RE: The Reality - We Can Do It! But Will We?
Our predecessors have all been manipulated into creating the reality we have through their inability to recognise and prevent, adverse outcomes over long periods of time, as a result of them satiating their animal selves in the ‘present’. Clearly demonstrating a lack of mindfulness, as well as proving that the human species, as a whole, does not possess the ability to self-govern. Which also proves why we need rules, regulations and ethics to live by. Our primitive nature prevails time and time again.
They recognize the problems, every generation did. They also recognized that in order to solve them, they have to make huge sacrifices in their livelihood which they were not willing to do.
Instead they pass the buck to the next generation to solve. The next generation will either
Pass it to the next generation and enjoy a slightly lower quality of living
Face the music
This is a zero sum game. There are so many ticking time bombs out there. National debt, college debt, overpopulation, Social security, global warming etc.
The problem is that there is a time to play and there is a time to get serious. Playtime is running out.
Exactly, thank you for commenting.
Something that I encounter on an almost daily basis, is the never-ending attitude of "if they won't change, why should I?". It is this thinking and behaviour that nulifies any attempt made by those that wish to repair, build, and enhance a more amicable present existence.
For example, I go out about once a fortnight in my locale to collect litter that is dumped or thrown away. Only to visit the same area a week later to see my efforts nullified! It makes me more and more agreeable toward a violent solution, even though I know within my heart that it is not the best method of acheiving harmony.
But there is a notion in the back of my mind I'm struggling to invalidate; you, me (and the last six generations), have, and are still, experiencing a solution being employed to our collective hysteria. A necessary evil, so to speak. One that takes a huge amount of logical reasoning to fully comprehend and is so intricately connected to every facet of existence, only the greatest fictional novelists can imagine.
As you have clearly pointed out, it is not that the collective fail to recognise these problems or there cures. It is that they fail to make the change within themselves, because they cannot accept the truth of their situation and the resolution of their previous life experiences.
The 'people' at large are looking to be led into a better world without the sacrifice and hard work. As if a magic wand can be waved, alleviating the human 'condition' in an instant. Those that have allowed themselves to be brainwashed, much to the detriment of our habitat, deserve to be used. They have forfeited their rights by proxy.
Obviously, the solutions are simple, but brutal. Who wants to be on the receiving end of such a challenge? Hence, the passing of responsibility to the next generation.
Then there is the issue with those who consider themselves to be "awake", who continually wish to pursue the need for retribution against those in 'control', without ever questioning the reasons as to why those at the top of the hierarchy are in the position that they are!
Violent means meet violent ends. Peaceful means meets peaceful ends.