07-02-2021, 10:51 AM
I know the thread subject itself probably is immediately contentious. Is there really any kind of values consensus forming in our society? I do think we are gravitating towards one, if not a "consensus" per se then a dominant majoritarian set of values. And it's driven by the Millennial generation, the young adult generation with a strong need for social consensus as a guide to behavior, which is why I put this thread in this particular sub-forum. This is something I've thought about a lot, and written about a lot, over the past twenty years. Here is my latest blog post on the subject:
http://stevebarrera.com/an-emerging-values-consensus/
Rather than reproduce the post entirely, I'll just give the summary of where I think we are headed, based on my own survey of the zeitgeist, totally non-scientific of course:
http://stevebarrera.com/an-emerging-values-consensus/
Rather than reproduce the post entirely, I'll just give the summary of where I think we are headed, based on my own survey of the zeitgeist, totally non-scientific of course:
- Pro-gun rights
- Pro-marijuana legalization
- Equal rights for LGBTQ
- “Counter-culture” mainstreamed (everyone has a tattoo these days)
- Pornography accepted
- Continued restrictions on abortion, though it will never be fully banned
- Justice and police reform
- Reform to improve the lot of lower economic classes, even if it’s “socialism”
- A path to citizenship for “dreamers,” but immigration otherwise limited
- Acceptance of a multicultural, multiracial, multi-religious society, to the chagrin of White Christian Nationalists
Steve Barrera
[A]lthough one would like to change today's world back to the spirit of one hundred years or more ago, it cannot be done. Thus it is important to make the best out of every generation. - Hagakure
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[A]lthough one would like to change today's world back to the spirit of one hundred years or more ago, it cannot be done. Thus it is important to make the best out of every generation. - Hagakure
Saecular Pages