We all need Jesus!
No kidding, it would make for a much better world and some day, he's coming back, but until then what exactly is wrong with us?
The hostility, the division, the anger, the smirks, and rude behavior seems to surround us everywhere we go, even online...especially online.
I have a theory and I am sure many people will disagree, but I remember when social media started to take off in around 2008-2009...somewhere in there. People, especially younger people, would post their emotions online and if you confronted them face to face they got embarrassed and removed that post. It was because that was not who they really were, maybe it was, but it was not how they wanted to be seen in "public".
Somewhere along the line, people stopped being embarrassed by things they posted online and became defiant. "It's my page and I can post what I want, if you don't like it unfollow me" or something along these lines. It was a weird transition, but people started to remove the veil of being a "nice" person. I guess it made/makes us more authentic, it's who we really are or can be, but it is it good for society? It seems to be in everything we do from politics to mask wearing during a global pandemic for gosh sakes.
My point is that the hostility, division, anger, etc has now moved from online into the real world. We've forgotten how to act with decency, even if it were a phony decency, but it seemed we got along better.
Who knows?
Maybe I am just aging and wishing life were like the "good old days" before the Internet, social media and cars (just kidding), or have we descended into an abyss that cannot be fought out of, but fought inside and that does not help anything.
It just rewards the meanest, best fighter...for the moment until someone meaner and better comes along.
