In place of our regular Odds ‘n Sods column for this week, we are presenting a late-2022 summary listing of negative societal trends — what I call negatrends — and political machinations, with some apropos links.
Please pray daily that our nation collectively repents and returns to a moral and righteous path and that our government is again restrained and respects our rights. – JWR
Some Key Negatrends
- Ongoing urbanization [1], and its attendant societal ills.
- Increasing technological dependence of society [2] as a whole and addiction to technology by individuals [3].
- Vote-Stealing [4]. Closely tied to this are the Democrat mantras denying positive voter ID and demanding mail-in ballots for all elections.
- Multigenerational welfare dependence [5].
- Selective (politicized) prosecutions. The Roger Stone case [6] was a prime example of how prosecutions are now targeted for political reasons. The FBI and the Department of Justice have become blatantly politicized.
- Uncontrolled Government Spending [7] and Compounding Public Debt Growth. As I’ve mentioned before, the interest payments on the national debt [8] will soon be a larger part of the annual Federal budget than all defense spending, combined.
- Over-Taxation [9].
- Government over-reaction to pandemics [10].
- Globalism. This trend is typified by the evil World Economic Forum (WEF) [11].
- Fluid “gender” decadence. Most noticeable in just the past three years, America’s mass media has become downright obsessed with Woke politics and transgender insanity. America’s large corporations have followed suit [12], with obligatory bows to the Trans Mafia.
- Wholesale spying on American citizens by intelligence organization [13]s and by police [14]. Security cameras [15] and Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) [16] have become ubiquitous. And many corporations are providing data to police, without any warrants [17].
- Shameless [18], corrupt [19], and entrenched career politicians [20].
- General moral decline, fornication, drunkenness [21], and licentiousness.
- Wanton shoplifting [22] and other merchandise theft [23] that verges on wholesale looting [24].
- A spike in urban crim [25]e.
- Strongly-biased mass media outlets [26]. (As recognized even by leftists.)
- Strongly-biased public schools [27] and universities [28].
- Glorification of Gang Culture [29].
- The Deepening Blue State/Red State Divide [30].
- Slovenly and Immodest Attire [31].
- Protracted Foreign Wars [32], Overseas Troop Deployments [33], and International Meddling [34].
- Rampant illegal immigration [35].
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