My post about a deadly sin yesterday got me to thinking about what really led to our destruction. I stand firmly behind my assertion that Sloth is most wicked among the vices, but I'm also convinced overzealous virtues are equally as destructive.
The period before the Doors Shut was preceded by a moderate recession, during which unemployment comparatively skyrocketed. Newspapers from the time period are flooded with humanitarian appeals for the government to preserve their Social Service programs no matter what the expense.
Countless jobs were eliminates in order to keep the jobless from starving. I'm sure you see the vicious circle forming right there. Less jobs means more unfortunates, more unfortunates to coddle means more government cuts, means less jobs.
The people in the Before Times were frustratingly blind. Fond as they were of euthanizing animals, they refused to do the same for their elderly and infirm. As big as they were on "the rights of the people" they never stopped taking the most basic of rights away from anyone on the majority status.
Oh well, we've been given a new world, a blank slate, tainted as it may be with madmen and creatures of the night, we at least have the opportunity to build a society that's will be grateful for what they have for generations to come, because they've had to fight for it.
Make do with what we have, right?
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