Is a quote from an unnamed Facebook status. Ok, I know the name, but for privacy's sake, will remain nameless. Earlier today, a friend of mine ( who will also remain nameless) was crying due to finances. These two events deserve consideration. In what way do finances affect our lives? A commodity with no intrinsic value, has been the cause of suicide, war, disease, corruption, and slavery. What psychological power does an inanimate object have, to make one kill his brother, or create songs praising it's worth? If the power of this god is so great, so entrenched in the minds of society, is it possible to have a satisfactory life without, or with very little of it? How can one have a successful relationship without the worship of this beast?
Furthermore...
When the phrase, "I don't care about money" is stated, it's either highly naive, or disassociated with our reality ( or at least my reality). If Bill Gates utters, "I don't care about money" he's disassociated, and if Comrade Yosef says it, he's naive. Whatever your perspective, we are trapped in a world where, as history shows, paper means more than ethics, morals, and all those other things you can think of. This being the case, how can one develop relationships, when stuck on broke? Using an example from my life, lets say I'm broke...better yet, let's say I'm rich. After hanging out with a "broad," does she genuinely like me? Or is she enamored with the great time we've had? Or if we take the autobiographical approach, lets say I'm broke. Did the relationship fail because..well..I suck, or because we couldn't do anything that requires money (most of the fun stuff)? I mean, creativity and sweetness can't last forever, or in my case, the matriculation through college.
Humans are social creatures. We eat food we haven't caught, wear clothes we haven't made, and live in houses we haven't built. We understand the "love" of money is wrong, and yet our actions are geared toward it's accumulation. The best things in life are truly free. However, when these things are adulterated by consumerism and supply- and- demand, what does that say about society? Perhaps, if the choices are, dead vs. living and broke. A society based on, "the collective group" would be wiser than a society based off the individual; a construct not found in other primates. Perhaps when society cultivates thoughts of money over life, I'd rather be dead, than living and broke.
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Since the idea of a capitalist society is based on the owning, exchanging, producing, and consuming capital, it's pretty hard to live without money.
ReplyDeleteNow where's the next blog post!!!!
You and your no money thing lol.Hmm,I find that there is a level of disconnect between some of your points in the last paragraph. eg. Humans are social creatures that doesn't readily connect with eating food we have not caught. You could probably say that instead of catching our own food, building we are more interested in social activities and to undertake such activities we need money. Which is really an example of modernization, and industrialization.
ReplyDelete@Kim: Yes, i agree we're social creatures in the sense we perform group activities. However, i meant "social creatures" in the sense we are communal by nature. I suggest a "Collective group society" would be more efficient than one based off "individualism" I.E capital.
ReplyDelete@Amato: Getting rid of money is impractical, and i don't suggest that. What i suggest is a psychological shift off capital and toward people. Now where is the next blog??????