We live in a very strange age, an age of contradiction and backwards thinking. We think the dedicated monk is a crazy person and a failure in life, while the morally bankrupt business man is a hero to be emulated. 
    A person in marketing who convinces many people to buy something they don't actually need at a ridiculous price is considered a genius. A hundred companies are offering him jobs. Meanwhile, the guy who tells the truth is labeled a trouble maker and a whistle blower which is really no different from the street gangs labeling someone a snitch. 
    This story recently popped up on Facebook. It's about a company that is charging $1500 for a drug that used to sell for $10 thanks to the FDA declaring it an orphan drug. The people who work for that company probably celebrated the victory!  And the FDA that is supposed to protect the people is instead the protector or greedy corporations.
    A preacher of a mega-church pays off the young men accusing him of sexually molesting them, and the whole thing is forgotten and he goes back to preaching and making millions.
    We tell our kids to engage in random acts of kindness and respect all people and everyone's rights, but the ones who get the viral video on youtube are the ones start fights, throw hissy fits, or generally act mean and angry. 
    We arrest a hacker for doing millions in damages, but after he serves six months in jail, he gets hired by a computer security company for a six-figure salary and he's not required to pay back any damages.
    This backwards and contradictory way of thinking has happened before and usually ends with the downfall of an empire. This time will be no different except in scale. It will be the downfall of man if we don't straighten out soon.