Society is pretty much the same as it always was: just shooting back and forth between two opposing sides or methods of thinking. It is probably going downhill, but at no faster a rate than it ever was...because everything in our history has been pointing towards that point. There really is no point in history, except for a very small number of years on the grand scale, where people would say things are getting better versus getting worse.

Things are not good, but I see the entire social trend aas the problem, but specific things about any government. Our entire society is built like a madhouse, and we are far too focused on schedules/time, money, and material possessions. We can mostly hope to acheive at least a modest life with comforts, but in order to maintain it, all but the richest have to work their asses off. Which begs the questions--what is the purpose of all the stuff we buy if we never have the time to honestly enjoy it?