Is the American society and culture really sicker today, in 2009, than anytime in the past?

[rstevens62]

Originally Posted by nickerman

Channel 11 in Chicago shows a film yearly where people who grew up in 1930s Chicago are interviewed. This one lady that was a teenager in the 1930s said that on a hot summer night(there were no air conditioners back then) she would walk down to the nearest park all alone in her pajamas with a pillow and blanket and sleep in the park without one thought that somebody would do her harm. And a person could do that in any park in the city of Chicago. Another guy interviewed said everyone knew everyone in the neighborhood. You know a neighbors aunts and uncles, cousins, etc. There were many people interviewed and the name of the tape is either Chicago Remembered or Remembering Chicago. But I think that there about 6 tapes covering different years and I don't think that you can order only the tape of the 1930s.
Anyway, to answer your questions as to whether or not American culture is sicker today I have to say yes it is a nightmare compared to what it once was and is supposed to be. The author Russell Baker(I think that is his name) once wrote that "if a person could step foot from 1940 American into America today he would be shocked and horrified, it would be like a futuristic nightmare come true."
WW2 put an end to our America. We sided with the communists and the communists won the war. So now we have what we have sown.

Same thing would happen if someone from today stepped into a time machine and got off 50-100 yrs from now, Im sure depravity of all sorts would be on the extreme level, but seem like the norm to people living at the time.

This is really desensitization, its going on right now, all the time, we are always being bombarded with news that desensitizes us in the process, to the point where we are not disgusted anymore. I personally do not think this happens by coincidence.

[Luciano700]

Originally Posted by nickerman

Channel 11 in Chicago shows a film yearly where people who grew up in 1930s Chicago are interviewed. This one lady that was a teenager in the 1930s said that on a hot summer night(there were no air conditioners back then) she would walk down to the nearest park all alone in her pajamas with a pillow and blanket and sleep in the park without one thought that somebody would do her harm. And a person could do that in any park in the city of Chicago. Another guy interviewed said everyone knew everyone in the neighborhood. You know a neighbors aunts and uncles, cousins, etc. There were many people interviewed and the name of the tape is either Chicago Remembered or Remembering Chicago. But I think that there about 6 tapes covering different years and I don't think that you can order only the tape of the 1930s.
Anyway, to answer your questions as to whether or not American culture is sicker today I have to say yes it is a nightmare compared to what it once was and is supposed to be. The author Russell Baker(I think that is his name) once wrote that "if a person could step foot from 1940 American into America today he would be shocked and horrified, it would be like a futuristic nightmare come true."
WW2 put an end to our America. We sided with the communists and the communists won the war. So now we have what we have sown.

Lol, wut?