Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Greed and civilization verse sharing and uncivilized
Why is it in the modern world greed is associated with the civilized world and the thought of community and sharing is with the uncivilized? Think about this in downtown Manhattan will you ever see a block party or other free community event? Yes there are events but they are money makers, or they are intended to celebrate a culture or some holiday. In rural communities, they gather for several reasons to assist the community, imagine a barn raising or the gathering of the crops. If you go into the history, you see that civilized is about a king or fiefdom, where uncivilized is the Native Americans where they hunted in groups for the community. There was no personal gain out of materialistic ideals but an honor basis. The modern world views capitalist as the utopia and communist as this warped ideal that is evil or at least unwanted. But is it that communism evil or is it the communist countries that have survived in whole the lest desirable. And here I should of first went into a different discussion first because capitalist is a social order where communism discussed here is a form of government. Socialism is the opposite social order. Modern world has set up that capitalism is congruent with a democracy and it is the will of the people. That is assuming the masses are not a bunch of idiots who are whipped into which ever frenzy is the loudest. Where socialism is associated with communism and other less desirable things. In itself, it should be the ideal social order, everyone is taken care of and everything is shared. Where it gets corrupted is when the leaders forget the basis of it and raise themselves above others. If you maintain everyone equal in motivation, status and every other way you can think of. Then the community will grow and thrive. Capitalism grows a community but also grows undesirables. Capitalism unchecked is growth for the sake of growth, making more money because you can. Where is the end? When does the amount of money meet your needs, so that you can stop increasing prices. With a stabilization of prices, you no longer need to increase wages, so your employees can afford the cost of living. This process of increasing prices is incorporated into inflation. How is more money created? How can we have a debt which is more than the worlds money a century ago? Shouldn't money be a fixed amount or how can a government make up money? We print more money and some how increase our debt each year. Who do we owe? Is there an end to what was started the first time someone decided we can make a national debt and feed into it any time we need money and it will always be there? Is it all imagination, you have a perception of money but in actuality it is all smoke and mirrors. On a loan you make payments, are there payments on the national debt or do they just borrow money to pay that so after a while because no one is really checking just forget about it? Is it inevitable that power corrupts? You limit the length of executive branch lengths but you allow the legislature to continue as long as needed? Does congress have any less power than the president as a whole? You rely on the people to vote people out of the office? You allow these people to as soon as they walk in the office to be set for life? But for some reason that is not enough? They need to be bought and paid and increase their pay when they feel it? They are representatives but more times they do not represent the majority of their population. They represent the rich and the famous. The people who have the money to run for office and win. And the best part is they barely do their job. They spend their time making sure they will be their next term. They make an appearance every once and a while. Would someone win a ticket under these campaign slogans ... Fines for congress persons who fail to vote on each issue or limit the term to two four terms like the president... or the new salary for congress minimum wage for a 40 hr work week? Would these work or would these be viewed as campaign lies and not trusted? Would the be able to whip the populace into supporting this effort? Because the capitalist world will not allow such a blatant self sacrifice. Would it lure honest people into an office of privilege or would it just worsen the corruption that is present? Will politics allow for honesty? Will the people recognize it and champion for it? Or will it be drowned out by the lies and the insults? Can the government be shaped back into what it once was? A government for the people by the people. Because without a government you will eventually fall into chaos. Government brings order. And then the government is corrupted and disorder seeps in. I sadly didn't finish this when I wrote it or shortly afterwords so I am just going to stop here.
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