Many people
believe that today there is a general increase in anti-social behavior and lack
of respect for others. What might have caused this situation? How to improve
it?
The times are turning tumultuous with everyone losing patience and not minding causing harm to others if need arises. There are a host of causes for that can be attributed to this not so new attitude, but one needs to find ways to mitigate this situation as soon as possible.
Ever widening social divide,
based on socioeconomic conditions, is making fault lines between the haves and
have-nots surface prominently, the sum total of the consumerist society. Where
the elite enjoy the exploits of the riches they have amassed, the impoverished
find themselves struggling to make their both ends meet. In the contemporary
times, unlike the past, when consumer attitudes rule the roost, everybody is
bitten by the bug of desire of possessing every imaginable comfort, and when
unable to afford, people resort to snatching by force, resulting in crimes.
Moreover, simmering frustrations often give
way to scornful behavior. Many today are leading a life of stress and are overwhelmed
by the need to address all their obligations without complaining. This results
in building up anxiety, and as tensions grow, even the slightest of
provocations, cause the release of pent up stress in form of violent behavior
against others that is often disrespectful.
Nevertheless, discovery of a
viable mechanism can help reduce the disparities. Governments and social groups
can play a great role in this, by helping those lacking access to all
comforts, to afford minimum subsistence. Besides this, individuals too need to
strike a balance between different spheres of their lives and not let diverse
realms overlap each other.
Hence, timely
intervention from the government, communities and individuals can surely turn
the table on the adversity of such monumental dimension; however any laxity can further exacerbate the
situation and turn it into a crisis.
