The modern Japan is long been called as “Self-searching Era”. On the other hand, there are tendency that it is the reason for “Adults’ Regression Phenomena” such as adults’ growing tendency to put off marriage and declining birthrate. Mr. Coelho, what do you think of the influence toward society of the people’s search for one’s raison d’etre and purpose of life?
I think, that despite all the fanaticisms, we are seeing the beginning of an era where feminine values, such as generosity and tolerance, are surfacing again.
This so called “regression” is actually a more honest attitude towards ourselves and what truly motivates us – not what society expects of us.
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I think people are tending to put off marriage nowadays because they don’t want to be locked into anything. I think people avoid responsibility, loyalty, faithfullness. They want to keep all avenues open and as nowadays many people just live together, they don’t feel a real need to seal it with marriage – that public promise. Also many people think children cost a lot. Adults, want to be forever young.
Kathleen xx
Yes, and it’s a great thing. I could feel a change in the way we deal with the society. And maybe media technologies tend to join us towards a better seeing of it, we’d like to live in.
In whole, I believe that people could quit with a “high” city, that bothers and destroys our perspective of “better purpose”.
So much the “high”, that’s not so, shows us that paper money is the only thing they are focusing on; threatening more and more the rights acquired with difficulty in the past. For now they’re directly taking them off.
There would be a day people understand we don’t need to be governed by unsatisfactory brains. (Notice factory in unsatisfactory; words are speaking).
We need, and are not dreaming, about being free. Free to live the way we want. And more and more people discover now, at last, nothing prevents from. And nothing had never prevented us from. Unless when we make it grouped. But sure, individually, nothing forbid us to do and be what we want, knowing it will open to a difficult life. But what’s the best? Dying in the low city, lying in the high one? Or living ours, in the middle of our heart?
I’m not sure it is the subject here, but I wanted to tell.
I wish you all a delightful evening, and send you all my love.
Yes,we can not do things only because society wants them.Also because we are all unique.Why one must marry till a certain age?If I find my true love later? And with childrens same.Maybe is fulfilling me to have them,but maybe to another woman is only a burden.Society must accept the hues,differences of personalities and concentrate on the great problems.
The way the question is worded is interesting.
I do not see “putting off marriage and declining birth rate” as signs of regression. Certainly a rather positive sign of evolution, rejecting habits whose rationale you do not understand.
Love is way beyond marriage, which is frankly either a interesting legal contract, or a religious invention to stabilise society.
Transmission is not necessarily in having children of its own. With more than 6 billion of people on this planet, I am not sure this is actually bad news that some countries have declining birth rate. Just a matter of perspective.