> cynicism, The cynicism comes from the fact that many people (including me) have decided to check out from what is going on in the world and instead focus on

> cynicism, The cynicism comes from the fact that many people (including me) have decided to check out from what is going on in the world and instead focus on what we can control in our daily lives. It also comes from the fact that in many countries the social contract is broken. You are still expected to pay your taxes but the services provided are increasingly of bad quality such as schools,hospitals, judicial system and so on. So much so in fact that it seems to me that this relationship that the people have with the state is becoming more and more one sided. Like in an abusive relationship of some sort. Look at the number of people who don't bother to vote anymore because at the end of the day it does not make much difference to their lives. There is profound sense of injustice in the world at the moment but it is being swept under the carpet.