So, I had a really weird train of thought.
In the Ten Commandments, it says to honor your father and mother.
In too many societies, it means that (not all, but still too many) parents feel an entitlement that they can treat their children and grandchildren like crap and still be honoured and served because they gave them life and are their parents/elders.
So, this means parents don't necessarily respect their children, and the children who aren't respected would continue the cycle, respecting their kids less than they were respected, because they're now the parents.
And so on and so forth, which could possibly tie into how the rate of mental health issues are growing (generalising the increased awareness mental health has now).
I understand that this can be easily debunked, and there's more nuance to all of this. But for people who come from "traditional families", I'm curious to hear what you think.
Do you respect your retirement accounts?
That's what they used to be, they were there to take care of you when you got old.
Now that we have more resources we can afford such luxuries as "not letting rich people randomly murder poor people for sport as much" and "slavery is bad, try to keep it low profile".
Mostly people who had the worse ideas are dying, and young people are allowed their own opinions independent from their parents and older society now, this is a huge change that only started this century.
In a way, the internet was originally a massive youth underground revolution where everybody got together and realized old people didn't actually know that much.
Good point. I do agree it's more of a modern idea.
Though in a way, you do have to care for your retirement account. You have to make deposits regularly and ensure investments are done responsibly to ensure the best possible outcome.
If you don't take care of them, then you'll only get a poor outcome, like not receiving the best possible care but just the bare minimum necessary or even nothing at all, if things are bad enough.
After all, the bible also says "Love they neighbour as thyself". When your children grow up and become your neighbour, the way you've treated them has a possibility of coming home to roost, especially now.