There's something about the world we live in, about the way we go about building this civilization, that bothers me. We are all so obsessed with money, with power, and the notion that having one, and thus the other, will put us on top of some podium, and somehow solidify ourselves as number one.
Number one what? Asshole? Yeah, I get that you can ease into a fairly comfortable life through money, and yes, it will give you some amount of power. If you have what people want, they will tend to obey you, because they feel lesser. But back to the idea that you'd be on top. Why bother? Corporations and world leaders today are always wanting more, it's always a constant power struggle. We fight over resources, and kill because we aren't getting our way. Disagreements over the most petty things cause the biggest turmoil, and it's in that that I get frustrated. We are all getting in fits over the most pointless problems, created out of greed, and fostered by the notion that more is better.
Why are we even doing this? All this conflict doesn't get us anywhere. We expend people and huge amounts of money on military growth, trying to protect what is ours, all the while fucking with this planet like it's a game that will be refreshed when we're done with it. We fight towards this Westernized idea that we have something to gain by being on top, and the constant competition is necessary to ensure our place as the biggest douches on the planet.
What is the goal we are going for? We obviously don't have one. We should be trying to better ourselves as a species, to maximize what we can gain from this planet, and work together to solve the problems at hand in the world. Not the petty economic ones, the greed based ones that are largely irrelevant to our basic survival and growth. No, the ones that through this greed, are being taken away from a large population.
The basics. The food. The healthcare. The housing. The education. We spend so much time with money allocated for military spending so we can fight wars we don't have to bother with and spark fires in countries we shouldn't be worrying about.
We should be looking at this in steps. And until the first is completed, we shouldn't move on.
Does everyone have access to food, and if not, can they be given that access? Are we sustaining a population, or able to, with what is on this planet? We definitely have enough to go around, so why is this notion, again that power and greed make us better, able to stop that goal?
We have the space, albeit only for a short time, to contain everyone. To give everyone shelter. That shouldn't be something that we have to work for. Basic shelter should be a right that everyone has.
After that comes the problems of sustaining the planet we live on. Being able to keep those basic needs met, and then to be able to work together to solve the other problems we may have. Not anything based in politics, we have to think of this planet as a whole. We are one species. We should live like one. Not cut each other down.
Why is it that we don't have more emphasis put into exploring this planet. Learning everything we can about it, and keeping it in top shape so that we can continue to live, and solidify the base on which we live? We put so much into areas that are really childish when you look at the bigger picture.
And, to sum this up in sorts, I guess what I'm getting at is that our civilization will never be any more than it currently is, if we keep this mindset that more is better, and money = power.
We should be allocating money to the creative. The risk takers. The people willing to push the boundaries to help make our species the best it can be.
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