Ideology: We decry the deterioration of social health in an age where social cohesion has been relegated to the bar ditch along the superhighway to economic conquest. As the world accelerates along the road of industry, our society disintegrates at an increasing pace. As globalism progresses, the community is torn farther and farther apart. As power is centralized we lose more and more social freedoms.

Social health has not only taken a back seat, the subject has been rendered transparent. It cannot be measured by a nation’s gross domestic product, a nation’s mortality rate, and not even census statistics. Social ills can only be wholly recognized and remedied at the local level. Yet we have watched passively as our communities and families are dismantled. Now, we have found our communities disintegrated. And we have found ourselves unhappy, unmotivated and unpurposed.

We shall react against the neurosis of commercially-driven culture. We shall react against systems and institutions that are not beneficial to humans. And we shall react against religious, scientific and economic dogmatism.

We criticize the forces that have invaded our communities. And we criticize men who defile social ties by seeking power. We seek to illuminate areas of controversy and ignorance and identify avenues toward positive change. We aim to challenge the false assumptions, anecdotal arguments and short-sighted conclusions that have formed into common codes of thinking.

We value humanity at its core, the human individual. We want to remind people that the individual does not exist to support societies, but that societies exist to support the individual. There is nothing sacred, save the individual. And healthy individuals are the root to the improvement of human relationships, the foundation of healthy social continuity and a renewal of social responsibility. This is the foundation of a happy society.

Social Comment is dedicated to social topics. Being that social topics often become volatile, I present this disclaimer. I am not shy when it comes to the use of language. I cater to no ones sensitivities or insecurities. How could I say what needed to be said, if I did?

It may seem insensitive that I report actual names in all my articles, but I think we waste each other’s time trying to protect and maintain some false image of our lives and the lives of others. In this way, everyday social crimes are concealed from the awareness of others. Thus, social problems are exacerbated.

My words may seem inappropriate at times. I do have a tendency to make allusions to sex, but I make such allusions because I find that sex is the only social interaction people take seriously anymore. And I don’t prefer to use fowl words, but sometimes four-letter words are all too necessary to complete certain expressions.

In a way, I may appear shameless. In a way, I may sound impolite. But, I believe propriety is insincerity. I tell things as they are with no intent other than to reveal their essence. With no agenda, but honesty. With no end, but to destroy the carefully cropped and manipulated image of ourselves and the world that perpetuates ignorance.

But also, it should be known that I mean everything I write with great compassion. I never write with the intent to cause harm or find fault. I recognize, however, that what I write may draw out conflict. And I do hope what I write will draw out conflict where conflict is needed in order to inspire positive change.

–Preston E. Benson