I am sure this is a prominent question, and maybe it has been asked here already, or maybe not. I am unsure. 

Anyways, as society progresses, things change. That most is obvious. Either for the good, or for the bad, even for the ugly, there are changes that people agree with, and some that people do not agree with. You cannot please everyone. 

So, going back to the question, what is something about society today, that really worries you? 

The economy is a huge issue and problem that many people around the world, not just the big debt and American spending issues, but also financial break downs in Europe, etc. 

There are many moral issues as well that pose an issue to many, such as viewing other cultures as morally wrong. I myself have certain opinions on cultures, and sometimes I do not agree with what they do...but who am I to say it's wrong? It may or may not be, but again, you cannot please everyone. 

There's a lot to say about this, I am just having a brain fart. Please share your thoughts, and be kind in doing so. 

If there is already a thread posing this question, forgive my ignorance and close this. 

I'm not worried about society, its healthy I mean look at this. It's black friday and all the idiots with their money going out buying stupid crap made by chinese people which really only cost 10 cents to make.

Let me start off by apologizing for how some people might feel about this post, I do not apologize for what I have said:

I have a pulsating annoyance with the way that society willingly segregates itself. The global phenomenon of trying to allocate yourself with any group or "clique" is flawed, and eating away at the very structure of society as a whole. By trying to "belong" to these groups, you further drive the wedging stake that is the difference you may hate.

People purposely shun, and (more or less) hate other people based on trivial things that they cling to, that don't define them as a person, yet they wear it on their sleeves as if to provide a hallow service that doesn't actually exist. Almost to appease some innate fallacy that drives people to find differences to attack, seemingly on purpose.

It is grossly apparent that people are no longer satisfied with just being themselves, they must aggrandize their existence with meaningless titles and ideologically flawed views that not only show weakness within themselves, but further prove that this sub-society structure we claim to have is destined to crumble at our feet, merely because there is no faith, or trust, and almost purposely so by the people involved.

I don't know the direct cause, but I hope to figure it out, because this crack in the fault-line only seems to widen with each passing year, and it bloody frightens me.

Thank you for reading, and have a good day.

O tempora, o mores!

Honestly, the one thing about society that worries me are the people that worry about society.

Aside from being annoying (because I'm on the whole, pretty apathetic about the idea of society anyway) they are often misguided, fed false information, or are outright wrong. Then they tell people, and they fall in line. Eventually an army of misled or misguided people could force a bad decision that would ultimately hurt us even more in the long term.

And this children, is why you form your own opinions, but never speak out about them.

Well, for starters, the question itself is a bit concerning. Instead of constantly talking about what's wrong with society today, we should be discussing what's great about society and what we should improve upon. Though I suppose you do mean to discuss advances rather than just let this thread turn into a bunch of complaints, yes? Touching upon what Monstrous said, I'll leave this quote here: 

"I am not who I think I am. I am not who you think I am. I am who I think YOU think I am."
People are much too worried about how they come off, instead of worrying about being themselves. 

Anyway, along with 'cliques' and all that, technology is starting to look rather scary. Especially with Google Glass and social media becoming ever more popular, technology is allowing us to creep closer and closer towards isolating ourselves behind machines and living the WALL-E life. I saw an ad for Google Glass where one of the people working on it said they were trying to get people closer by bringing their contacts right in front of them so they can multitask and whatnot more easily. Really? Bringing more tech into our lives instead of human interaction is bringing as further apart. Soon enough I worry we might all walk around in an Iron Man type outfit full of "social" gear.
Also trying to state some opinions, give info, and ramble all at the same time. Hope that was all consistent and coherent. Good night

Well, as not to gripe on our society... I will first point out that our society is doing rather well in areas where most falter. However I personally believe the worst thing we as a society did was be rid of trading and bartering. Had we kept that instead of creating our lovely money systems I bet you that not just our society but our entire world would probably been a lot more peaceful... In short, greed kills.

I fear for how a large population of parents nowadays never allow their children to fail, nor provide criticism or correction.  I work in a place with a large youth population (3 months to 14 year olds) and when you tell them they did something wrong or incorrect, they crumble like mud walls.  They're used to being told they're smart, they're great, and good effort.  I introduce the idea that they actually have to be right and correct to succeed and effort isn't enough and their faces screw up with tears and emotion.  They can't handle the part where they have to put the effort in and they get told they're wrong.

2 + 2 isn't 5?  Well, mom says it's good try and I'm smart anyway.

No, you're wrong.  Do it again.

What?  I'm WRONG?  and not smart? WAAAAAAH!

That is a conversation I have on a daily basis, be it athletics, academics, or gross/fine motor skills.  Parents simply do everything for their kids and never let them fail and the kids have no idea how to deal with it.

That concerns me.

Here in Europe and in my own country what I worry the most, is the rise of the fascist and racist right wing from some street level to the parliaments and to having some actual political leverage. I know some of their support is because of the anti-European union stance but what they really are about is something lots scarier. Even though they deny it, their core supporters are racists, homophobes and straight out fascists and one truly in power, they are not afraid to show their true colors.

I am not myself the most pro-EU person but I just find it sad that these people who are basically the second coming of the Nazis have taken all criticism towards the EU to themselves like there would be no other alternative to the EU except rabid nationalism and racism. It really worries me. I can see already happening here. 

I agree with what warmaker stated.

Parents are too scared to scold their children so if their child can't do it they will do it.  Then there are some parents I deal with that just drop their kids off on me so they don't have to deal with them.

Parents are either over protecting their children or just ignoring them and leaving the state to educate them.  School is not enough for a child they need a parent's guidance and guidance comes in guiding, structure, scolding, and complimenting.  You can't just do one of them.

With some of the children I take care of I treat them as my parents treated me and my siblings.  Everyone gets chores to do around the house. They do it after they have done their home work when they get dropped off the bus.  The tv, phones, and computers are not turned on till home work is done and chores are done.

Now I don't make these kids clean my house but they make their snacks, set up for snack time, then clean up.  Everyone that can walk can help.  (Meaning anyone older than a crawling toddler can help.)

My other worry is about the lack of notice of mental health in schools and jobs.  You see it every day someone disturbed, showing signs, gets ignored and causes a blood bath.
I believe in work they should have a mental health screening every year, same at school.  This would probably catch more of these problem people than what is being caught now.

Well it kind of depends on which society you're talking about, Northern European societies seem to be doing great, while some developing countries need massive improvements.

There are a myriad of problems with any society, but the main two for me would be people who have children, and stupid people. They ruin everything.

People will keep procreating at an exponential rate until our natural resources can't be allocated to all of them, oh yeah, that already has happened. THOUSAND of people starve every day, STOP having children you ridiculous people, there are too many already.

It should also be obvious why stupidity and lack of education are a big problem, people need to form their own opinions, this also goes in tandem with the complaint about bad parenting. Stupid parents make stupid kids.

I am worried about solitude.

Sounds weird, but keep reading. Because of technological advancement, we really could order our life so that we never have to deal with people. We can work at home, play games at home, eat and home, and never is there personal interaction.

While it sounds ridiculous for someone to intentionally do that, this solitude thing has become an increasing issue. Kids don't have decent social skills because WoW is there only outlet. Where people fail to do certain tasks, computers can do much better so the workplace is now just a boss and a techie who rarely talk. Everything that can be automated is automated. As technology continues to progress, more things will become automated, and the need for actual people will decrease. I do think that solitude will be an issue.

Really the only thing that bothers me about society is the people that worry a bout society.. I get pulled into many conversations concerning it and it's just like there is nothing you can do.. it is what it is.. and it is time to get over it. We can't change what our society has become all we can do is hope... worrying does nothing but kill you.




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what really annoys me about society (not all people do this) is post basically nude pictures of themselves on the Internet, I mean come on have some self respect people, please put on a damn t-shirt at least.
If I did something like that my mother and my grandmother would ring my neck.

if I have offended you in anyway I apologize, but it had to be said

People are too addicted to their iPhones and what ever they are.. Spending half of your days in facebooks, instagrams and in other stupid sites.. Even when you are in the party there are almost half of them just playing with their phones or posting stupid pictures on facebook. It's pretty annoying.

Okay, here is what worries me about society. Disclaimer I am a Christian so you can probably guess where this is going. What concerns me about society is we have a generation of youngsters that have not heard the word of God and they do not know him. As a society it bothers me that we are forgetting about God. What also bothers me is we call evil good and bad evil. Justin Bieber and Cyrus are glorified in the media but you take somebody like Tim Tebow they are villified. Also want scares me is I feel like we are in a society were people are trusting the government to save them and that is always a bad thing. 

Disclaimer: I did not mean for any of this to be offensive this just my opinion of course 

tornadocam :

I don't know about that. I am from a country where everybody who went to school (a public school to boot) has heard the word of god and the church and the government are pretty much the same thing and though I have never been to America, the popular culture is pretty much the same thing there that it is here and the kids act and think the same in general terms. And yeah I say this also as a Christian. I mean, if you went to school here you did not escape the word of god. Because the government had legislation that did not let you.

I worry about the future of our society. I don't think society can fight off monopolies in America. They're slowly going to dominate the things in present day so that their future is secured and ordinary citizens can't do anything to change it. Soon all ISP's,phone lines, television, books, television, music ,etc will be a million times more "structured" into a s***ty formula and slowly ruin humanity's ability to innovate and create.

Those lawyers man...

What worries me is how poor the world is at the moment. Like back then, once you're eighteen you can handle yourself. These days, because of how bad it is, people became more dependant. As a friend told me, the world isn't suitable to raise kids and might never will.

Another thing, the waste we accumulate. We need to do something to delay the destruction of our planet because it's not just earth we're destroying. We're also destroying all living things and organisms that live among us. I want my kid to see the wonders of the world, not the dump or waste factories.

That's all I have at this early time.