Reply #11: Sad... [View All]

[chervilant]

I find it overwhelmingly sad that humanity has such a misanthropic perspective conflated with income and the 'status' assigned to those who successfully play the capitalism game. In other words, if you are sucessful at earning money and/or amassing wealth, you are granted the opportunity to denigrate anyone who isn't as fortunate successful. I think people readily believe and repeat this meme, because it assuages their feelings of guilt, since most of us are fully aware that in order for a few to amass wealth, a great many must live in poverty.

Ours is a hedonistic, narcissistic, and fearful species. I am beginning to doubt that enough of us are aware of the need to overcome these challenges, so that our species can survive what's coming. I am beginning to doubt that our species can survive our own hubris.

(BTW, why isn't anyone talking about Obama's perspective on Uncle Miltie, and disaster capitalism?)