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Essay / What is corrupting contemporary youth in the United States?
According to dominant dialogues in media, politics and society, the daily lives of emerging segments of contemporary youth are increasingly unstable, violent and corrupt. These discussions proclaim that the status quo of today's youth is marked by widespread moral and social corruption which includes: drug and alcohol abuse, uninhibited sexual lifestyle, materialism, crumbling morality and increasing crime. Young people are seen by older generations as a self-centered, capricious and discontented group, addicted to cult celebrities, gifts from parents, the Internet, video and computer games, and drugs. Indeed, it is not difficult to forget, in such debates, the humiliating names used to classify youth. Past generations believe that there is a decline in morality and a dominance of anti-social behavior and materialism. This is reflected in the rise of measures implemented against youth and materialism. daily media coverage highlights the threat they pose to society. In all these deluges of sinister reports on the state of youth, a look at history constitutes a recurring model in the analysis of past generations. In fact, it suggests that past generations have been censored, much like contemporary youth, for their moral corruption. If such concerns about young people are recurring, then perhaps such fears about you reflect the values espoused within society more generally than a decline in morals. above, the reason behind youth corruption is usually not mentioned. We need to explore the underlying components, understand the role they play, and gain insight. What is corruption? How do we become corrupt? What the virtues do... middle of paper ...... truth is born from oneself or from others: Faced with the truth, which reprimands and convinces one of its faults, a venomous hatred develops. She will do everything possible to hide her flaws from herself and others, and attack the truth. Society cannot blame the youth for the decline of morals, because they have exploited this culture. Although the media is blamed, it is their moral inadequacies that created the media demand for such trivial communication. In conclusion, the society in which no critical questions are asked, where disproportionate emphasis is placed on the marginal aspects of existence served by communication without substance is corrupt. A society in which distortion of information is accepted, individual thought is not required, and the truth is an inconvenient experience has led to the corruption of youth. Works Cited Apologies for Plato