A rich kid is allowed to live for years on end while going to random pubs and hookah cafes, while a kid with no money must sacrifice all and fight for his survival on a daily basis. Where is the equality? Where is the freedom? Money just indulges the egos of those who have it, and kills the opportunities of those who don't. And who does money listen to? To those who have it. Now, I couldn't have said the above words if my parents hadn't provided me with money to sustain myself. Infact, forget saying it, I couldn't even have thought the above it if I wasn't protected by money.
We all admire those who excel in a certain walk of life. We aspire to be like them. But that 'we' is so limited. A boy who doesn't know whether he will get food the next day has no time to sit and wander about inspiration and all the beautiful things in life. No, he must forgo all that and start searching for ways of surviving into the next day.
Look at the amount of life we have sucked out others who weren't as fortunate to be born in to families with money. We can't choose the families we are born into. What if you were born to a family in the slums? Where would you be? What would the world be like to you? What would you see? Blackforest pastries and Baskin Robins ice cream or .......? I can't imagine what it would be like, because even if I push my imagination to its limits, I would still be 'imagining'. The reality of it must be worlds apart.
I don't get our world. I simply don't. We all make a big fuss about corrupt politicians and post it on Facebook with a grand filling that we have done part for the world. We re-share posts about dying cancer patients as if we are giving our own goddamn blood to them. We forward the non corruption movement by praising Anna Hazzare on Facebook. We do all this while sitting in our homes, our comfort zones, where the money earned by our families protect us. Homes, where we sit and slog day in and day out for exams that help us get better jobs; because better jobs mean better pay and better pay means better lives. We continue to chase money only because money indulges and justifies our egos, our lives. If you have money nobody can touch you and everybody respects you. Even if they don't, you don't give a fuck. You have money; happiness will come to you. We continue to care only about ourselves while running this ridiculous charade of giving a shit about the world. We don't, and I can prove it to you.
If I were to just stand up one day and say "Absolve money and the world will be a better place." What would you say? Wouldn't you think I'm barking mad? Wouldn't you laugh at me for saying such a stupid thing? I mean how could I not understand the importance of money, huh? Well, I don't. I don't see what is so holy about this green paper. All I see it do is divide worlds, fuel wars and misery. It doesn't care about the value of human life. After all, how can it? It was created by man. But we all have forgotten that.
What I see is this - If money didn't exist, there would be no poverty. With no poverty so many more people can experience life, learn and contribute to the world. So much more potential will be unlocked. Why should money hinder creativity? Why should money hinder the joy of exploring and learning? Why money should decide the value of my life and yours?
Self preservation is essential to certain extent,, but not when the cost is another person's life.
I see a future where we all will be chasing something more meaningful than money. A future where everyone is given a equal opportunity at life, where you and I don't have to be afraid of each other. A future where we can go beyond self preservation. A future where everyone is in peace not only with each other but with ourselves.
But that is future is still distant from us. A lot of more work needs to be done to get there, but everything must start somewhere.
If you have read till here, I acknowledge you for indulging my thoughts. If you see sense in what I see, let me know, and if you don't, let me know. The world is ours. If we don't speak up, who will?
We all admire those who excel in a certain walk of life. We aspire to be like them. But that 'we' is so limited. A boy who doesn't know whether he will get food the next day has no time to sit and wander about inspiration and all the beautiful things in life. No, he must forgo all that and start searching for ways of surviving into the next day.
Look at the amount of life we have sucked out others who weren't as fortunate to be born in to families with money. We can't choose the families we are born into. What if you were born to a family in the slums? Where would you be? What would the world be like to you? What would you see? Blackforest pastries and Baskin Robins ice cream or .......? I can't imagine what it would be like, because even if I push my imagination to its limits, I would still be 'imagining'. The reality of it must be worlds apart.
I don't get our world. I simply don't. We all make a big fuss about corrupt politicians and post it on Facebook with a grand filling that we have done part for the world. We re-share posts about dying cancer patients as if we are giving our own goddamn blood to them. We forward the non corruption movement by praising Anna Hazzare on Facebook. We do all this while sitting in our homes, our comfort zones, where the money earned by our families protect us. Homes, where we sit and slog day in and day out for exams that help us get better jobs; because better jobs mean better pay and better pay means better lives. We continue to chase money only because money indulges and justifies our egos, our lives. If you have money nobody can touch you and everybody respects you. Even if they don't, you don't give a fuck. You have money; happiness will come to you. We continue to care only about ourselves while running this ridiculous charade of giving a shit about the world. We don't, and I can prove it to you.
If I were to just stand up one day and say "Absolve money and the world will be a better place." What would you say? Wouldn't you think I'm barking mad? Wouldn't you laugh at me for saying such a stupid thing? I mean how could I not understand the importance of money, huh? Well, I don't. I don't see what is so holy about this green paper. All I see it do is divide worlds, fuel wars and misery. It doesn't care about the value of human life. After all, how can it? It was created by man. But we all have forgotten that.
What I see is this - If money didn't exist, there would be no poverty. With no poverty so many more people can experience life, learn and contribute to the world. So much more potential will be unlocked. Why should money hinder creativity? Why should money hinder the joy of exploring and learning? Why money should decide the value of my life and yours?
Self preservation is essential to certain extent,, but not when the cost is another person's life.
I see a future where we all will be chasing something more meaningful than money. A future where everyone is given a equal opportunity at life, where you and I don't have to be afraid of each other. A future where we can go beyond self preservation. A future where everyone is in peace not only with each other but with ourselves.
But that is future is still distant from us. A lot of more work needs to be done to get there, but everything must start somewhere.
If you have read till here, I acknowledge you for indulging my thoughts. If you see sense in what I see, let me know, and if you don't, let me know. The world is ours. If we don't speak up, who will?
That i don't think is just possible dude! Money has existed almost as long as the oldest civilization. It is there for a reason. The division between the rich and the poor is also there for a reason. The poor are supposed to work and rich are supposed to give them work. If everyone is rich who the fuck will clean the roads and if everyone is poor who the fuck will provide capital to run the world.
ReplyDeleteAnyway i never saw this side in you!
You are classifying people by using money as a factor, that is exactly what I am against. Just because money existed since the oldest civilization doesn't mean there is no other way of living. Just because we cannot imagine a world without money, doesn't mean such a world cannot exist.
ReplyDeleteGood read!
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