Is individualism destroying us?

Is individualism destroying us:

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Is individualism destroying us?

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Is it making society weaker?

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Is it slowly eroding the West and its values?

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We’re becoming increasingly stuck.

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Stuck in our homes.

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Stuck to our devices.

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Stuck to our routines.

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Spending more time speaking digitally.

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Less time speaking in person.

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More time in the Matrix.

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Less time in real life.

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Is that because of the West?

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Social media companies?

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Western values?

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Because the east is about the unit.

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The family.

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People around you.

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It’s routine to have generations of families live together in Eastern cultures.

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The West is less so.

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More people are sending their parents to retirement homes rather than care for them.

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That happens less in Asian households.

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You are raised with the family being everything.

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Does it create problems?

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1000%.

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Having 3 generations live in one house has its own issues.

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But you’re taught to socialize and be with people of different generations.

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Different people at different stages.

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Now we have people isolated.

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By themselves.

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In condos.

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In dorms.

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In houses.

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Not wanting to leave.

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Addicted to their phone.

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Choosing not to participate in the world.

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Or doing it behind a screen.

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Thinking their whole personality can be digital.

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Many are great texters and yet have no social skills.

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They can’t speak to you in person.

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They’re stale.

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They’re boring.

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They have no chat.

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You also have people leaving the dating market.

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A few podcasters like Chris Williamson and Professor Galloway have been talking about this.

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People are not wanting to date.

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They’d rather get a dog, pet or just be by themselves.

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Families aren’t being promoted. 

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That has a lot to do with where we are economically IMO more so than anything else, but it’s also emotional.

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We need to start getting people in front of each other.

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Undistracted.

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Having conversations.

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Learning about each other.

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We don’t do that enough.

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We’re stuck being trapped.

Trapped in our phones.

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Trapped in our algorithms.

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Trapped in our head.

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We’re made to believe by the US media that your happiness is the most important.

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It’s about your desires, not anyone else’s.

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It’s about your goals and not the goals of society.

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They make you believe in the individual rather than the collective.

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Your desires will destroy you.

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There’s a reason the Bhagavad Gita says desire is the cause of misery.

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Do not believe your own desires are all that should be satisfied.

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Especially at the expense of others.

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Obeying individualistic desires is slavery.

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And we’re all trapped.

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All we really want is social connection.

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We need it.

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Loneliness has been declared a global health crisis.

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The physical effects are worse than that of smoking packs a day for decades.

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The longest study on happiness in history done by Harvard over 70+ years said the number one predictor of happiness is relationships.

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It’s having people around you and enjoying life with them.

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Life is boring alone.

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It’s not fun.

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It’s not enjoyable.

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It’s not meaningful.

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Life is great when you’re enjoying it with others around you.

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The collective is important.

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Not the individual.

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Don’t let individualism isolate you.

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Don’t let individualism control you.

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Don’t let individualism destroy you.

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