In my
view Western Civilization has gotten into a downward
spiral.
We live in a society struggling with an
identity-crisis and in which the standards and
values of democracy are fading away. Value is
attached only to what is economically profitable.
The
focus of attention is on the individual and the
development and deployment of his qualities but
at the same time people in very large numbers
are treated like replacable and expendable
robots. The sentiment for the social and for
the fellow-human is drastically deteriorating.
The ties of solidarity and humanity, once the
very core of the “social” in
society, are disappearing. Who is unable to ‘get
with the program’, is ground to pieces between
the wheels and considered to be ‘Collateral
Damage’
The oppressed and the downtrodden
are imprisoned because of their opinion or
forcibly drafted to become child-soldiers without
any future at all. They are either being misused
by warring gangs or exploited by ruthless multinationals.
With this work I want to point at the
fact that our indifference is hollowing us
out and robbing us of the most precious thing
of all: our humanity.
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