Thursday, November 08, 2007
death of the american dream
We all share a big world, yet we struggle endlessly for wealth and power.. the make it on your own kinda attitude. We wage war with nations over ideologies and beliefs. The captains of industry prevent innovation and creativity because they might lose money (think big oil and the auto industry). We slave away day in and day out fighting to sell our time for less and less in a world where maximizing profits comes before humanity.
I'm just trying to reach out to somebody else, anybody else I guess that could understand. It's a monopoly game though, and by the time I was born the property was already divvied up. I feel like I'm struggling for a mythical financial freedom. That 40 years of working is a wasted life because there's so many more important things.
But what is a persons time really worth? We've got big dreams for a short life.. but the days never end. The cycle never changes, accept for that paid vacation (if you have a GOOD job) and maybe a couple national holidays off.
The middle class is quickly being eliminated due to cheaper labor costs in foreign countries. We lose our jobs to outsourcing.. what's worse is the people in the third world being exploited though.
If I'm 60 and I own a car collection and a $400,000 house with acres and a pond.. gave my 2.8 children the best of the best.. traveled the world with gold and purple style.. is it a life wasted? How many people are going to suffer because of my materialistic life? What good is a car collection compared to community action? Maybe 15% at church every Sunday is enough to make a better world?
Who really knows? All I know is that I believe in a better way. That there's a higher conscious and it's up to us to be aware of how we're living and affecting the world around us.
The upper echelon of society controls our government.. our government takes out massive loans to fund foreign wars.. and the proletarian pays the debt back with his hard earned dollars. I wonder sometimes why the members of the Fed get to live in better houses than we do [from the daily show].. but it's apparent.. the government they operate borrows money and the investors in those programs make all kinds of money in interest off of the American people.. It's a big mob of selfish people dictating how much freedom (money = time.. time = freedom) that proletarians are allowed to have.
The American Dream has been corrupted by figures and estimates and maximizing profits so that we can consume more and more stuff and attract better looking women.. but the world was a beautiful place before money and class systems.. and it will outlive any of us and our accumulated wealth or debt.
I believe in a better way.
I'm just trying to reach out to somebody else, anybody else I guess that could understand. It's a monopoly game though, and by the time I was born the property was already divvied up. I feel like I'm struggling for a mythical financial freedom. That 40 years of working is a wasted life because there's so many more important things.
But what is a persons time really worth? We've got big dreams for a short life.. but the days never end. The cycle never changes, accept for that paid vacation (if you have a GOOD job) and maybe a couple national holidays off.
The middle class is quickly being eliminated due to cheaper labor costs in foreign countries. We lose our jobs to outsourcing.. what's worse is the people in the third world being exploited though.
If I'm 60 and I own a car collection and a $400,000 house with acres and a pond.. gave my 2.8 children the best of the best.. traveled the world with gold and purple style.. is it a life wasted? How many people are going to suffer because of my materialistic life? What good is a car collection compared to community action? Maybe 15% at church every Sunday is enough to make a better world?
Who really knows? All I know is that I believe in a better way. That there's a higher conscious and it's up to us to be aware of how we're living and affecting the world around us.
The upper echelon of society controls our government.. our government takes out massive loans to fund foreign wars.. and the proletarian pays the debt back with his hard earned dollars. I wonder sometimes why the members of the Fed get to live in better houses than we do [from the daily show].. but it's apparent.. the government they operate borrows money and the investors in those programs make all kinds of money in interest off of the American people.. It's a big mob of selfish people dictating how much freedom (money = time.. time = freedom) that proletarians are allowed to have.
The American Dream has been corrupted by figures and estimates and maximizing profits so that we can consume more and more stuff and attract better looking women.. but the world was a beautiful place before money and class systems.. and it will outlive any of us and our accumulated wealth or debt.
I believe in a better way.
# posted by kristofer @ 4:02 PM 
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Excellent post, Kristofer. You make some wonderful points. If you have not seen the movie, Zeitgeist, do a quick google or youtube search for it. I think it's part II..about the FED. It's brilliant.
Keep up the excellent reflective posts.
NewsSophisticate
Also..you might like a previous post of mine "Do the GOP even exist anymore..Or are they all neo cons now?" search GOP on my site and you'll find it.
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Keep up the excellent reflective posts.
NewsSophisticate
Also..you might like a previous post of mine "Do the GOP even exist anymore..Or are they all neo cons now?" search GOP on my site and you'll find it.
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