The government, media and technological advancements have sure done a brilliant job of making humans see the earth as an industrial dumping ground, rife for raping - As opposed to the diverse, bountiful oasis that it actually is. With the onset of Facebook and social engineering, people have come to view themselves as deities, demigods and celebrities. The world revolves around them. Absolutely out of touch with their roots, devoid of any appreciation for the natural world that sustains them and a world which is perilously close to breaking point.
I wonder when people came to view themselves so highly? There's a difference between self preservation and self importance. You've been manipulated into thinking that the world starts and ends with you, but you couldn't be more deluded.
"Hippy" has become a derogatory term. Environmental awareness is mocked, empathy for animal life is non existent. Men who oppose cruelty are laughed at, as if compassion was a bad thing, right? Eat meat, be strong, kill animal. Big man! Ugh.
Guys like me just watch in disbelief and terror as it all falls apart around us.