“We didn’t have the non-stop public displays of uncivil animal-like behavior behavior until these “social media” platforms came along.”
I agree, but of course evil the wound in our society is spiritual, at least in my opinion. It seemed to happen around the same time as the rise of social media.
Many social media platforms require that you express yourself as your real name and identity. People still say wild crap they would never say even though everyone knows who the other is. It isn’t all anonymous. I think the greater problem comes from social media where you reveal who you actually are.
The other thing I can think of that the downgrade in society corresponds to the rise of technology is the availability of internet porn.
Freegards
"Require" is a pretty loose term. I have numerous fake facebook profiles that I use just to monitor some things on that "platform."
Anyone who uses their real identity on social media and provides the information "required" on it is a fool IMO.
Most people of yesteryear still had what we called imagination, and could turn, or yield to spirits that turned, an innocent street scene into dirty things in their minds. That’s also possible on internet — one doesn’t have to peruse nudes to get that evil buzz.