The man who doesn't read has no advantage over the man who cannot read, but the man who decides what information is available to read has the greatest advantage over all other men.
The man who doesn't read has no advantage over the man who cannot read, but the man who decides what information is available to read has the greatest advantage over all other men.
If you think Judeo morality and Christian morality are in any way similar, you might look into reading the Talmud. They are as far apart as Christianity and Islam.This is my personal view:
Judeo-Christian morality is the core value of Western Civilization. Right and wrong, in the Old Testament, were defined by written laws - and compliance with those laws was based on the observations of other men. In the New Testament, Jesus raised the bar - if a man thought about committing improper conduct, he committed it. Men need not observe the illicit act - God did. Either way, Judeo-Christian morality had a definite code of right and wrong, complete with consequences for each.
The movies (in the earliest part of the 20th century) and more recently TV, have assaulted the Judeo-Christian value system, first gently and now bluntly. In the movies a "good guy" can say, do and think evil thoughts and still be characterized as a good guy. Audiences by into this forgivable misconduct, and incorporate it in their behavioral norm.
Marxist philosophy includes no equivalent to Judeo-Christian moral principles. So Hollywood's incorporation of Marxist behavior into movie and tv characters comprised the first broad-based step away from Western Civilization's cultural norms. Secular music was next.
Today we're now waaaaaaaaay down that road - and perhaps close to the "dead" end.
Just my personal view.
I read, and re-read, and re-read again my original post. Nowhere did I assert that "Judeo" morality and Christian morality are in any way similar.If you think Judeo morality and Christian morality are in any way similar, you might look into reading the Talmud. They are as far apart as Christianity and Islam.
I just cannot see the connection between "Cultural Marxism" and the television.
The years in your chart, 1950 and 1978 were years of a lot of advancements, not just the television. Please excuse me, as this is why I thought you were being sarcastic. There was just a lot going on. It was shortly after WWII, people were working, making money, traveling more etc. NASA was a big deal, etc.
The fact that more houses had televisions is just more of a coincidence than anything else. More houses had phones too for that matter.
Wouldn't it be great if we could hit Hillary's reset button and go back to phase 3?If you want an eye opener and want to learn
our future (this has happened at least 4 times
through out History), google this;
Currently we are at Phase 6.
From what I gather a Civilization lasts 275 years.
The Cycle of Civilization 7 Phases
- Phase 1 — Stability
- Phase 2 — Early Growth
- Phase 3 — Prosperity
- Phase 4 — Overshoot
- Phase 5 — Hubris
- Phase 6 — Totalitarianism
- Phase 7 — Emergence
The fact that we keep to ourselves is empowering the mass media. Before teevee, neighbors often socialized with each other and people had conversations about race, religion and politics. Now everyone watches the talking heads on the boob tube on the six o'clock news, they already "know everything" and have no reason the talk to anyone. The media has made it "impolite" to discuss race, religion and politics so in the few instances we talk to neighbors it's small talk about weather and such.It is only OUR Fault. We all keep to ourselves. Out of 30 houses on our street, I only talk to about 5 neighbors.
We stopped being friends with one when we found out they were pot heads, another never keeps up their house or lawn and we never see them and another treated me wrong.
Why? -- As the old song goes Why can't we be friends?
We're smack in the middle of phase 6. Now where's the numbered list to halt and reverse this circling the drain? Cause we're going down otherwise.If you want an eye opener and want to learn
our future (this has happened at least 4 times
through out History), google this;
Currently we are at Phase 6.
From what I gather a Civilization lasts 275 years.
The Cycle of Civilization 7 Phases
- Phase 1 — Stability
- Phase 2 — Early Growth
- Phase 3 — Prosperity
- Phase 4 — Overshoot
- Phase 5 — Hubris
- Phase 6 — Totalitarianism
- Phase 7 — Emergence
DISCUSSING THE HARD SUBJECTS AND SHARING OUR EXPERIENCES IS HOW WE LEARN THAT THE MESSAGES PUT OUT BY THE MAN ARE UNREFINED BS....... WHICH IS WHAT THEY ARE AFRAID OF. Sadly, most normal humans who have something to lose don't want to revolt and thus lose it. The only "revolutionaries" are the kids and neer do wells with nothing to lose. They need to keep the hand outs coming.The fact that we keep to ourselves is empowering the mass media. Before teevee, neighbors often socialized with each other and people had conversations about race, religion and politics. Now everyone watches the talking heads on the boob tube on the six o'clock news, they already "know everything" and have no reason the talk to anyone. The media has made it "impolite" to discuss race, religion and politics so in the few instances we talk to neighbors it's small talk about weather and such.
I say it's OK to discuss unpopular subjects and disagree. Nothing hostile about that.