what would you say are core values in the US culture today?

 

Vanity
Mindlessness
Self-obsession / Self-neglect
Conspicuous consumption
Repressed isolationism

I'm not explaining any of them yet. Reflect on each one first.

 

It used to be E Pluribus Unum ("out of many, one").

Now it's Ubi Est Mea ("where's mine?").

 

failure

 

thanks, hater

 

I guess it depends on who you talk to these days. I don't think there is a universal set anymore, even with an overindulgent, self-minded society as bad as ours. A couple categories to consider are...

What they used to be (of whose foundations were most likely religiously dominate)
What people express publicly
What people exercise behind closed doors
What seems to be popular at the time

Mix and match the above and it's easy to see why many people live troubled, empty, unbalanced lives. It seems to me that more often than not, people are like electricity; they follow the path of least resistance. What people can do is amazing, what people usually do is disappointing.

 

you really think the above values/ideas are commonly shared amongst the majority of people today?

 

guns and religion

 

I gets mine.


seriously it's a "do for self" attitude and less about what may benefit the country or others as a whole.

 

^ when do you think it become this way? or do you feel its always been self > all