In 1973, we eliminated the draft, signaling to all men that their purpose in life is not to protect their home, family, and women (which has been the purpose of all men in all civilizations since basically forever). Weeks later, Roe v. Wade happened, signaling to all women that their purpose in life is not to bring forth life as mothers (also a social norm since basically forever). In the decades to follow, the narrative became “you do you,” spurring a deep introspection in society. People now have to “figure out who they are” — alone — as society has unmoored them and abandoned them. You don’t have to be a pillar of your community; you can move anywhere and do whatever you want. The narrative is no longer that suffering for your life’s purpose anchors you but rather that suffering is bad and must be eradicated. And so generations of the self-serving, unmoored, naval-gazing, eliminate-all-suffering mindset finds us where we are. We have no purpose and are obsessed with ourselves. We’re looking inside and seeing all the problems instead of looking around us and finding where we can step up and serve.
Andrew Culper, The Pop Culture Contrarian
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