A generation of conformists living in abundance, so often criticized as sluggish and reluctant to make necessary changes, has already receded into the past. Civil society in the world\u2019s most mature democracies, such as the US and Western European countries, has created conditions for understanding the tasks that humans face in their responsibility for humankind and the environment. Already to the fore are adult \u201cmillennials\u201d and \u201cGeneration Z\u201d who adopted social activism as an expression of their rebellion against civilizational threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Social media has also become a powerful tool, spreading new ideas at the speed of light and becoming a carrier of 21st-century thought. The world would be a paradise if each attitude, even the noblest, wasn\u2019t \u201ccontaminated\u201d by the \u201chuman\u201d factor. The desire to change the world for the better can become a trigger for changing reality for the better \u2013 a source of suffering for the individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Problems that trigger the most emotions in people also attract the most social activity meant to be a cure for them. The perennial debate over gun legalization in the US becomes a brawl with each gun murder. The debate on climate change often turns into a ruckus of attacks and accusations, which leads to mutual suspicions of hidden agendas. Women\u2019s equality activities trigger a huge amount of anger and frustration that obscures basic work and education. Equality marches in some countries draw crowds of aggressive opponents shouting obscene slogans, raising the temperature to such an extent that dialogue seems impossible. The \u201cus vs. them\u201d division begins. This polarization is rather like a tribal structure. Tribes of opponents and supporters start to differentiate, using heuristics and stereotypes, which arouses mutual hatred. This state is a source of serious suffering for a person, whether they\u2019re someone who feels aversion to others or someone who experiences this aversion directed towards themselves. Seemingly beneficial social activity turns into a struggle in which there are no winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The problem becomes even more complicated when politicians use stereotypes. Acting to attract a new electorate or to mobilize and \u201ccement\u201d existing voters, they proclaim catchy slogans that, in fulfilling their function, must be pronounced yet not indifferent to the individual. Serious social issues are wielded cynically as instruments in political struggles. To everyone stuck in all this, it\u2019s like a trap. And this is how the image is created of a \u201cleftist\u201d or \u201cDemocrat\u201d who wants to kill unborn children, end driving cars with internal-combustion engines, cause a global crisis by banning conventional energy sources, and erase religion from public space. And the \u201cconservative\u201d or \u201cRepublican\u201d who forces women to give birth to incurably sick children, poisons the environment by burning fossil fuels, or wants to create an evangelical state. By using the instrument of differentiating society, no space is left for \u201csomething in the middle\u201d and the individual who seeks compromise and life in social harmony begins to suffocate, locked in this trap of opposing views, asking themself: \u201cEscape? But where?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read also:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/holistic.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Holistic_News_changing_world_with_technology_illustration_for_a_528cbb6a-492d-44c0-be50-ad1568a5d077-1024x574.png\")
First sin: polarization<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The second sin: politics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n