Substitution of life values. Ordinary consciousness

Information garbage is being inserted into the minds of Russian teenagers, replacing the moral values ​​and practices familiar to Russian people. There is a decline in morals and a consistent dullness of the younger generation.

In Russia, words previously considered shameful, alas, are already spoken on air as a matter of norm.

Watching any of the programs or series on the most popular Russian, if you can call it that, TV channel “TNT” imposes on the average person the understanding that “intimate relationships without love and outside marriage are a common occurrence”, “tests and exams can be passed for a bribe, study no need”, “a real man is one who is extremely popular with girls and can drag anyone into bed”, “swearing and swearing are a natural attribute of communication for a Russian person”, “down with moral values ​​and fidelity in marriage”, “vulgarity and debauchery is a common occurrence for 16-year-old teenagers in Russia, and those who are not like that are losers,” “having children is not fashionable.”

And, finally, the most basic, carefully pushed line of propaganda on the TNT channel is to introduce into the consciousness of society the concepts: “an Armenian in the life of a Russian person is the norm”, “Armenians are the solution to all Russian problems”, “Armenians are smarter, stronger and more brutal”, “Armenians can be trusted, they will not deceive”... Such a policy of this channel is explained by the fact that the Armenian factor prevails in the management of TNT, as, indeed, in a number of other leading media outlets in the Russian Federation.

Modern Armenians, who have long taken root and successfully realized themselves in Russia, are trying to destroy the stereotype established from the past: at one time, the great Russian poets Pushkin, Yesenin, the historian Velichko and others noted in their works completely different qualities of Armenians... But that is in the past.

Today, representatives of the Armenian ethnic group occupy main positions in the Russian media, very skillfully using this modern instrument of mass influence for their own interests, presented as “Russian”.

Finally, in a number of Russian media, which the hand of the Armenian diaspora still failed, or did not have time to reach, they sound the alarm about this, noting: “Such television dulls the youth, imposes values ​​alien to their native culture, replaces the right with the wrong and leads to large-scale duping and dulling of youth, and not only. Think about what kind of information garbage your children absorb. Don't let these Armenian media giants take over your brain!"

It would be interesting to ask the leaders of the TNT television channel - what is the point of their activities, other than making money by undermining the foundations of society, corrupting the younger generation, and creating unhealthy idols? Why, for example, in “House-2” they show how to “build relationships”, changing sexual partners like gloves, and say nothing about sexually transmitted diseases, the dangers of promiscuity and maiden honor? What do they want to instill in Russian children? Sleep with just anyone, give birth to visiting young men and completely forget about morality? Why is homosexuality promoted?

And here’s what Russian bloggers write: “Many people scold America, saying that all this came from there. Maybe. However, I recently spoke with a former classmate who left for America a long time ago. He flew to Moscow on business. We remembered our student years, talked about how Moscow changed, and he said the following phrase: “I’m simply horrified by your television. What should happen in a society where everyone watches this?”

This trend of using the media as a “weapon of mass intellectual destruction” will continue until the Russian leadership realizes the scale of the problem...

What should come first in a person's life? How can a person be characterized by his chosen goal? These are the questions that arise when reading D.S. Likhachev’s text.

Commenting on the problem of true and false values ​​in life, the author relies on his own thoughts. He believes that a worthy person is distinguished by his goals and aspirations - in the first place for such a person are goodness, humanity, and compassion. And the one who sees the meaning of his whole life in buying a more expensive car, a more luxurious house, gives the impression of a base, unspiritual person.

It should be dictated by kindness towards people, love for family, for your city, for your people, for your country, for the whole universe.”

It is impossible to disagree with the author's position. If a person strives to do good deeds, to live with love for his neighbor and for the Fatherland, his life will be filled with joy, happiness, and the awareness that he has brought benefit to the world. By acquiring only material goods, a person will never be happy; he will always lack something. In the endless pursuit of material wealth, he will be devastated morally and spiritually.

Let's try to prove the correctness of our judgments by turning to a literary argument. Let us remember the story by I.A. Bunin “The Gentleman from San Francisco.” The main character devoted his entire life to his career and acquiring capital. Finally, he decides to go on a cruise trip with his family. In an expensive hotel in Capri, reading a newspaper, he suddenly dies. In order not to spoil the reputation of the establishment, the manager orders the body of the deceased old man to be moved in a soda box to the service room. And then the dead man floats in the hold of the ship Atlantis back to America, completing the earthly circle of life. With the death of the gentleman from San Francisco, nothing changed in the world; no one except his family grieved for his passing. This man served false values, saw the meaning of life in earning money in order to have the right to a luxurious vacation and entertainment.

Let's look at another literary example. In A.P. Chekhov’s story “Ionych,” the main character degrades as a person when the goal of his life is to accumulate money and buy houses. At first, Dmitry Ionych Startsev, a zemstvo doctor, walks around and falls in love with the daughter of the Turkins, whose family is considered the most talented in the provincial town of S. Having received a refusal from Ekaterina Ivanovna to propose marriage, Startsev quickly calms down. He gets a private practice in the city, money, his own troika, carriage, coachman Panteleimon. Ionych’s favorite pastime is counting rainbow-colored pieces of paper, which he takes out of his pocket in the evenings. So gradually the zemstvo doctor loses his humanity and turns into an idol.

Thus, we are convinced that when choosing a goal in life, a person thus evaluates himself. If he chooses material goods, then he can be assessed as the owner of a car or a summer house, nothing more. If he strives to do good to others, he evaluates himself at the level of humanity.

There is a lot of talk in society about such a phenomenon in society as the substitution of values. Some are outraged and blame the media and entertainment industry for the depravity of youth and the decay of society, some are happy to spread “new” values ​​and live by them, while others simply do their job well, help those in need as best they can, take care of their own family, and bears HIMSELF responsibility for his actions.

What is value substitution?

Usually, the concept of “substitution of values” is understood as the dissemination of information about the benefits of a hedonistic lifestyle and consumer attitudes towards the environment, the people around us, the state, and the family.

Where do values ​​come from?

We are told that the sources are the media, television, and the Internet. This is told by people who simply do not want to take responsibility. A lot of things in a person are genetic, and in the process of life, the environment creates its own work of art from this genetic material. And it all starts with parents, they lay the foundation with their upbringing. On a strong foundation, a house can turn out to be strong, but if the foundation is weak, then the house will fall apart in any case.

Throughout history, society has been divided into groups. Each group had its own values, its own way of life, traditions, and worldviews. In India we can still observe caste divisions. If we compare the values ​​and worldviews of representatives of different castes, we come to the understanding that each caste is a separate world.

In our society there is no obvious division into castes, however, society is divided: there are intelligentsia, there is the working class, there are criminals, there are drunkards and drug addicts. And each class raises its own kind. There are exceptions, but overall the trend is noticeable.

Each class has its own values ​​in all respects. For example, in the marginal classes of drunkards and drug addicts and in the working class, it is not customary to live and love a wife or husband. It is considered normal to cheat, have fun, for a husband to go out and scold his wife, for a wife to work for four people and scold her husband. As for children, the norm is to give birth to a child, send him to kindergarten, to school, feed him, put him on shoes, and dress him. It is also normal to have abortions, because sex and irresponsibility are an integral part of their values. They don’t seriously think about any education of the moral and ethical qualities of a child - they put a tablet or phone in their hands and finally there is silence. But the child really wants to be played with, answered many, many questions, hugged, kissed. Regarding work, such families do not think about how to gain more knowledge and bring more benefit to society and the family. The main thing is that there is at least some work. At the same time, they tirelessly complain that someone did not give them a prestigious position, and they cannot earn money like lazy directors. These are the values ​​that are imposed on young children. They don't see others.

If we talk about the intelligentsia class, here parents pay more attention to the mental development of their children and their education. And children themselves, from childhood, are in an environment where intelligence dominates. Here they are more attentive not to the physiological needs of children for food and clothing, but to their spiritual education. Here the words love, kindness, help, knowledge are heard more often. The relationship between parents is more respectful and not consumerist.

A separate class are businessmen. The class is characterized by the fact that children are told from childhood that they need to be purposeful, strive to earn a lot, and study. At the same time, family values, concepts of friendship and mutual assistance may be absent.

You can also highlight the military, which has its own values.

Anyone can move from one class to another, although only from the point of view of social status. Many representatives of the working class, for example, remain hedonists and consumers, even after achieving a position in society.

Substitution of values ​​is not a new phenomenon.

The problem of hedonism and consumerism has always existed. It’s just that now, thanks to the media and popular culture, there is a lot of talk about this. Examples of the decline of morals are described in the Bible: remember the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Among the world classics, Dante Alighieri’s “The Divine Comedy” was written in 1307-1321, Johann Goethe spoke about this in his “Faust” in 1790, and Oscar Wilde spoke about it in “The Picture of Dorian Gray” in 1890. In fact, in literature the topic of substitution of values ​​has been widely raised at all times; this is just a small list of the most high-profile works.

If we talk about historical figures, we all know Napoleon and Peter 1, Suleiman, who gave their thoughts to their lovers. But we also heard about Henry VIII Tudor, the image of which the writers of the series The Tudors made almost an ideal and role model. Although he was a bloody, greedy, selfish man, whose actions were condemned even by the church, sacrificing its unity and influence. Because of his lust, he killed two of his wives and brutally dealt with the peasants.

Why do young people like to watch mind-numbing shows like “House 2”, “Comedy Club”, and mass-market films? Yes, many people are influenced by the crowd. But, if a person has a healthy lifestyle, high responsibility, and the desire to gain knowledge since childhood, then no mass culture will drag him down. There are plenty of such examples. In fact, we all grew up in the same society, but we all grew up different because we grew up in different families and were children of different parents.

Therefore, dear parents, let’s criticize mass culture less and pay more attention to teaching children to adhere to their own values ​​and positive values.

Assignment: Write an essay based on the text you read.

(1) The old village with its thousand-year history is disappearing into oblivion today. (2) And this means that centuries-old foundations are crumbling, the centuries-old soil on which our entire national culture has grown is disappearing: its ethics and aesthetics, its folklore and literature, its miracle language. (3) The village is our origins, our roots. (4) The village is the material womb where our national character was born and developed. (5) And today, when the old village is living out its last days, we look with new, special, heightened attention at the type of person that was created by it, we look at our mothers and fathers, grandfathers and grandmothers. (6) Oh, they had a few kind words! (7) But it is on them, on the shoulders of these nameless workers and warriors, that the building of our entire life today stands firmly! (8) Let us recall, for example, only one feat of a Russian woman in the last war. (9) After all, it was she, the Russian woman, who, with her superhuman work, opened the second front back in forty-one, the front that the Soviet Army had been waiting for. (10) And how, by what measure to measure the feat of the same Russian woman in the post-war period, in those times when she, often hungry, naked and barefoot, fed and clothed the country, with the true patience and resignation of a Russian peasant woman she bore her heavy cross as a widow -soldiers, mothers of sons killed in the war! (11) So is it surprising that the old peasant woman in our literature has temporarily pushed aside, and sometimes even overshadowed, other characters? (12) Let us remember “Matrenin’s Dvor” by A. Solzhenitsyn, “The Last Term of V. Rasputin, the heroines of V. Shukshin, A. Astafiev and V. Belov. (13) No, this is not an idealization of village life and not a longing for the fading hut-like Rus', as some critics and writers broadcast with thoughtless ease and arrogance, but our filial, albeit belated, gratitude. (14) This is the desire to comprehend and retain the spiritual experience of people of the older generation, that moral potential, those moral forces that did not allow Russia to collapse during the years of the most difficult trials. (15) Yes, these heroines are dark and illiterate, yes, naive and overly trusting, but what spiritual treasures, what spiritual light! (16) Endless dedication, a heightened Russian conscience and sense of duty, the ability for self-restraint and compassion, love for work, for the land and for all living things - you can’t list everything. (17) Unfortunately, a modern young man, raised in other, more favorable conditions, does not always inherit these vital qualities. (18) And one of the most important tasks of modern literature is to warn young people against the danger of spiritual hardening, to help them assimilate and enrich the spiritual baggage accumulated by previous generations. (19) Lately we have been talking a lot about the preservation of the natural environment and monuments of material culture. (20) Isn’t it time to raise the question of the preservation and protection of the enduring values ​​of spiritual culture, accumulated by centuries of folk experience, with the same energy and pressure... (According to F.A. Abramov)

Answer:

The text by F.A. Abramov proposed for analysis is devoted to the problem of mental hardening. Modern man has recently inherited far from those values ​​that are, in fact, vitally important. But previous generations had them: endless dedication, a heightened Russian conscience, a sense of duty, the ability for self-restraint and compassion, love for work, for the land and for all living things.

The author believes that it is time to raise the question of the preservation and protection of the enduring values ​​of spiritual culture accumulated by centuries of folk experience. F. Abramov suggests remembering the nameless workers, on whose shoulders the building of “our entire life today” rests! Fyodor Aleksandrovich is sure that one of the most important tasks of literature is to warn people against spiritual hardening and help them enrich their spiritual baggage.

But, in my opinion, the modern generation is becoming hardened mentally. Young people now are angry and do not give kindness to the people around them. People began to forget about real spiritual values. How can you have a heart-to-heart talk with a person if there is no soul, but only selfish calculations? Only with kind, gentle and fair people can you truly make friends.

In the work of F.M. Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" in St. Petersburg, against the backdrop of dirt and stuffiness, events take place that depict the loss of human values. In the scene with the drowned woman, the author shows how the vast majority of onlookers curiously look at the drunk woman only for the purpose of having fun. This crowd has no compassion. Witnesses to Marmeladov’s death behave in the same way: some say that the drunk himself threw himself under the carriage, others claim that the coachman was flying quickly.

Kindness in a person must be cultivated from childhood. This feeling should be an integral part of the personality. For example, in L.N. Tolstoy’s work “War and Peace,” Natasha Rostova was kind from childhood, she was raised that way. She had natural charm, living life to the fullest, inner beauty. Natasha is very responsive to the point of self-forgetfulness, she is a loving daughter and caring sister. It is very difficult to characterize a person with such qualities in our time.

To summarize, I want to say that it is necessary to cultivate kindness, responsiveness, honesty, and selflessness in the younger generation. If all people eventually become kind and fair, then everyone’s life will become happy. Then there will be harmony in our world!

Let's remember the works that our fathers and mothers, grandparents grew up with - these were the works of the classics: Turgenev, Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Chekhov, Tolstoy and other wonderful poets and writers.

The sublime images and characters of the main characters encouraged us to imitate them in their fidelity, masculinity, culture of communication, subtle humor, developed in us the right concepts about duty and honor; exposed and ridiculed such character traits as hypocrisy, deceit, servility, sycophancy, infidelity, betrayal and much more.

If we now open almost any printed publication of fiction, any magazine or newspaper, turn on the TV or go to the cinema, what do we see?

Today, adherents of lack of culture loudly proclaim: “We must live in step with the times,” and they assert their category of values. And, unfortunately, the first place in this category is occupied by money, and for the sake of money, people today commit deception, all kinds of lies, and even more serious crimes.

One person said:

“Who caused the most people to die? Because of Hitler, Stalin? “No, meet Benjamin Franklin, pictured on the $100 bill.”

We, of course, understand the irony of this statement, but unfortunately, this category of a person’s value completely depersonalizes him, making him cruel, envious, deceitful, hypocritical, and so on. The Bible very accurately says that the root of all evil is the love of money.

You can often hear indignation at the new laws in the country and the activities of the government, but if you think about it, what constitutes my scale of values.

Maybe it’s better to start with myself and look at what books I read, what shows I watch, what movies I like, in the end, why I love my husband or wife and whether I love them at all.

There used to be a very common saying: “Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are.” It has not lost its relevance today. Someone said that a person has never been lonely as in the 21st century. But each of us seems to have mobile phones filled with a list of so-called friends. I say “so-called” because they are not, in fact, friends. We need them or they need us, we get some kind of mutually beneficial cooperation from each other and nothing more. If something happens to me, no one will remember why? Yes, because no one will need me.

One man was in a car accident and became a wheelchair user; his wife left him; in another family a blind child was born, he was sent to an orphanage; In another family, the son became a drug addict and his parents abandoned him and kicked him out of the house.

And where is mercy, kindness, loyalty, revenue, mutual assistance, parental or filial duty?

One can cite dozens and hundreds of examples of similar human tragedies that fill the world today due to the fact that people choose the wrong values ​​for themselves, which in fact are not such.

So, the future of our children depends on what we choose today.

And if our category of values ​​is money, position in society, fame, greatness, etc., then do not be surprised if tomorrow your children consider you unnecessary and send you to a nursing home; or, even worse, they will visit you only for your funeral in order to inherit your home and property.

But if in your life you have adhered to the principles of honesty, decency, honor, kindness and mercy, even if this was sometimes to the detriment of your financial condition, then believe that your children will follow your example; and you will not be ashamed in front of your neighbors because your son or daughter, even if they are rich, famous and famous, for some reason does not come to you.

I hope you choose the right values ​​in your life.