Years from now there will be studies done

And they still won’t have an answer as to why the United States of America went mad.

They will talk about changing demographics; stagnation in people’s living standards; political apathy that turns to political distrust then to political anger; excessive influence by something called one percenters or the donor class; youth that became disconnected with humanity vis a vie technology; misguided expectations; excessive debt; idolization of celebrities; and more. Yet, they will not be right. These topics may be part of the problem, but the collective madness that permeated the entire country will defy any logical explanation.

As all good psychologists do, they will want to label this madness. Even this will fail, the madness is so unique.

The same country that created the world’s greatest economy; brought forth social changes never before seen in human history in rapid fashion; reached the cusp of improving the lot of humanity; created and invented at an outstanding rate; almost destroyed itself in a Civil War that to prove that all men have inalienable rights; and more. It accomplished so much in 200 years and was ready to go even further when for some still  unexplained reason fell upon itself in just a few decades. At first the decline was slow, but accelerated near the end at light speed.

Institution after institution was dismantled by a complete loss of decorum, belief in what was true disappeared; education was an afterthought; social interaction was dictated by the devices people used to interact, no more did they talk, only swarm together in technological hives and feedback loops that validated their existence and beliefs; human touch disappeared as these devices claimed every waking moment; civil discourse was replaced by public hatred; moral high ground became a valley as people shunned any semblance of a value driven society; greed and fame became symptoms of this loss of values; everyone blamed others and no one took responsibility either at the individual level or at the societal level and all this even though the greatest document mankind had ever written was the foundation of the country’s very existence. A document that outlined a pragmatic way to live what some called the Golden Rule, to treat others with the respect they would expect to be treated by others.

There will be papers, thesis, books, and more, yet there will not be an answer. The madness was so complete the country collapsed upon itself in an ugly societal explosion that caused a massive crater in human existence. The aftershocks spread throughout the planet almost causing a complete acquiescence to the same madness. It would take decades for the rest of humanity to be able to stand up once again and move forward. And it would take decades for people to look back at this madness and come up with the courage to study it. The fear always being it would reappear, yet mankind wanted to know. They won’t and their best defense was to run completely from this madness and live a much simpler life.

I hope I am wrong and we survive our current dehumanization of the human spirit and move forward again. I truly want us to do better.

Cheers