Is it normal to find the decline of society massively depressing?
My faith in humanity has finally hit zero percent. I really feel as though society is now beyond repair, and it can barely get any worse. People act like society has always been like this and that every modern generation has sucked as much as this one. This is untrue, and that is a fact.
The biggest problem with this generation is obvious: Mass drug use. Whereas as humans we should be able to live out our lives and not need to rely on intoxication, most of society is unbelievably weak and needy for recreational substances. I'd be fine if people did things in moderation, but most people outright refuse this. The sheer number of people who want to get high before they've even reached adulthood is terrifyingly gigantic. The very fact that so many people arrive at a point in their life and think "Wow, modern life is so boring. Looks like I'll need to get high in order to feel something!" is mind-boggling for me. There is an immense amount of pressure put on youth today to try drugs, and they're defended and glorified at every turn. We're now in a situation where NOT doing them makes you some kind of extraterrestrial. Trust me - you can't be straightedge anymore without being mocked. Everyone wants to try weed, everyone goes out drinking and people debate incessantly on whether you can even be addicted (because according to the youth this generation, there's no such thing as addiction). How weak and delusional can you get?
But this isn't the only problem. Society in general is just so pathetically shallow. People follow every trend, jump on the bandwagon at every opportunity, and live for pop culture to the point where people actually think they're better for being loyal to certain franchises. People actually ARGUE over which video game console is the best, for example. They actually ARGUE over electronic entertainment, and this is just the tip of a vast iceberg. It astounds me that we've reached a point in humanity where some of the most popular websites are Urban Dictionary, 4chan, 9gag, Reddit and BuzzFeed - websites that cater to people who are entertained by the most asinine things. And what happens if you don't support the mainstream? You get labelled a pretentious hipster who doesn't know to have fun. This what most people in this generation are like now. People celebrate weakness, amorality and stupidity, immaturity is considered a good thing, people complain when they don't get what they want (and don't know what they have) and alienate anyone with a different opinion. And hardly anybody realizes how pathetic it all is. Life is just a big, stupid joke now. Am I really the only person who's depressed about this?