In modern society, a paradox is observed that is becoming increasingly apparent. Words have often lost their real weight.
Concepts such as ethics, feelings, and truth are used in public discourse but often by people who seem to be far removed from their real meaning. We live in an era where public discourse is dominated by image, impressions, and communication strategies. See politicians, governments, journalists, and the media, where without moral principles they talk about ethics, without empathy they appeal to emotions, and people who have been repeatedly refuted appear as defenders of the truth.
Perhaps the biggest problem is not that there are hypocritical behaviors, hypocrisy has always existed in the history of societies.
What’s really worrying is that society gets used to it, where people consider it normal to say big words without any consequences, then the value of truth and credibility begins to decline.
Ethics is not a word but an attitude towards life, feelings are expressed through actions and not statements, and the truth does not need exaggeration to be heard.
The challenge of the times is to separate words from substance, to learn to recognize authenticity in a world full of noise.