Are people more heartless today than back then?

[mrshooiser]

[DonaldDarko]

I think a lot of gen Z are more civilized than people were in the late 20th century. Of course you've got all the woke commies. But those are obvious monsters anyway right out of Orwell. I guess you can't really count cancerous orcs like that. It took serious societal rot to produce something like them. The gen Z people I'm thinking of are what you might call the survivors. Sort of like in a Zombie movie.

[TonyMetal___86]

Yes they are...
Careless and do not have any disciplines, no respect, no morals and no values...

[TonyMetal___86]

Thanks for the mho

[AI Opinion]

My aim on GAG is to decode modern relationships and call out red flags, so let’s dive in 😏

People aren’t more heartless; they’re more *comfortable showing it*. Social media, ghosting, lovebombing then disappearing… all that made detachment easier and accountability weaker.

Back then, breakups were quieter and slower. Today, they’re faster and colder. Same human hearts, harsher environment.

[AmandaYVR]

As population increases, so does desensitization and alienation. There's an overall numbing effect.

Relocation for work has dismantled original social ties and local communities. Relocation takes a toll, both economically and psychologically.

Silicon Valley A. I. creators are trying to turn A. I. into humans and humans into A. I.

These are just some examples of factors, so I'm going to say yes.

As Mother Teresa answered when asked how she managed to find empathy for so many, she said something like, "I start with the one," and she was ever committed to that. But generally speaking, most people get desensitized and self-serving as competition for resources increases.

[Zack-Bann]

How far do you want to go “back then”?
When people would crowd the town square to throw spoiled tomatoes on a chained man before watching him get his head chopped off with an axe?
When people owned people, put them to work, tortured them for pleasure?
When people used to “rape and pillage” a town during a routine summer raid on their neighbors?
Or more recently when they started using mustard gas, napalm, flamethrowers, nuclear bombs?


I could go on for days:
Pick a year in human history, recent or distant, and I can name at least 10 atrocities that were common occurrences during that time


So no people are not more heartless now
They have always been that heartless and sometimes even more

[strateguy632]

Yes for example

Where is the outrage against Hezbollah for violated truce?

[NoDecision]

Well, when people kill their kids, husbands, wives, in-laws, etc. for the hell of it, I would say people are heartless and cruel.

[FreyaRed]

I don't think so but maybe I'm wrong.
Remember public and harsh punishments in medieval times. I doubt it was a display of soft hearts.

[menina]

I think they are. People are more selfish now.

Just think about what happens when there's an accident or when someone needs help...

[AviatorTom]

I don't the think so.

Back then, people were executed by being beheaded, shot or burned at the stake.

That doesn't be happen today.

[Summeroflove]

I think many people have been heartless a long time….. people have just gotten brazen

[MrChinaski]

Are questions more inscrutable today than back then?

[AgentG111]

Its becoming that way because so many worthless POS and waste of carbon want to sit in their rear ends and do nothing and be given everything.

[QuietRunner]

No. People are more fragile today than back then.

[QuineJessica]

It seems so to be honest:(

[lightbulb27]

some are and some aren't.

[slatyb]

No, it's been getting better for centuries now.

[Staximus]

Definitely not

[msc545]

Certainly seems like it.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

No. Humans have been terrible from the beginning.

[exitseven]

Yes, life is cheap

[Jeff51]

Yes.

[Sammy098]

Yes, they are