Globalisation

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Feel tired? Depressed? Even worthless? Ever wonder why? The reason for this is quite simple: you're living a modern life.

A few centuries ago, life was pretty simple: you grow up, work, then die. That is what you expected, that is what you got. One would agree that that life and its experiences was enjoyable.

Time rolled on like this. Then suddenly, along came the industrial revolution. No more ploughing the fields for most folks. Many moved to the cities in the hope of making good money in factories. Life expectancy dropped to around 30 years (life was spent in disease and rat infested slums). It was generally tough for the generations that lived through the first 100+ years of industrialisation, but eventually all that work "paid off".

This leads us to where we are today. Very, very few people plough the fields. Now, even the poorest of people can enjoy such luxuries as television and tasty food. What to do with all that extra money, though? Well, buy stuff, of course!

Now, instead of people just trying to stay alive (as in previous times), they go out 'shopping'. The smarter of the human species saw this and said to themselves, "Jesus! Look at all that money to be earnt!". So they built their little business empires.

Well, those little empires did well, and got big. Really big. The people who ran these businesses eventually lost touch with the normal world, that is the unprivileged world, and no longer saw the members of said world as human beings. Now, they were consumers...people to sell stuff to.

So, with this new lack of care for the majority, they drove competition (between businesses) to a new level. Anything that could make someone buy your junk over someone elses was acceptable.

In previous centuries, power was something obtained through things like military or political force. Repeat: In PREVIOUS CENTURIES. But now, money is the dominant force. Why? Because people want stuff...whether it be new cars, bigger televisions, X-Boxes, what ever. The smarter/more greedy folks realised this, and jumped ship on trying to rule with politics or physical force. So now, the ruling classes have a string tied to a dollar, and are pulling it whereever they want us to go. And we follow. (What a perfect way to make people do what you want...make them want to do it.)

For centuries, the ruling classes have tried to control every aspect of human life. Why? Natural human greed. No matter how hard they tried, however, they could not conquer one thing: the human mind. Now they can. People willingly sit down in front of electronic boxes every day and are subliminally told what to behave like. It's pretty much accepted knowledge that people try to be like the folks they see on TV, including what they wear, eat, drink, drive, or use in any way. Can I prove it? Sure:

It sometimes costs millions of dollars to put an advertisement on television. Would companies pay for that if it didn't work?

This isn't inherently bad, though in its present form, it comes with some nasty side effects, including (but not limited to):

Excess Desire: Simply put: all the pleasures of the 'stuff' that is sold to you, or the stuff that you desire, distracts you from things that actually matter, such as enjoying what you already have (family, friends, life itself). This one feeds into itself: with the lack of the things you really need, you may become sad, thus proceding to buy worthless crap in a blind attempt at a cure.

Stupidity: Basically the same as desire: why would you worry about actually knowing things when you could be playing with your toys? This one also feeds into itself: If people were conscious of the world around them and what life is really about, they naturally wouldn't be so driven to run after the dollar on the string.

General Worthlessness: Not all may be conscious of it, but when you sell yourself out to the highest bidder as many do, you are in fact, WORTHLESS (in a non-monetary sense). That is, you have no pride, no honour, no self respect. Call these things old-fashioned, but the human brain needs them naturally.

Now, if you're wondering, what has this to do with politics and government? Even though the businesses hold the true power, some things just can't be done directly with money. So, they do it indirectly with money. Payoffs - simply, obviously.

Well, it's odd to write an article about this subject without mentioning the "EVIL BUSH ADMINISTRATION", isn't it? I laugh at people who blame our government or its leaders as the root for our problems as a nation. I laugh even more at people who blame a specific party or group, like the "republicans" or the "democrats" or "skull and bones". They're all THE SAME. Hasn't anyone noticed that they all have one thing in common? They're all *filthy* rich.

They have invented an ingenius method for keeping only specific people in the White House. It's called the two-party system. The less-intelligent people (that is most of us, sorry to say) feel like we can only vote for the "major candidates", that is, either a democrat or a republican. In this manner, there hasn't been a non democratic/republican in office since 1853. 1853. Yes, 1853. In fact, there was only one president that didn't belong to a party: George Washington. He himself warned against the dangers of letting parties take control of the government in his farewell address:

"...the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it. It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another. There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty. This within certain limits is probably true; and in governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume."

Now, of course, the government is full of people who also want to control your lives, and they do...but to a miniscule level in proportion to the business world.

So, now that you know what's going on, here's what you can do about it: stop watching TV (YES, IT IS POSSIBLE). Stop caring about what the newest toy is for you to buy. Start realising what life is really about. Stick up for your beliefs, however different they may be from the sheepish attitudes most of the country (or world, even?) has these days.

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