That sounds like the entirety of western civilization, except maybe the military part.
Also, when has pop music been about anything but self indulgence? It is a product that sells itself while selling other stuff. It has become more blatant about promoting/reinforcing the I want it -> I need it -> I deserve it -> NOW. economic mentality. As far as moral decline .. every generation thinks the ones after it are more morally corrupt than theirs, until they completely lose touch and give up on trying to understand. Damn kids these days! On 4/26/2012 10:14 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Rome is burning people." > > There are a lot of similarities between a declining Rome and the USA in its > current state. > > Government taking care of the poor to keep them happy. > Public spectacles to keep the poor distracted (professional sports and > crappy TV). > Moral decline of the citizens (have you listened to pop music lately? It's > all about self indulgence.Watch TV? Ugggh.). > A huge immigration problem. Too many immigrants to be assimilated into > society. > A military that is stretched thin. > > J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350285 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
