Editing Decadence (section)

=== Pria Viswalingam ===

[[Pria Viswalingam]], an Australian documentary and film maker, sees the western world in decay since the late 1960s. Viswalingam is the author of the six-episode documentary TV series [[Decadence (TV series)|''Decadence: The Meaninglessness of Modern Life'']], broadcast in 2006 and 2007, and the 2011 documentary film ''Decadence: The Decline of the Western World''.

According to Viswalingam, western culture started in 1215 with the [[Magna Carta]], continued to the [[Renaissance]], the [[Reformation]], the founding of the United States, the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] and culminated with the social revolutions of the 1960s.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 December 2011 |first=Sacha |last=Molitorisz |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |title=Society is past its use by date |access-date=2021-05-07|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/society-is-past-its-use-by-date-20111202-1oajg.html }}</ref>

Since 1969, the year of the [[moon landing]], the [[My Lai massacre]], the [[Woodstock Festival]] and the [[Altamont Free Concert]], "decadence depicts the west's decline". As symptoms he names increasing suicide rates, addiction to [[anti-depressants]], exaggerated individualism, broken families and a loss of religious faith as well as "treadmill consumption, growing income-disparity, b-grade leadership" and money as the only benchmark for value.