4. Humanity Is Reverting

When I was younger, I remember during history class, the teacher would lecture about how people acted centuries ago. It always baffled me how brutal and cruel people were in old times, how it was so normal to die in horrible ways. I could not imagine the mind set of ancient people, how was it so easy to kill and torture others? I realize that things were much harder and difficult back in the day, so you could not afford to be "soft". When I learned about things like crucifixion, beheadings, medieval torture, impalement, raids, war, enslavement, genocide, rape, destruction of entire cities, burning at the stake, and many other horrible things humans inflicted on each other.. It disgusted me, so much pointless death and suffering, that would forever be a blight on our history.

My one reoccurring thought was: "Man thank GOD we are so much more advanced and we don't have savagery like this occurring anymore. We are in the 20th and 21th century, and at least we are FAR above all that, for good"... At least I thought we were. Inhuman violence has always been a part of our lives, even in the modern age. But I noticed at around the time of 2008, the US economy collapsed and with that, other countries would follow in a domino effect. When people have no job, no money, no home, no hope... They become angry. I saw that ever since then, humanity has been reverting to its more primal savage past, the age of logic and peace is dying at a accelerating rate. Everyday I see things on the news and on articles, of horribly ungodly acts of evil done by savages to innocents. The worst acts like mass murder, rape, genocide, enslavement, beheadings, setting people on fire, violently crushing protests, and many other foul acts. 

When people are living a satisfying life, compassion and empathy are easy to practice. But when people are living a life of conflict, compassion and empathy seize to exist. For all our advancements, all our accomplishments, all the wonders we have created.. In a few short years, humanity had reverted to the savage past, and in a lot of ways even WORSE.. With our guns, bombs, and fast transportation, committing acts of unparalleled evil has NEVER BEEN EASIER. It doesn't have to be this way, we cannot abandon our mission for a world based on logic and peace. They say those who do not learn from the past, are destined to repeat it, we did not learn one bit and are currently repeating it. But we can change that, by educating others, showing others compassion, abandoning our anger, and stopping those that would commit this evil, minor and major. There is hope, and it begins with you and I. Let us end this degradation of humanity, and let us finally move forward once again.