Monday, January 5, 2009

All good things must come to an end.

Vacation has ended and school is back in session. I don't think I got enough rest over the break between two friends' birthdays, two Christmas's and two New Years Parties. I spent most of my time thinking about how messed up everything is. Why do we have a disciplinary schooling system? Why do we use money? Should there be a national government? If I'm 18, why can't I have a beer? Why do we fight wars? Are we really bailing out American car companies? Why do people label themselves? The list goes on... but my point is why do we consider the United States to be such a "free country?" Are we all greedy conformists who are raised to rip people off for our own benefit? Pretty much. It's too bad that people cheat the system just to make a couple of extra bucks. I e-mailed the president of Aroma Joe's Coffee to ask them why they used styrofoam cups? The answer: "They're more affordable than plastic cups." I mean, who cares, right...? You know, about the environment? We're destroying the most beautiful thing that we have just so we can afford that 55" HDTV or buy our daughters ponies so they'll love us more. The saddest thing is, we're dumbing down for worthless pieces of paper... In many cases, we're not even getting that... 97% of our currency exists within our computers as files... Files that are being traded constantly from hard-drive to hard-drive. Watch the second "Zeitgeist" sometime, you might understand what I'm talking about. The other major topic on my mind, aside from money, pertains to the size of our country. What if we localized communities that grew its own food, produced its own clothing and devoted itself to actually helping our neighbors. Every community would be self-governed and would only mind its own business. We could go back to a system of trade. I am exhausted and have been thinking about so many things at once. I'm honestly just sick of most people and their materialistic values. I don't even want a television when I grow up. If I do have one, it will be for watching movies. I will not buy cable. Advertising has ruined our culture. Why do people bear names of major companies on clothing? This will all make sense when I take the time to precisely organize my ideas and write them down... Write a book... Produce a movie... Whatever I decide to do in this world that doesn't benefit the big guy sitting in his air-conditioned executive office manipulating every little move as well as cutting out legitimate necessities that will raise the lives of other people than himself. 

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