Juxtaposed is Life
thefluffygamer
Juxtaposed is Life
thefluffygamer
Anger towards the system. Everyone else is too busy with things they "have" to do to realize that its not all necessary.
What system?
Capitalism, or rather what we call capitalism in the US. With it came a bunch of beliefs that the old generations passed on to the newer ones, and eventually became presupposed ideas that on one really challenges anymore. The most annoying of which is, you work hard and it'll pay off. That belief may have been true 50 or so years ago, but now it really isn't. I know several people who are just absolutely brilliant and worked their asses off doing what they do, but they make meager salaries that can barely support them and their families.
And of course, people here still cling to the belief that living in excess is what you want. Never mind you're alienated from your work, are chalk full of socially patterned defects, and rely on media and alcohol to escape your life; as long as you can buy s**t, you'll be happy.
Eh, there's a lot I could talk about. Should I go on?
Why wouldn't you tell the younger generation that if you work hard it will pay off?
Do you really want to tell them that there will be someone who does nothing but drink all day on television and makes more than you ever will in your lifetime in a year?
You're on the internet, how exactly have you escaped materialism?
Feel free.
I actually do want to tell the younger generations how it is, not how it's supposed to be. Maybe then they'll try and make a change instead of sitting there and saying "Okay..." every time they're told something is a certain way. That's what American revolutionaries thought. They thought things shouldn't have been a certain way, so they got pissed and changed it. Now when Americans get pissed they petition to their governor. Look at you, fighting the man. No matter what they do, they still follow the rules, and they still live within the system. (Not that rebellion and law breaking are the only means to change things; I just feel if governments don't hold up their end of a social contract, the citizens aren't bound to their obligations to listen to the government.)
As for materialism, I don't try and escape it. The physical world is important to me, because it's the only thing that I regularly experience other than myself. The difference is, my life doesn't fall in shambles around me when I lose things. I do have some anxiety if I lose one of my creature comforts, but things such as my laptop and phone are readily replaced by tools of similar functions.
And lastly, the system. It's not so much a physical thing, as it is a structure of the mind. Capitalism has done a brilliant job of shaping people's thoughts into what they are, giving most of them a very individualistic approach to life. To me, this was the reason almost all the Communist rebellions of the 1900s failed; everyone had the individualistic mindsets, and when it came time to reallocate power and resources back to the people, one person would take over and say "This is all mine." This is mostly why I don't preach my anarcho-syndicalist views that much; people just don't have the right frame of mind for it to work, or even make sense to them. Hell, even I'm not completely there, though I do try my best to break down the little Capitalist in my head.
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