The bottom line is the profit system we exist under. It is the doorway through which Greed enters. Try as we may, we've not yet devised a control over Greed. A major piece of the problem is that the Greediest make the laws which in turn protect their right to be Greedy. I know of no person in the ranks of the Working/Middle Class whose life has not been negatively impacted by Greed. But at the same time I know of few who have not themselves been contaminated by this insidious addictive Monster. Who among us has not dreamed of success in terms of increased wealth and the power it will buy?
Just a better paying job, a bit larger home, a newer car, a 52 inch TV, a small cabin cruiser, a Piper Cub, a home in a gated community where we will be safer, a yacht with a standby crew, a second home in the Islands, private schooling for our children, personal attendants and house servants...
And so we buy a lottery ticket and dream our dreams.
We measure our success and our happiness by our wealth. And we defend it as "Natural". After all, it's how we've done business for centuries. The truth is that it is not natural. It is a corrupt system that has been superimposed upon Nature. And if we do not change it, in the end it will destroy Nature and we will disappear from the Universe.
Remember the Bible? It warns us that Man cannot serve two Masters.
We cannot continue to serve Greed and Nature.
Curious Carl
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