The Government. Mainly anyway, but politics for me has been made irrelevant and thus meaningless to the average joe. When all the while the
government decide on issues that will directly affect us all, bills are being passed underneath the radar, sweeping up liberties that we assumed were ours for the keeping.
The police seem too extreme in both ends to affect any change.
There is a social trend throughout the population that the individual knows best, moral guidance has all but disappeared, with strongholds in the religious centres holding out for now. But we see the Christian churches, for example, claiming the need to “modernise” away from their traditional standing. I see this as a problem and the direct result from a spiralling society.
The next observation I have noticed is a lack of strong role-models, the fall of the family and the a widespread disregard for traditional authority figures. These all concern the youth of Britain directly. The definition of “Man” and “Woman” has been blurred, as has the concept of “Family”. People may claim an understanding of what a working family is in 2008, but i believe that even in the church there is a real absence of clarity. The links that allowed knowledge and guidance to have been learned and passed on from one generation to another has been broken. We are entering into an age of personal authority, where everyone has authority over everyone else. There is no respect between young and old, instead there is a demand for respect that never gets met. Sweeping statements aside for a moment, I am frequently seeing more and more youths out on the streets of my local towns, after hours and quite clearly looking for entertainment which results in trouble. They cause unrest and disturbing the peace, creating fear from their aggressive attitude. When the police do come around, and certainly they do come eventually, there is no respect for truth and honour, there is no authority, and the only authority that the police seem to govern over these youth is one of physical aggression themselves. Respect for the law, and those upholding the law has dewindled to an alarmingly small percentage.
But all of this can be controlled by the government.
Education, widespread social reform, implying reason and meaning toward participation in morally active communities such as religious centres, community centres and family-based activities like regular reunions and gatherings. Direct community responsibility and consequences, reclaiming teachers rights in gaining authority over the children they teach. Emphasis on the importance of social skills and developing sympathetic and conscientious thought processes early on.
