I just finished watching Michael Moor's Capitalism: A True Love Story and my heart is heavy. Although I must admit that after every single one of his documentaries, my heart is left unbelieveably heavy. It's not necessarily a bad thing. At the same time it inspires me to do something better for human kind, if that's even possible from little ole me. This documentary was a refresher for me, a reminder of the greed that exists out there. The idea that there are people out there who can care less for another human being for the sake of money disgusts me. I often dream of what life would be like if everyone cared about everyone else. If there wasn't any greedy assholes who took advantage of other people, if people did things to make other people happy...would we be better off? Or would we get tired of it and eventually become what we are now?
I once saw an episode/movie of Star Trek where they said that the human race had everything they wanted and there was no longer any need. Since Earth was in such a great state, they were able to go out to space and explore other galaxies and study other species. What an idea. Imagine if there was no longer hunger in the world, no longer any greed or crime. Imagine if you had everything you wanted. You would move on to help other people. If you were in a position where you no longer needed anything from anyone else, what would you do? Would you go on to help others? Would you reinvest what was initially invested in you?
It angers me when I think about how the government, our government has raped us over and over again and we can't do anything about it. They call it taxes but it's extortion. It's the tax payer's money but we have no say in how it's spent. They keep taking and taking from the working class people and we keep scaling back. I'm sure they know that the most dangerous person is the one who has nothing to lose. They're just trying to find that line where they can take as much as they can without someone feeling like they have nothing else to lose. Desperate people go to desperate measures. I don't believe there is a good government. I don't believe that any of these politicians have the people's best interest in mind. Voting at elections have gone from voting for the best person to voting for the lesser of the two evils.
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I completely relate to your sentiments about wondering what life would be like if everyone cared about everyone else. I often feel like a fish out of water because I'm trying to not just survive, but thrive in a society that does not reflect my own ideals. But how does one do that without feeling like their soul is being eaten away?
How did we end up in this overwhelmingly individualistic society? How has it NOT dawned on others that when we stopped living in community with each other, and truly looking out for one another (and not just saying it), that that is when the proverbial sh!t hit the fan?
That being said, I don't think all is lost (although it can sure feel like it at times!!). It is important to continue to find meaning in life and to have hope. Without that, then we are really in trouble.
The question is, how do we get people to stop being so apathetic (as I will admit that I feel at times) so that we remain involved in the process of bettering our society? To realize that when we pull the lever, punch the button, or fill in the circles at the voting booth, that that isn't the end of the process until the next time? How do we get people to continue to hold out elected officials (civil servants) accountable for the decisions they make?
No, you can't please all of the people all of the time, but when we end up in sorry state such as this one, where the majority of the people who are doing (or trying to do) most of the work can barely survive and truly LIVE meaningful lives, CLEARLY there is a problem that is not being addressed appropriately.
Where's the sense of humanity gone? And how do we bring it back?