Western Society has got Decadent

When people obtained a standard of living that meant they struggled less or not at all, people used the time and comfort to reflect on how they were different and unique, when you could stop worrying about keeping them alive you could devote yourself enjoying how special your kids were, their thoughts are special, their lives special. Social media has given every one of the special people a kind of reality show of their very own, where they can showcase how very special they and all their thoughts are.

When I was little I genuinely thought the very best thing in the world to be was sensible, it was a word used a lot at home. Make sensible choices, exercise sensible judgement, have sensible friends and generally just be a sensible and dependable person. I was never told I was special, but I was told I was clever/sensible/funny/whatever, whenever I did something clever/sensible/funny/etc. I was praised by my parents, but not for just existing.

Bring back being sensible and raising sensible kids, I say. The world doesn't need special people with special thoughts and insights who raise special children, it needs sensible people more than anything. Not every thought or whim or desire is worth exploring, uttering, protecting or legalizing. Sometimes you're not being alternative or thinking outside the box, you're being daft. You aren't a one of a kind, uniquely complex person who needs to be understood, you just need to grow the F up and be sensible about things. The problem with that is that being sensible sounds a lot more boring than being special or part of whatever social movement is getting the maximum amount of attention at any given moment.

Apply that on a worldwide scale and there's be no problems in the world.