Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-24996913-20140801072908

People nowadays are so dehumanized, desensitized, and cold blooded. I routinely watch the people around me, face deep in the neuron destroying object that is their phone. No longer do humans comprehend how to approach nor socialize with one another.

Just the other day, while waiting in line for my morning coffee, the woman ahead of me yelled profanities at the teenaged girl servant because the woman picked up her own hot coffee without first wrapping a few napkins around it. The girl, clearly in shock and emotionally vulnerable, apologized to the woman for her own foolish act. I'm sure the girl was let go as her manager stared down at her with lecturing eyes before sending her away towards the back. Poor girl.

I've also noticed the growing violence. The crime has peaked these last few years. Break ins are high on the list next to murder. You can't even trust the government. While a woman bathes, listening to soft jazz on her laptop, the webcam watches her, recording her ever so embarrassing karaoke session without even a whisper of consent.

Let's not forget about the injustices within law enforcement. The prison system is so corrupt no one cares about the fate of the innocent falsely accused. The fate of an ingenue would be sealed just as easily as a hardened criminal. She'd be strapped to a bed, pumped full of a lethal concoction of drugs, and, behind the glass, the family of the dead would watch as her body began to convulse viciously.

All of this corruption seems to revolve around the one thing every human wishes to obtain in excess: money. Even outside of Wall Street and big businesses, money is always a culprit in the devolution no one seems to recognize. There has not be a day I witnessed a man or woman turn down a homeless mans inquiry for even the smallest amount of currency. Instead of reaching into their wallet, one they will surely reach into by the end of the day to bask in frivolous pleasures unneeded, they choose to insult the homeless man.

"Why don't you go get a job?" they ask, caustically.

And, if that overused catchphrase does not completely dehumanize the homeless man who, by all means is composed of the very same parts as the rude inquirer, they will then immediately recite the all too familiar stereotype.

"I'm not giving you money to buy drugs or alcohol," they say.

The homeless man then scatters away, looking for someone, anyone with a sense of empathy. They didn't know the story behind his life. Perhaps if they had known they wouldn't have made him feel any worse than he already did. They had no idea he was a veteran who lost his leg in combat to only return home to see the spark missing from his wife's eyes. She then took the children and moved away into her parent's home as he struggled to receive disability and finally lost the home he had worked so hard to keep.

Every passing day, I see the blackening of the human heart and mind. They are like sheep, chasing after a dream the wolf dangles in front of them only as bait to tear away their flesh and devour their being. Unfortunately, the evil outweighs the good these days. They will not learn nor will they bounce back from their reoccurring mistakes. They are far passed intervention.

A few are salvageable but it would take much time to gather them. Time I do not have. Even if I did have the time to collect them, I'm afraid I would not be permitted to. They've grown accustomed to this-society. Even the good ones wouldn't know how to avoid this catastrophe in the future.

I have always rooted for humans. They had the capability to create an empire of higher intelligence. Perhaps they could've evolved into a society much like my own, but a bad seed was planted into their minds. Greed. And, with greed, comes many other traits unsuitable for world order.

I have no choice in the matter. What is done is done. 