Roadbuster wrote:Every species is selfish, in their own way. So don't single out humanity. That's nature. She's cruel and heartless. And yes we've not done much for the planet because our way of thinking was different from what it is today, but we're slowly changing our thinking towards giving back, albeit it's a slow process occuring from generation to generation and the emans graduallty becomming available for widespread use.
Every species is selfish, yes. But we're the only species that can choose not to be.
I challenge you to come up with a better system then. Oherwise you really have no reason to complain about that. It's not perfect but it's the best system we have right now. Trust me, it's better than whatever we had before.
There's something called the Venus Project, which utilises something called a Resource Based Economy. Remember that money is only a means to share out resources - Those with the most money get the most resources. However, in our age, we have technology advanced enough to preserve these materials and use them efficiently enough to both recycle and reproduce them. I wont go into all the details but look into Project, and ignore that Zeitgeist crap that's been holding its hand.
I cannot see one benefit the monetary system has given us that outweighs any of the damage it has done.
Once upon a time, it did work for us, when resources were scarce and needed to be handed out. But with our recycling technology and with careful planning and care, we can make sure such resources never run out and thus the need to share it out fairly or through the use of money is redundant.
It would be nice, but such change does not happen overnight and if such change is forced, it would more than likely lead to negative results. humanity cannot be controlled.
I completely disagree. Humanity can be controlled and has been, for slavery and profit and malice. Humanity is controlled in the most subtle ways nowadays. From advertising to blindly following systems it doesn't understand (I'm talking specifically about things like the monetary system and needlessly complicated bureaucracy).
People do not change overnight. They change over time and gradually come to accept the status quo. Things will get better, but not before they get worse. We just have to weather it, learn rom it, and adapt. humanity is very resilient as a species. We've faced extinction numerous times, yet somehow we continue to survive.
That might be a little over-romanticised. I'm not sure we've faced extinction, bar a few plagues that only affected a percentage of humanity. But I might be forgetting some instances.
This species is not invincible because a few movies made it seem like we are. We are not the most noble race on the planet, nor do we deserve any such right to call ourselves anything because in the end, we are the only race that may do so and it then becomes self indulgent. But we do anyway. We call ourselves a strong species because hey, who's going to argue? The animals? We can get away with that kind of thing.
People don't change overnight, no. But that's not what we're talking about here. I think as a society, we're becoming a little more restless. More discontented with the governments and powers that be. I think in recent years we've seen a lot more movies and movements that are just lashing out against the nonsense around us created by ourselves.
Books on crazy laws. People getting more and more upset with larger corporations. And I understand that quite a lot of Americans are nearing the end of their rope with their government (although this can be said for a lot of governments). To be honest, I personally see, and hope, for a huge change in this government, one that may not last but that will alter the Status Quo significantly. And I don't think it will happen over night - that on the 20th of December we see the beginnings of some great revolution that'll be over by the next day - because, in my eyes, it's beginning already, and has been chugging away for a while getting angrier and angrier.
We're getting pissed off with a lot of things. And I think in two years it might just pique.
I'm no anarchist. If this ever started happening, you can bet I'll still be right here posting crap on forums and playing video games
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