This Is Not Normal and We Should Stop Pretending It Is
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This Is Not Normal and We Should Stop Pretending It Is
We Should Stop Pretending
So here we are today, living in a world that feels both depressing and deeply disturbing. Nearly every part of this planet looks like it is falling apart. The political state of the world is a disaster. Migration is mishandled. Adaptation is ignored. Every country seems locked in the same tired fight. Left versus right. Conservatives versus liberals. Extreme selfishness clashing with extreme performative selflessness.
Everyone is consumed by agendas. Greed. Envy. Money. Power.
And if anyone thinks this is normal, they are delusional.
Where are the good people?
Where are the sensible ones?
Looking back at history, humans have always treated other humans like garbage. In many cases, worse than animals. You do not even have to look that far back to see how cruel and evil we can be to each other, to other species, and to the planet itself.
What Makes Today Worse is That We Know Better.
We live in a world of abundance. Enough food. Enough resources. Enough knowledge. Yet people still hoard, exploit, and dominate as if everything belongs to them. The western mindset reduces life to stocks, markets, investments, money, and scams, all neatly wrapped in layers of lies.
We are told this is progress.
It does not feel like progress.
The world today may genuinely be the worst version of itself. Yes, history is filled with war and brutality. We know what humans did during World Wars. We know what we created. But today feels different. The lies are constant. The manipulation is polished. The damage is normalized.
All of this to gain control over things we cannot take with us.
We are all going to die. Every single one of us leaves this planet with nothing. And yet we are obsessed with taking everything while we are here.
I am not against people being rich. I am against people being careless. My family has been well off, and we have also been broke, not knowing where the next meal would come from. The answer is not endless handouts. The answer is basic decency.
Treat people better.
Treat resources better.
Stop wasting everything.
The Freaking Government!
Governments are a major part of the problem. Tax money is burned on useless programs while real problems are ignored. Healthcare could be better. Housing could be better. Food could be better. This applies to Canada, America, and nearly every country pretending to be functional.
People strike for better wages while others have nothing to eat. None of this would be necessary if money was spent wisely in the first place.
This is not complicated.
Simple-minded
Yes, I am being simple-minded. That is the point.
We already know what is wrong. Governments know what is written on paper. They just refuse to act because business interests come first. Big food companies are allowed to poison people with chemicals and colouring that serve no purpose. If we removed that garbage alone, healthcare costs would drop. People would be healthier. Less money would be wasted. More people could actually be helped.
Instead, we argue about electric cars versus gas cars. We pass legislation that makes no sense. We talk about global warming while ignoring decades of corruption and theft that made the problem worse in the first place.
Species are going extinct because of overfishing and resource extraction that we do not need. It happens because it makes money for shareholders. I am not against business. I am against waste.
What truly saddens me is the mindset of people today. Truth is blurred by lies. Lies are buried under fake news and real news until nothing means anything anymore. Everyone has an agenda. Nobody listens.
I am not religious. But at this point, the only honest ending is this.
God help us all.
modern world, political corruption, government waste, moral decline, social decay, human behaviour, global crisis, environmental destruction, media manipulation
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If more people were like Eric Hollenbeck the world would be a far, far better place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otgjdSa6ceA
Instead we Work in Bullshit Jobs producing nothing of real value in order to earn enough money to become Bullshit Consumers producing Bullshit Products.
The Bullshit Economy consumes vast amounts of resources and makes billions of lives miserable either directly or indirectly. Hardly any of the "activity" in the Bullshit Economy produces anything of real value. Certainly none of it produces anything as worth while as Eric Hollenbeck does in his life and work.
However the Bullshit Economy makes billionaires insanely wealthy. We are told there is no alternative to Bullshit.
Eric Hollenbeck reminds me of William Morris. Then again I am reading a biography of Morris at the moment.
Morris rejected capitalist modes of production and championed craft skills over machine made Bullshit Products. I think Morris would be incandescent with rage if he was alive today. Actually its far likely he would be working in a Bullshit Job himself.
#HowToLive #EricHollenbeck #Life #CommonDecency #BullshitJobs #BullshitConsumers #BullshitProducts #BullshitEconomics #WilliamMorris
It takes an anachronistic survival of past leaderships to remind European leaders about fraternity and humanity, the same values fought by European peoples for centuries against his predecessors in power... #Gaza #RoidesBelges #commondecency
https://www.politico.eu/article/gaza-israel-war-belgian-king-philippe/
"People seemed to find the concrete nature of it satisfying — this specific school, these specific kids, this specific problem solved."
A liberal realizing parents cannot pay school lunch: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/utah-school-lunch-debt-relief-free-student-meals_n_681258fbe4b03207b5ba49fa via @Cdespinosa @marick
#convincing #humiliation #shame #decency #commonDecency #Utah #society #schoolSystem #USA #professionals #institutions #adultism #storyTelling #narratives #advocacy #childhood #budget #policy #community #schools
What exactly is Pierre Poilievre's antiwoke agenda? He won't say, which leaves us to consult the MAGA source of his rhetoric. Not surprisingly, the prospects for Canada under a government led by him are pretty grim. Jared Wesley considers the issues.
https://drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/whats-woke?r=1qi8yn&triedRedirect=true
Reminder that #busdrivers appreciate a #greeting going in and out. They drive everyone around all day so you can jump on and get out. Some small acknowledgement they aren't robots but #people working hard for you isn't a bad thing.
Unless your bus is actually driven by robots I guess. Then I didn't say anything.
Yes, I did just get in a bus where everyone else just completely ignored the driver going in. Not even worth a look away from their #phones apparently 🥲.
The TOP UNREPORTED STORY.
Russia is losing. Putin will probably be deposed. The economy is collapsing, rationing is increasing, businesses failing, inflation growing.
Almost a million Russian boys have died after begin sent to steal what will not be given up.
#Ukraine #Canada #Europe #Panama #Mexico #Greenland #sanity #commonDecency #honesty #respect
Trump [who else?]: "In some cases they’re not people, in my opinion. But I’m not allowed to say that because the radical left says that’s a terrible thing to say."
And just like that, all decent people became part of the radical left.
To all #vegans of #mastodon, I wish you a most excellent #weekend!
#ethics #compassion #commondecency
:vegan: 🐔 🐷 🐮 :vegan:
If you aren't homosexual/transsexual, don't vote on homosexual/transsexual issues. If you aren't capable of bearing a child, don't vote on abortion issues.
If you're creating a law or voting on a law that is designed to affect other people but has no impact on you as an individual, then you are willfully using your rights to impact or restrict the rights of other, innocent people.
I've been to this #supermarket many many times, and only today I notice this sign saying:
"Eating or drinking inside the supermarket is strictly prohibited."
I had* to take a photo. 😂!
It's sad that they had to spell it out. But with how some* oblivious people behave, well...
Yes, it happens. But it's rare. Only the people that do that themselves will say that it's common practice.
#Philippines #MetroManila #CommonSense #CommonDecency #BadManners #BadBehavior
We’re of the opinion that if someone brings uninvited talk, you don't have to but it is okay to speak up.
My kids are super polite, but when someone who objectifies women, is patriarchal, thinks LGBTQIA+ and women shouldn’t have rights to be, vote or choose, and yet stays quiet about the acts perpetrated by the church bc their lord’s word commands it, we’ll call out BS where we see it.
Wish someone a happy day of birth w/o unnecessary God talk. Thank you.
Even in song about 'greedy politicians,' Dolly Parton is apolitical - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/17/dolly-parton-greedy-politicians-song-politics/
At one time politicians had "Kitchen Cabinets" made up of people who were allowed to speak truth to power. I wish politicians today had the courage and intellect to be able to see the benefit to their constituency of well thought out positions and policies that benefitted a greater good.
#DollyParton #CommonDecency #RightOrWrong #WaPo #TryHarder
I'm one of those people on Mastodon who refuses to boost posts that have images without alt text, and sometimes the images really deserve a boost.
Why is alt text important?
Because all Mastodon users, regardless of abilities, deserve access to the content.
