- Posted
- Jul 5th 2007
- Mood
- Overwhelmed
I know that we've all set out to change the world. However, few will and even fewer will change it for the better. But what if we all could change it? What if you knew a way to make it right? Look around and tell me that this is how we are supposed to live. Most of you would probably tell me that you have it pretty good. Well I'd hate to tell you this, but that is wrong. We were never supposed to get like this. We've lost sight of the point of living, which is to just live, and we've done this by bowing down to the most harmless thing on Earth. We gave into money. We are being controlled by a thing that can't plan, can't think, and can't even breath. Even the richest of us is under its spell. We're the most powerful species on the planet, and we just gave into something as stupid as this? I thought we were human, but if we can't fight something as weak as this it makes me question whether or not we are. It's about time that we fought back. What's stopping us from going out there and fixing this while we still might have time? Sure, we might be shipped away to a prison, but they can't hold us there forever. Sure, we might loose some of our luxuries, but we shouldn't have even had them in the first place. I guess what I'm trying to say is that we should attempt to go back and live in truth, not under the wicked, tyranical gaze of the almighty dollar. Just think about it.
RynnOfThCrimsonWings Says:
True. Money and Power are a shame. they should have never came into this world.
splatco Says:
Hmm. I like to think of myself as not controlled by money and luxuries, but I guess I do like to indulge just as much as the next person.
Still, though there are some exceptions, most people are not driven solely by monetary desires. We all like to have a bit of money, many of us will do things we dislike to get said money, but rarely will most of us do things like kill or steal. And what exactly is wrong with money? Who says that this is not the way we were meant to live? I personally believe that we were placed on this earth to be happy and ensure others' happiness. While I don't believe that money is the way to happiness, I also don't believe we should throw it out the window altogether. Many people have tried to figure a world without money, and it doesn't work. Human nature is such that we desire a sense of gratification for work.
Also, money is just another form of the trade system, and if you want to return to before that, it just wouldn't work. It would be asking a highly intelligent and developed race to live in the way of primitive hunter-gatherers. That's just my take though. I don't know which of us is right, but it probably doesn't matter. It will likely not change, and all we can do is make the best of it.