RE: Take Action Against Global Inequality
Excellent post @f3nix ....Raised many thoughts
There has always been inequality since we decided some 50,000 years ago that we wanted leaders. Once you accept that leaders are a normal part of your culture then it is inevitable that some form of elite class will form. Kings, Popes, Politicians, land owners and now CEOs.
Intentions dictate our actions. America was entirely built on the premise of greed. From the day it was discovered peoples from all over the world flocked to it in search of their fortunes. Im sure most had honest intentions but were soon met or encountered ruthless individuals and to survive they had to become of a similar nature or be trodden on. It is such that America was built and so it is of no surprise we see the result being a huge difference in wealth distribution. In theory the masses could vote to change this but they never do. The truth is they are stuck in a system that they do not know how to change or are even sure they want it changed,
None of us have a choice to be born or not. We have no choice of who are parents are or their status in life. Nor in which country we are born in. And so we grow and learn all these things and suddenly here we are. Am I a prince or a pauper? Am I intelligent or stupid? Am I a good looking or ugly? Am I tall or small? Am I black or white? and so on.
A person born to a rich family is no more to blame than a person born to a poor family. All we can do is male the most of who we are and where we are.
I can not change the world but I can help the old lady change the light bulb in her lamp because it is to high for her to reach it. I can not save the world but I can save the boy next door from running in front of a bus when his ball rolls out into the main road. We have a right to our lives. We have a right to be happy and to not feel guilty for being born in a land that is not poor or destitute. Along the way some things might penetrate our hearts and we feel so strongly that we might protest or organise a fund raising campaign. A neighbour of mine is a builder and went to Africa and and made 6 toilets in a village that had no sanitation. He did what his conscience told him and I am sure he made a small difference in the world. But that is him, it was his choice,
All of us have our choices too. The choice to do something or to do nothing. Doing nothing does not make a person evil, simply that they chose to do nothing. I might be that one day when that person needs help that it was noticed this person did nothing and no help will be offered to them.
I feel your heart and concerns in between the well thought out lines of your posit and I understand where you are coming from.
There are huge injustices in this world not the least the fact that the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer. But we are all to blame and all victims at the same time. We are to blame for allowing it to happen in our blind ignorance and denial. And we are all victims because those we put our trust in to do the right thing betrayed us. The banks, the politicians and the medical industry, all tasked with the job of having responsibility, totally stabbed us in the back.
But now people are becoming aware, They are waking up. And new technologies will help in spreading the word. But most of all, the intention is changing. And it seems our intention is to try a make the world a better place. With intention comes new action and it will come from those who are in better and ,ore positions to make the changes needed. Dont be surprised if powerful people begin to appear wielding new ideas that will go some way to change the world. Steemit is just one of these new ideas that we know of.
If we at least help the person next to us, that alone is a big thing.
Keep blogging.
Following you now.
Dear friend, reading your post makes me urge to precise that I didn't mean to be judgemental. I'm sorry if I seemed so, I was aware of this possible reading and I tried to further work on my message in the direction of not pointing the finger against anyone. If my words gave another impression, maybe this is due to the fact that I feel this with struggle. I understand what you mean, we are moulded by the environmental conditioning around us, but we are free too. I am a strong believer in our free will and the capability we all have to start a path for knowledge and compassion. I forgot to tell you that I own IOTA as you. I am excited of what we are going to witness and I strongly believe in the cypherpunk and crypto movement.. efficient decentralisation is the key of a new dawn.
One last tought .. I believe that together with one's economical/social influence and possibilities comes proportionately the responsibility of making this world a better place. This is what I believe and apply for myself. In the end if we want to fight this global powers and establishment we need to mainly fight the inertia of individual choices much more than people being "evil". In this I agree completely with you, and I won't tag anyone like that. What's wrong most of the time is the result of mechanical and even banal over-structures and behaviours (see Hanna Arendt, the banality of evil..a very important book i'm thinking to). I hope this made sense, take care! (sorry but I don't even have time to breath today :-P)
Do not concern yourself my good fellow. I do not judge you nor form an opinion of you other than it is plainly clear that you are an honourable human being.
A rare thing these days.
You genuinely care for the world and as such you carry a burden.
A burden I once shared until I realised it is simply impossible and can only be achieved in tiny increments with millions who wish the for same.
We can not help others unless we ourselves are internally content otherwise we are merely crying in the dark in our anguish at the vast injustices in this present life.
For a long long time I felt the world was lost. But the world changed when an unknown person pinned a white paper to the wall of a developers meeting calling his paper "Bitcoin another way". Ironically in a somewhat similar way to Martin Luther hundreds of years ago which also set forth an unstoppable revolution with the opening and freeing the minds of millions.
You're right, I think that we can be our own greatest ally as much as our biggest enemy. You also made me think of how it's difficult to escape from the mind cage that we are capable to build around ourselves with our own hands.
I think that your simile with Martin Luther is simply brilliant.. same social disrupting value. Thanks once again for your valuable contribution!
We are all in this life together my friend. Sharing is the key to happiness.
My old teacher at school once said; "I am not going to teach you anything. Instead I am going to share my knowledge with you. For when we share, I also grow" : )
It was a lesson I never forgot.
I love your discussion and the wisdom you gained in your life.
Very true and wise words. Trying to change the whole world is a burden, but changing each other's lives (one person at a time) is like the continuous ripple made by throwing a pebble. It keeps growing until it reaches the outer borders of the lake.
Thank you for this interesting discussion and hope to see more informative and engaging people like you around.
So kind of you to give positive feedback : )
I find your words rather heart warming and I thank you for them.
Appreciated @theleapingkoala
Dear @arthuradamson,
It gives me the pleasure to give positive feedback to people in general, let alone a person I feel connected with on the level of humanity love.
Thank you for being who you are and for your reply :)