Debt and inheritance
It is very hard for me to see how I can be politically active on anything that matters.
Dealing with my OWN insecurities and delusions is bad enough, but trying to find common ground living in a Meth house?!
It seems like I should just focus my efforts on keeping my own house in order. Do I really believe I can change people who don't want to change? Do I really believe I can save anyone?
The fact is people will continue to get rich exploiting the environmental and inherited wealth for decades, and others, in pursuits of "self-actualization" will gladly trade their futures away for another hit, just one more.
It would be nice to believe that gas-taxes or any government regulation is going to charge the majority for their excesses. Smoker, sure, drinkers, well, people can only consume so much alcohol anyway, compared to unlimited cars.
A friend tells me I'm on the fringes and need a reality check. Yes, we all need a reality check. Her reality is "party time", now, and until closing time in an indefinite future date. Comparatively, I SEE the clock ticking down to midnight (or is that just noon?) and thinking we can do better.
Where should I focus my energy? We have so much, but so far to fall, so I imagine. I once said we can take the tragedies of life because we've been given so much, and certainly this is true.
If I had ONE mission, it would be to convince people to live within their financial means, to avoid debt and live conservatively. However I don't think I can offer that mission honestly while I am at least as corrupted by unlimited time and opportunity for my own distractions.
So I'm left by myself, muddling against my own excesses into an indefinite future.
Dealing with my OWN insecurities and delusions is bad enough, but trying to find common ground living in a Meth house?!
It seems like I should just focus my efforts on keeping my own house in order. Do I really believe I can change people who don't want to change? Do I really believe I can save anyone?
The fact is people will continue to get rich exploiting the environmental and inherited wealth for decades, and others, in pursuits of "self-actualization" will gladly trade their futures away for another hit, just one more.
It would be nice to believe that gas-taxes or any government regulation is going to charge the majority for their excesses. Smoker, sure, drinkers, well, people can only consume so much alcohol anyway, compared to unlimited cars.
A friend tells me I'm on the fringes and need a reality check. Yes, we all need a reality check. Her reality is "party time", now, and until closing time in an indefinite future date. Comparatively, I SEE the clock ticking down to midnight (or is that just noon?) and thinking we can do better.
Where should I focus my energy? We have so much, but so far to fall, so I imagine. I once said we can take the tragedies of life because we've been given so much, and certainly this is true.
If I had ONE mission, it would be to convince people to live within their financial means, to avoid debt and live conservatively. However I don't think I can offer that mission honestly while I am at least as corrupted by unlimited time and opportunity for my own distractions.
So I'm left by myself, muddling against my own excesses into an indefinite future.
posted by Ares Olympus at 7:37 PM
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