Americans have become flabby, hedonistic, and self-absorbed. Makes it hard to see how the country will hold on to its empire. From Good Citizen at thegoodcitizen.live:
If by the second paragraph, you sense another black-pilled doomer diatribe manifesting and would prefer your mind be massaged by uplifting and optimistic slants, remember that no effective solution to any social or personal dis-ease was ever discovered by ignoring reality in service of feelings.
The Decay Is Over
On the downward decline of a civilization’s culture, a longing for the past, often viewed through a nostalgic lens can be what Don Draper refers to in one of the most culturally important television episodes to ever air, “Delicate, but potent.”
With a cursory glance at the present, Americans are actively and more frequently looking to the past for answers. Nothing provides a more measurable perspective for which to comprehend the overwhelming dis-ease conferred by the current decrepit state of, well, everything.
During the 2012 Golden Globes, before the Big Equity Commissars of ESG hijacked the corporate advertising industry for woke virtue signaling at the expense of profits, one of the savviest commercials aired. It visually and psychologically encapsulated a shocking socio-cultural downfall.
At that moment Americans got to see a reflection of what they once had through a mirror of a cool, classy, confident, and stylish bygone era only one and a half generations departed. An era they could still see and remember but knew was barely visible in the rearview mirror, based on what stood before them in their now-undersized vanity mirrors.
But, but, but, muh DEI?
The grill is greasy with gristle and Jacque Strapp is set to have a great feetsball season.
The 24-7 buffet is open and stocked, the Bud Light is chillin’ like a villain.
The COV-LARP decorations are up and the face panty is ready to wear.
We’re all in this together, comrade, but not you deplorable kulak untermenschen MAGA scum.
It’s all good in the banana republic hood.