|  This post is started under the same name as the famous Supertramp ablum and title cut. In case you wondered.
It deals with what I feel is a breakdown in the social fabric of America, and possibly other parts of the Western world as well. So is there a crisis, I ask? Or is this a positive and wonderful transition to the post-post modern age? Is information and technology transforming us into better people, with more social cohesion, or one that is rapidly declining into chaos? We know that there is financial crisis from Russia to the United States, from China to Australia. But, is it going to eventually turn out that we are more giving, kinder, gentler, and live a more orderly and decent life? If so, then we might as well weather the bit of hardship we have to endure. After all, we're supposed to be the most intelligent of the animal kingdom.
We've elected a man here in the U.S. who seems to be intelligent and compassionate. He cares for both the poor and the rich, though there is some question as to whether or not he cares for the middle class, as we will end up paying the majority of the taxes imposed after the stimulus money runs out, and we find ourselves in greater debt. But, no matter, since if things continue as they are there won't be a middle class left. Already we are told we are no longer a Christian country, so that does it for Western culture. Thing is, Christianity did much to bring us together as a nation, and to also see to it that we at least had commonly held rules of behavior abroad with European and Commonwealth nations. Oh, well, I'll get off my soap box for now, though leave me a place when you are done. :-} Dan
P.S. Raise your hands. Does anyone even know what Western culture is?
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