Is Society Improving or Declining? By Laertis

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Pictorial Essay

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The Books Tell The Story

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More Books

There are over two hundred more

books like them

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The Internet Blogs Tell The Story

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The Daily Images Tell The Story

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The Deficit

We now pile up over $1 trillion debt per year! Does anyone think that this is good for the country?

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Is This Good For The Country?

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Is This Good For The Country?

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Decline Of Unions

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47 Million People In Poverty

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People On Food Stamps

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Other Interesting KPIs

• Suicide rate

• Murder rate; multiple killings rate

• Teen pregnancy rate

• Deviant behavior rate

• People exiting the country rate

• People dropping out of society rate

• Number of guns being sold rate

• Number of domestic terrorists rate

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All The Rates Are Up!

• Does anyone wonder why?

• Does anyone worry about it?

• Does the media and government really care?

• Does anyone really debate the causes?

• Is anyone really doing anything about them?

• Did you ever wonder why most countries avoid any discussion regarding their own KPIs and the trends associated with them?

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You’ve Guessed it

• It’s not a pretty picture!

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Divorce Rate

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Michigan Divorce Rate

There is a high correlation between unemployment, financial woes and divorce rates

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Is this True? As the family goes, so does the country?

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Obesity Rate

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Our Kids Today

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1950s 2000s

By 2025 Almost 50% Of Population Will Be Obese

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Heart Attack Death Rate Decreased Due To New Surgeries and

Technologies

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Reminder

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Diabetes Rate

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Cancer Death Rates

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That Is Even Worst

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What Has Contributed To The Decline?

• Being big, fat, dumb and happy

• Narcissism

• Complacency

• Culture of infinite forgiveness, acceptance and tolerance

• Culture of Entitlement

• Political correctness and multi-culturalism

• Being soft

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Does This Make Sense Now?

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Political Correctness Is Used To Mess People’s Minds By Distorting Reality

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Food For Thought

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Culture Of Making Everyone and Everything Acceptable Results In:

• Making the abnormal normal

• Loss of self-respect and self-worth

• Loss of self-esteem and confidence

• Loss or dignity and pride

• Becoming more willing to get into drugs, alcohol and decadent or depraved lifestyle

• Becoming more susceptible into doing crime

• Less inclined to help society

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The Grime Of Society

Discussion:

What happens to any system* that picks up too much grime and

muck?

Do you know that this is one of the top three topics that society

does not want to address or discuss?

* --- Society is a system

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Self-Correction Systems

• Laws, Regulations

• Rules, Rulings

• Commandments, Religious Teachings

• Jails and Prisons

• Death Penalty

• Civil Unrest, Uprisings, Revolutions

• Civil Wars, Wars

• Acts of God and Nature

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Clarification

• No one is advocating to killing all the misfits, weirdoes and nuts. However, we need to reinvent society the right way because the current society not only has lost its bearings and map, it has lost all sense of direction and purpose. It is just allows the winds of change to take it wherever it may. There are no true leaders in the Government or society … just demagogues

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And Then We have This! God Help Us!

Rudderless flying! Very few people understand the

essence or consequences of this

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We Know How The Rudderless Journey Ends!

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So, What Happens When …

• A PC cannot be cleaned or repaired?

• A vehicle cannot be cleaned or repaired?

• A machine cannot be cleaned or repaired?

• A body of water cannot be cleaned?

• An organism cannot be cleaned or get rid of its own waste?

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind …

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Yes …

• All systems need a cleaning or scrubbing down from time to time and society is not any different. Society is a complex system and as such it needs a good scrub down. But society must have the guts to do it!!!!!!!!

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But We Must First Overcome the Prevalent Attitudes and Stupid Questions

• Who are you to tell us what is right and wrong?

• Who are you to tell us what is normal and abnormal?

• Who are you to tell us what is acceptable and unacceptable?

• Who are you to tell us what is good and bad or evil?

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The Truth

• We are taking 30,000 years of wisdom and throwing it away because we feel that we know better than all previous people, societies and civilizations!

Now that is Arrogance!

Arrogance leads to Selfishness

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We Have Forgotten That:

• No nation or society can progress and improve itself when virtue and excellence are seen as meaningless words

• No nation or society can thrive when its people become selfish, self-absorbed, arrogant, hedonistic, apathetic and decadent

• No nation or society can survive when its people lose their moral compass

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What Matters

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Plus This:

Our misguided society believes that creativity is all a result of knowledge, IQ, technology and scientific thinking. However, real creativity is the result of spirituality and enthusiasm. Remember that enthusiasm comes from having Theos (= God) inside one’s system. Enthusiasm is a derivative of Entheos (= God Inside)

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The Right Perspective

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Spiritual People …

• Have limits and boundaries … not because religion, society or a government has imposed them, but because they know that there are certain things that are not right, normal, acceptable or dignified. Self-respect alone does not allow spiritual people to do whatever they want. Restraint is a major virtue

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Why Is Infinite Forgiveness and Tolerance Bad?

• Because it sends the subliminal message to the bad and evil people that no matter what they do they will be forgiven. Forgiveness and tolerance remove the boundaries of society. Without boundaries anything goes and anything is fair, incl. killing you and your loved ones, taking away all your possessions and burning down your house

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Remember This:

• All societies and civilizations must have boundaries and limits. Otherwise be prepared for this:

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Clarifying Forgiveness

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Remember This:

• The criminals care less about your forgiveness. The enemy that wants to kill you cares even less about your good heart and kind nature. He just wants you to suffer harm or even death. Forgiveness does not change your enemy. Forgiveness only changes you! Best advice: Don’t let your enemy know that you are soft because he will use that against you

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“No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!”

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