Civil society is dying in the U.S. as a direct consequence of the demise of the culture of rights and the destruction of the social safety net for human beings that generations of social justice advocates fought for and won in this nation. Inferior education is social violence. It inhibits the capacity of people to fulfill their potential in this society and their ability to live happy and productive lives. Poverty, unemployment, underemployment. Plant closings and corporate downsizings, which hurl millions of highly skilled workers and managers into unemployment lines in the face of growing profits, prosperity and privilege tor corporate managers and stockholders is economic abuse and violence.
Racism is an abuse.
An abusive society produces abusive and violent people. Little wonder that violent crime is such a frightening phenomenon among young people who often commit senseless crimes without apparent motive or conscience. The proper prescription to produce a safe, secure and peaceful society is to end societal neglect, abuse and violence against people of color, poor and working people and the struggling middle class. An abusive society produces abusive people. A compassionate society will produce a wholesome and healthy people.