heating one’s own home or in the city’s heating system. In 2010, in Sodermalm, a district of Stockholm, the staff of the institution replaced the “he” and “she”, in Swedish, “han” and “hon”, in addressing children, respectively, with the genderless word “hen”, which does not exist in the classical language , but is common among homosexuals. According to the Swedish Association for Sexual Equality (RFSL), in Sweden more than 40 thousand children have parents (or one parent) who are homosexual. In 1998, an exhibition by photographer Elisabeth Olson, who depicted Christ and his apostles as homosexuals, became a sensation in Sweden. The exhibition was extremely popular, naturally, primarily among pederasts. One of the places where it took place was the pulpit of the Lutheran Church. In 2003-2004, after a speech by Pastor Oke Green, who in his sermon condemned homosexual relationships, calling them sinful. For “disrespect for the sexual minority,” the pastor was sentenced by the Court of First Instance to a month in prison. In 2009, openly lesbian Eva Brunne was elected bishop of the Stockholm diocese. The juvenile system in Western Europe has become a punitive body that destroys families. For example, in Sweden, an average of 12 thousand children are taken away from their parents every year. The pretext may be “mistakes in upbringing,” “mental underdevelopment of parents,” and even “excessive guardianship.” Since 1979, there has been an absolute ban on corporal punishment of children. Parents cannot slap their child on the head, pull his ear, or raise their voice at him with impunity. If punished, the child faces 10 years in prison. Even from kindergarten, children are informed in detail about their rights and the need to report such incidents to the police. And they take advantage of it. In a conflict between the interests of the child and the interests of the parent, the state takes the side of the child.
Analysis of the concept
The word "degradation" has Latin roots. The prefix “de” – subtraction, gradus – step, step. Degradatio – reduction, deterioration of the characteristics of a phenomenon or object.
The term is widely used in the scientific field. In sociology, the degradation of society, characterized by the loss of social attitudes. Biology describes evolutionary atrophy as the loss of limbs that the body does not need. Psychology – spiritual degradation, deprivation of moral principles.
How it appears and who is susceptible
Where there is evolution, there is degradation. Nature has been testing its inhabitants for stress resistance for many years. Its weapons are biological, geological, and social factors of influence. From pathological microorganisms to natural disasters, it reveals the living world's ability to survive. If you save a life, you get a reward. Improving brain activity, increasing physical characteristics, developing communication skills - all these are signs of evolution. Then how does personality degradation appear? Inaction and weakness are punishable by deprivation of functionality. Reluctance to work for one's own benefit is punished by a decrease in the quality of life. Why does a cheetah need fast legs if it does not hunt fast antelopes? Or high intelligence for a person who is not interested in self-development?
