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I couldn't agree more. I have a theory that families got on with each other better in the past because they had to work together to survive, so they had to help each other or die. And the idiotic narcissists died out because they were too stupid and/or selfish to co-operate with others.

People don't need each other anymore, we can get anything we want at the click of a button on a computer. And it's tearing the human race apart, because we're all competitors and not co-operators anymore.

Maybe one day a virus will come along to wipe out the idiotic narcissists...

My mom and one of my sisters are definitely narcissistic based on the way that they both act.

as for my aunt, who disowned me, she's small-minded and a tad full of herself because it's the way she was raised.

Gonna block, gonna block around the clock tonight...

Sounds good to me. Some people don't know what it's like to set goals, save for things they want, or work toward anything. They can buy on credit with the push of a button without leaving their chair. They get it delivered. They want to learn something so they google. Even changing TV channels doesn't require effort or standing up.

I was raised in a time when all my Uni papers were researched from books. I had to huff my arse to the library and use the card catalogue to locate books on the stacks. There weren't even computers for book searching. Then I'd scour through the indices to see which were most applicable. Find and hand-copy the bibliographic reference information into my notes by pen. Quote passages by pen with page numbers. Put the books back because they were too heavy to carry home. Go home. Write my papers by hand, with all the edits. Type rough copies with a typewriter before my roommates went to bed because otherwise the typewriter noise kept them awake. Rip out the page and retype if I made a spelling error or typo. Walk my papers to the faculty departments to deposit in drop-boxes. Walk back to see if they were graded (usually several walks.) Go to physical meetings with profs to discuss any questions. Walk to the Registrar for my transcripts at the end.

That's just an example, but learning and doing meant WORK. There was physical labour and thus devotion involved. Things mean more to us when we actually work for them, with our own sweat and blood and tears. I don't understand the gimme society where everyone just fends for themselves and gets whatever they want via PayPal and a hefty line of credit, or loan forgiveness.

Family structures are another problem area and I have lots to say on that, having my kids' dad walk out without any legal recourse when they were both so young.

I agree with all that. My education was like that too- all researched from books, written by hand, given in by hand in person to my teachers. Even when I worked in a bank aged 18 there were no computers, all customer records were on cards. Also when I worked in libraries it was all card indexes and forms. It's hard to imagine those organisations without computers now isn't it!

I was thinking of far back in history when families worked on farms together looking after the animals and crops or they all died. They had to rely on each other to survive, it was life or death. Or everyone worked together in the family business or occupation, again to survive.

A 'society' of individuals is never going to function properly. If we don't remember how to support each other and rely on each other it'll all come crashing down...

Towards the end of my undergraduate experience, I have noticed that professors have stopped using textbooks. However, I can't see why because they provide very little information. Rather, they had me use Google Scholar and download advanced research articles.

That's weird. "Going concern"? What kind of reason is that???

What is a 'going concern' anyway?