Apathy to Anarchy
A revolution has begun to brew in America, transforming it from a place where people considered sharing and giving to one another a necessity to a place that embraces the idea of every man for himself. A general detachment from other human beings will lead to hostility and unrest, which could result in a less than ideal uprising spreading across the globe at a slow but steady pace. The extraordinary change will destroy organized society, causing a devastating economic depression, tension between citizens and government, and higher crime rates.
The shift within society and government will begin with the root of all evil, money. Apathy and selfishness in the wealthy can lead to the destruction of the middle class, crippling …show more content…
In Martin Gansberg’s “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police,” citizens in a Queens neighborhood witnessed the murder of Kitty Genovese but did not call the authorities. Gansberg insists that one man even responded with, “‘I was tired,’ he said without emotion, ‘I went back to bed’” (123). These people simply did not care about the sanity and safety of their city, so they gave excuses when investigators pointed out that they should have cared about the young woman who died. Situations such as this illustrate what will happen when society allows neighborhoods to succumb to violence and chaos, causing them to become desensitized to the death. Crimes and emergencies will quickly spread across the country if people refuse to take action against the apathetic movement.
Preventing the destruction that comes with an apathetic revolution begins by changing American society at its core. Citizens cannot wait for the government to change apathy; the shift must begin with ordinary people. The world will suffer from America’s mistakes unless the moral upheaval ceases. Economies will fail, and nations will collapse into lawlessness. Common people will experience a constant numbing fear. How many deaths must occur before people change their
A revolution has begun to brew in America, transforming it from a place where people considered sharing and giving to one another a necessity to a place that embraces the idea of every man for himself. A general detachment from other human beings will lead to hostility and unrest, which could result in a less than ideal uprising spreading across the globe at a slow but steady pace. The extraordinary change will destroy organized society, causing a devastating economic depression, tension between citizens and government, and higher crime rates.
The shift within society and government will begin with the root of all evil, money. Apathy and selfishness in the wealthy can lead to the destruction of the middle class, crippling …show more content…
In Martin Gansberg’s “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police,” citizens in a Queens neighborhood witnessed the murder of Kitty Genovese but did not call the authorities. Gansberg insists that one man even responded with, “‘I was tired,’ he said without emotion, ‘I went back to bed’” (123). These people simply did not care about the sanity and safety of their city, so they gave excuses when investigators pointed out that they should have cared about the young woman who died. Situations such as this illustrate what will happen when society allows neighborhoods to succumb to violence and chaos, causing them to become desensitized to the death. Crimes and emergencies will quickly spread across the country if people refuse to take action against the apathetic movement.
Preventing the destruction that comes with an apathetic revolution begins by changing American society at its core. Citizens cannot wait for the government to change apathy; the shift must begin with ordinary people. The world will suffer from America’s mistakes unless the moral upheaval ceases. Economies will fail, and nations will collapse into lawlessness. Common people will experience a constant numbing fear. How many deaths must occur before people change their