hunter
hunter's JournalMoney was the stupidist human invention ever.
It's killed, maimed, and made miserable more people than guns, bombs, nuclear weapons, natural disasters, you name it...
These arguments about capitalism vs. socialism are silly.
It's like listening to Creationists explaining fossils and the geologic record.
We've created a world economy that's very brittle and unsustainable.
This thing we call economic "productivity" is actually a measure of the damage we are doing to our natural world and our own human spirit.
If we humans don't get our shit together, then the crash of our world economy is going to overshadow all the horrors of human history.
We need to make sure everyone is fed, has comfortable shelter, and appropriate medical care. Everyone needs to be educated, literate, and numerate.
Capitalism and socialism are myths, like Noah's ark.
All the "isms" are make-believe and easily corrupted.
If a society isn't corrupt, if nobody is punished for pointing out their society's flaws, if everyone has good food, comfortable shelter, appropriate medical care, if literacy and numeracy approach 100% limited only by rare forms of physical disability, then a society is successful and may call itself "civilized."
The U.S.A. is not a civilized nation.
The "freedom" of cars an illusion.
You're only free to go where you're allowed to go within the time constraints that bind you.
How often are you more than a few hundred yards from your car?
What do you see of the world beyond that?
Home, work, shopping, over and over and over again. It's hell.
When I was young and irresponsible I used to be an avid trespasser, walking, running, climbing places no one burdened by a car could go.
My own children and a good number of my nephews and nieces live in big cities. It's a joy to see them get around without their cars.
Cars allowed people who could afford cars to separate themselves from people who could not.
When the "wrong sort" of people were able to afford cars they were terrorized and harassed when they traveled.
How many relationships have become non-consensual because one of the parties couldn't get a ride home?
How many people have been killed and maimed by cars.
I hate cars.
It pisses me off every day that I have to own one to function as an "adult" in this society.
The car culture needs to end. It's killing us and the natural environment of our planet.
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Name: HunterGender: Male
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