All societies evolve and change, and eventually die off or merge with another. Western society is no different. We've had a good run of 2,500 years, longer than most civilizations, from our classical roots in antiquity through the Dark Ages to the age of exploration and conquest to world wars and now to...well, to whatever we are at right now.
I frankly don't buy the whole "Western civilization is doomed!!" line, because I see a lot of promise in us, a lot of things we have given to the world, and still give, that China, for instance, with all its industrial might, will never match. As a society we've been through things far worse than riots and government gridlock and financial meltdowns, and although I think I passed into the "damned kids, git off mah lawn!" phase of adult psyche around seven or eight years ago, I don't see my generation and the one before it making such an unholy mess of things, as many people seem to think we will.
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Date: 22/8/11 13:52 (UTC)I frankly don't buy the whole "Western civilization is doomed!!" line, because I see a lot of promise in us, a lot of things we have given to the world, and still give, that China, for instance, with all its industrial might, will never match. As a society we've been through things far worse than riots and government gridlock and financial meltdowns, and although I think I passed into the "damned kids, git off mah lawn!" phase of adult psyche around seven or eight years ago, I don't see my generation and the one before it making such an unholy mess of things, as many people seem to think we will.