אזלא ודלדלה ואין שואל ואין מבקש Yes, that Talmudic excerpt certainly does show that things will be different when the Mashiach comes.
However, we're not there yet. At this time, since we are in the final period before the coming of the Machiach, we have to put up with some unfortunate things.
The generation before the coming of the will be unusually riotous and unruly. They will need the Mashiach in order to keep them in place.
We have seen these predictions come true. They are the only way that we can really explain the decline in manners and morals in our generation.
The general permissiveness in our generation, as well as the decline in parental control and authority, is reflected in this Gemara as well. Yes, parental issues are couched in a modern and enlightened view of ways in which to raise children. The result, however, is that children know no limits.
Whether a return to traditional methods of child-rearing will deal with this blight is moot. More importantly, however, is the fact that our generation is facing a crisis.
על מי יש להשען על אבינו שבשמים
בעקבות משיחא
חוצפא יסגא ויוקר יאמיר
הגפן תתן פריה והיין ביוקר ומלכות תהפך למינות
ואין תוכחת בית וועד יהיה לזנות
והגליל יחרב והגבלן ישום
ואנשי הגבול יסובבו מעיר לעיר ולא יחוננו
וחכמות סופרים תסרח ויראי חטא ימאסו
והאמת תהא נעדרת
נערים פני זקנים ילבינו
זקנים יעמדו מפני קטנים
בן מנוול אב בת קמה באמה כלה בחמותה
אויבי איש אנשי ביתו
פני הדור כפני הכלב הבן אינו מתבייש מאביו
ועל מה יש לנו להשען על אבינו שבשמים:
- מסכת סוטה, מ"ט ע"ב
-Sota 49b
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