>Posted too soon. Include that Americans are largely desensitized and demoralized, paving the road to derealization, a loss of touch with reality, fueling vain desires for escapism. Reality does not change, life does. This is part and parcel why we must strive to rise higher. Purpose only seems unreachable until we begin the ascent. Life is a summit, embrace this challenge and bear the lessons, no longer beating yourself up for learning them and instead applying them every step of the way. Power belongs to no system, despite how strong the illusions may be. You hold the power that others both crave and detest.
Stories shouldn't be used as a form of escapism. They should be used as something which people should aspire to be. It's why women were always portrayed as strong willed, noble and were virgins. Men were portrayed as strong, brave, Full of vigor and love for his people. Nowadays men are portrayed as weak while women are portrayed as strong. The fiction of the era is what defines the people of the era. I will say the ancients weren't perfect but no one is. You have to recognize weakness and overcome it. Not acknowledging it will destroy you.