Thomas Hardy Bemoans the New Waltzing Fad

From "The Life of Thomas Hardy" (ostensibly by his second wife---but agreed-upon by scholars that the text was probably written by Hardy himself; published immediately after his death in 1928).

 RE life in 1860s London, where Hardy was working as a young architectural intern:

Balls were constant at Willis's Rooms, earlier Almack's, and in 1862 Hardy danced at these rooms, or at Almack's as he preferred to call the place, realizing its historic character. He used to recount that in those old days, the pretty Lancers and Caledonians were still footed there to the original charming tunes, which brought out the beauty of the figures as no later tunes did, and every movement was a correct quadrille step and gesture. For those dances had not at that date degenerated to a waltzing step, to be followed by galloping romps to uproarious pieces.

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Imagine a time when "newfangled" waltzes were considered "degenerate." 

Reading the above reminded me of how far we, as a society, have fallen. Absolutely NO form whatsoever remains. Acting exactly how you want---while insanely, ignorantly claiming that what you're doing is somehow the best that humanity has ever had to offer. (Note to Millennials and post-Millennials: You happen to be the worst that I've seen in my lifetime. You begin all sentences with "So..." You have Valley Girl speech patterns without a Frank Zappa to correct you. You don't have a single thought that hasn't been vetted by Twitter "likes." You claim to be "anti-fascist" yet engage in mob violence and mob group-think/speak---the ultimate in hypocrisy. You're a collective mess. And, worse, a SELF-RIGHTEOUS collective mess.)

Intellectually, I have no problem with your concept of "act exactly how you want" if that's what you choose to do in private---However, you've got to acknowledge that there are, or should be, repercussions for your decadent and/or violent or irrational life choices. No one else, especially the rest of society/the government should EVER have to participate in your own demise. Or, in more aggressive cases, allow your own disgust with yourself to spew out in various violent forms into the rest of the world you live in.

The government should NEVER participate in enabling you (that's up to your mommy/daddy and/or spouse) as it has been for the past 50 years. Examples: Cities giving drug addicts clean needles. Cities allowing drug addicts to camp out on their streets. Left-wing mayors allowing violent protests on their streets (for 96 days in a row, in Portland's case) and (insanely) not allowing police to arrest the perpetrators. The government paying for abortions. The government giving welfare payments to support able-bodied people. People allowed to enter the country illegally. Universities asking students to use ridiculous gender pronouns like "xe" and "xem." The media and Democrat legislators claiming that violent black criminals are "oppressed" by police.

And that is EXACTLY what the left-wing Democrat party is currently engaged in supporting, and what the current US media is supporting. I protest against this descent into a psychotic, irrational hell that Orwell predicted over 70 years ago. The northeastern Left once decried said Hell but is now fully engaged in supporting it. And the degeneracy has now somehow become the public norm. WHAT HAPPENED TO US?