By
Albert Duran
Humanity, keeps making the same mistakes as is demonstrated throughout Society's History, as a result of our so-called Society, losing its grasp of the role human beings are supposed to play, and has had to take a long hard look at those choices with an objective point of view of Society's evolution. While we struggle to better understand the dynamics of what our society has gone through, and in spite of our accomplishments as well as our failures to look at the reasons why Society, is still here. The key to individuals finding their self-worth in our culturally diverse Society, is to learn from their mistakes as their own vision of the substance of the connection to each other, and it is that vision that either free's an individuals self-worth or enslaves them to a distorted view of their self-worth which keeps someone trapped in that certain frame of mind filled with doubt in the way they think. An individual's perspective is affected by the way that they were brought up, their inspiring teachers, their accomplishments, as well as failures, and the dysfunctional components that have to be changed to create a more positive atmosphere to foster a progressive frame of mind in the way that they think.
Humanity, needs to find a way to rise out of this self-imposed darkness that doubt has placed before Society's, eyes, and in several instances it appeared that Society, would not be able to make the right decisions which brought our Society, back from the brink. The key that is essential for Society, to re-emerge out of this self-imposed darkness is not just that Society,and not allow its emotions to get in the way of it making the right decision without hesitation. This is not intended as being a lesson in History as such because one of the most important variables is to keep an open mind as well as it is a fact that should not be subject to interpretation, but more of a way to develop Society's, own self-awareness which will help each individual to be able to understand why they responded the way they did as well as help Society, see the issues for what they really mean to the individual in order to make the right decisions.
It could be mentioned that several of the most prominent historical eras are prime examples since the colonization of the New England, area by the Puritans, and ultimately in their efforts to isolate themselves from the rest of the world called their own religion into question because their followers found out that they had to think for themselves out of necessity. It seems as though that their own strict expectations of their religious beliefs may have created an atmosphere of spiritual freedom amongst them that they gradually succumbed to the boundaries of their own individualistic imagination, and any such odd behavior outside of their religious teachings created a sense of fear which manifested itself into a phenomenon of Paranoia, called the Salem Witch Hunts, fueled by the folk-lore that witches would only die by being burned at the stake. This phenomenon had to be reigned in due to the almost unrestrained out of control burning at the stake of these innocent colonists whose only crime was that they exhibited some individualism, and it was too late for some that their innocence was the ultimate price they paid as this Society, brought about the end of the Salem Witch Hunts. It would appear that as a result of the isolation the environmental conditions fostered a sense of paranoia that was to run rampant, and because of the closed frame of mind it slowly eroded their judgment, their decision-making, their feelings, their emotions, as well as the instincts of our human legacy. It was their own perceived absolute power of their religion that created a sense of emotional isolation due to the conflict between their need to belong which limited their ability to become self-reliant, and their own will to process the ideals that called their religion's complete control over them into question which allowed their thought processes to evolve.
The War of Independence, was another testament of how people can come to grips with a fight for a higher ideal as the result of certain individuals that sought to express themselves not only in words, but to collectively bring the colonists together for a way of life as well as to sacrifice their lives to become independent. The colonies had become a valuable source of wealth for the British King, because he collected taxes from them with the threat of his heavy-handed tactics being enforced by his governing authorities in the colonies, and while the colonies grew in number as well as in population the situation had fostered an atmosphere of resentment that had suppressed their own sense of identity as colonists because they were no better off here than in England, for which they struggled so desperately to remove themselves from under the King's, thumb. The colonists began to respond to the pressures because of the presence of the King's, army in authority by seeing for themselves that they had not escaped the King's, reach as well as any sense of independent identity which was non-existent, and that the only feasible way for the colonists to develop a separate identity from the British Empire, was to make an effort to negotiate the conditions thrust upon them as being generated by the British Authority, in the colonies. The colonists found the ties that bound the colonies together were more than the fact that they shared British, blood, but discovered that they were also able to open their minds to another way of living without the narrow-minded religious constraints. This was more than a struggle for the colonies to gain their independence from the British King's, rule placed upon them, and that brought a group of individuals to take leadership roles in the colonies to fight back with the conviction of their own principles outlined as the principles in the Declaration Of Independence. This document combined the minds of several men that had a clear idea of what they would be willing to sacrifice their lives for in spite of the consequences they would face against the British, Empire, and to have a vision of what it would be like to be free to have more to say about the direction their lives' can take as well as being able to govern themselves by employing a Checks and Balance System, that has a way of allowing us to examine the ineffective aspect of a law in order to make it more effective.
The Civil War, pitted the North, against the South, with the elimination of slavery as a way of life which was for the most part difficult for those that had been brought up with that frame of mind, and not to mention those that were subjected to slavery that had to also change their frame of mind to survive on their own as independent individuals. This war also saw the destruction of farms, towns, homes, as the term collateral damage took on a very personal meaning which called for both sides to blindly inflict extreme physical as well as emotional pain, and families were torn apart not only by the deaths of members of their families that chose to fight on the other side as well as women and children that were victims of that collateral damage just because they lived there. This war saw the whole sale slaughter of so many soldiers that were fighting for their principles in some of the most famous decisive battles in their own right during the war, and it seems like the first battlefield hospitals became most controversial because it not only saved lives as well as the surgical techniques that were developed showed them what not to do as much as it taught them what to do. It was President Abraham Lincoln, that found the strength within himself too bring a nation together that had been divided in principle regarding the issue of slavery as well as the atrocities of this war to bring it to an end, and to sacrifice his life for the principles that all men are created equal which he believed in as he took his final breath in his struggle to share his vision of the discrimination that had not been acknowledged as well as just ignored. The two extremes that were self-evident as the depths that Society, could reach in spite of the convictions of the American, people on both sides, and the ability for those empowered to stop the war because of the cost that the war had taken on both sides with little that could be done to end the war without sinking Society, any further than it had gone already.
The Industrial Revolution, launched the first era that The Evolution of Society, is a representation of how Society, approached the idea of making things easier for Human Beings; they have evolved as they are raised by those that have taken the responsibility upon themselves to teach their charges the meaning of respect, responsibility, as well as problem solving, and their perspective of why discipline is essential for them to understand that life has to have a balance that is tempered by accomplishments as well as failures as a result of learning from our mistakes due to the choices that we made. Child Labor Laws, were finally instituted to protect them from the many unfeeling companies that only saw them as a source of labor; while these children had no value beyond what they were able to produce without any bargaining power, and these children were only to make them money while paying them very little as well as the working conditions in the factories were considered nothing short of cruel and unusual punishment. It took a Society, in each of these as well as several future historical eras which required our Society, to take a good hard look at the underlying erosion of the characteristics that defines Humanity, and to find a way to change that way of thinking because of those young, old, as well as women that were being taken advantage of as a result of that old school way of thinking; which isolates that individual from being able to express themselves to others that tend to validate their needs, feelings, emotions, as well as their instincts as a way of defending themselves.
In conclusion this is where some of the problems begin due to the methods of how these perspectives are conveyed with regards to the above mentioned human characteristics because they are subject to each person's own way of interpreting that perspective, and it is this interpretation that has a lasting effect on the individuals' life as it is affected by how they approach their issues because of how they would perceive their own issues. This theory is supported by understanding that the frame of mind of each era that has been noted as examples; such as the case of The Puritans, that believed in one religious concept with long-established parameters, but they had not envisioned that their followers would be able to expand their parameters which caused their religious concept to be questioned. The War, Of Independence, put the Colonists, in a position where they had to express their concerns regarding the scope of England's, authority, and as a last resort by harnessing the sheer population of the Colonists, while the leadership tactics employed as well as the distance from England, not to mention the elements, showed them that they were capable of governing themselves. The American Civil War, pitted two diametrically opposed ways of life which went beyond the issue of slavery as evidenced by the atrocities inflicted by both sides, and this war brought out the worst in both sides in their tactics which saw both extremes; once again Society, established the middle ground that ended this war. It was the Industrial Revolution, which began in the late 1800's, that saw American, ingenuity grow by leaps as well as bounds which were supposed to make life in America, easier, and the Stock Market Crash in 1929, shook this country to the core revealing the corrupt; as well as the cruel and unusual conditions that children were subjected to just trying to survive in the factories. Society, once again stopped turning its back on what was happening in these factories which turned out to be too late for some, but the Child Labor Laws, started establishing a minimum age for someone to work as well as making the working conditions safer for all workers.
The concept that Society, has to evolve can not escape the price that was exacted from those that became the sacrifices that led to Humanity, needing to stop certain selfish ways of thinking, but some people still keep secrets about their motivations because they know it is wrong which causes those that they victimize to slip through the cracks of Society. The only that we can start changing this way of thinking is by making people aware that such victimization will continue unless we start uncovering these secrets that continue taking its toll on Society, but when secrets are shared they can save you while secrets that are being kept out of shame can only enslave you.
