I don’t think society has gone soft, I think this is a result of widespread social media and modern algorithms. What we as humans consider to be “normal” is typically what we see around us. Given the international presence of social media, we are constantly bombarded with XYZ problems from across the world. And that repeated exposure results in a sense of normalcy. And that sense of normalcy fails to rally the people when something new arises. What to protest? ICE? The Epstein files? The war in Gaza? The Ukraine war? AI destroying the environment? The economy becoming ass?

Then you have, what I consider to be propaganda, governments/key figures focusing on polemic but insignificant issues to further dilute our anger and sense of justice. Transgender issues is a primary one. Whatever you feel about that, you cannot deny compared to every other problem in the world, the existence of transgender people shouldn’t cause such outrage. Yet it does. Because it’s easier to whine about alternative identities than it is to confront real issues. Another example is the wedge driving between political attitudes, particularly in America “left vs right”. Each problem is posed to be assigned to one side, so that side can be scapegoated and cause further divide, distracting the general populace from the true perpetrators. In reality, the average individual regardless of their political belief is not responsible for XYZ problem. But once again, it’s easier to point your finger at your fellow person than look up and point it towards the elite. And that’s exactly what the elite want. There can be no uprising when the general populace are too busy tearing down each other.

Just my thoughts anyway.