Greetings good citizen, again I belabor the obvious by addressing what everybody thinks they know. If you ever wondered why the 'dismal science' was so screwed up the answer lies in what the driving force behind economics really is...
Two out of three of you would opine economics is driven by greed and while raw avarice plays a part, it is only a minor role until we pull out the measuring tape of the 'biological imperative'. Yeah, the drive towards 'overkill' (insuring the 'success' of YOUR progeny) is definitely a factor but just about every financial decision you make is driven by 'love' [or it's cuter stepsister, lust.]
For those of you unable to distinguish between the two, love satisfies while lust disappoints. You want what you lust for badly but once attained it's not what you thought it would be so it lets you down. Love is always more than you hoped for!
What's this got to do with the handful of winners and boatloads of losers out there?
More than you imagine since you're deluded into believing economics is about 'money'.
It is the mismanagement of money that has created so many bad outcomes in the real world but few realize that it is your 'lust' for money that is your downfall!
Don't get me wrong, 'loving' money won't make things right! Your 'lust' for money is a 'learned thing', you don't come by it naturally.
Well, most of us don't but freaks can popup anywhere...
Why, if economics is driven by love, do we attach a price tag to everything? Did I mention 'mis-management' and the trend towards 'overkill'?
Those wishing to insure the success of THEIR children don't give a rats furry behind about your kids...worse, love's ugly cousin Hate sneaks in and her twin sister Spite makes sure YOUR kids won't compete with THEIR kids.
But I digress, it's easy to devolve into specifics when the problem lies in the realm of the general.
Simply put, we are born into one huge 'humpfest' with various 'hoops' placed before us if we want to 'make our mark' in this world. This is one place where 'Monkey see, Monkey do' is most unfortunate. Reach a certain age and oh you want to succeed so bad you can taste it!
What is success? The spouse, the house, the job, the kids and 'the life'.
Why is 'success' so difficult? Because your 'competitors' [usually their parents but it's all the same] keep 'raising the bar'. In the not too distant past a college degree from anywhere was a guaranteed ticket to the good life, now it serves as a 'pedigree' with where the degree came from being more important than the subject of study...
The few at the top will continue to make it harder for the throngs at the bottom. A situation made worse by global labor arbitrage [the polite term for the global race to the bottom, wage wise. Even more ironic is there is no such thing as 'the cheaper there' because ALL money is 'Funny' yes, with a capital F.]
How do we repair our Love driven economy?
Perhaps a better question is 'should we'? Over population is a major problem BUT the privileged few are vested in the now ancient model.
We CAN'T introduce a new (saner) model until our 'self-professed Betters' are removed from the controls.
Understand, to fail [at replacing the current model] is extinction! How sad is it that many of us would welcome wiping the planet clean of the stain placed there by the 'greedy' few if we knew it meant the 'villian' got theirs in the process.
Yes, good citizen, we would welcome elimination if it avenged us.
How weird is it that this too is a 'side effect' of Love?
So if economics is driven by love, humans are driven by Justice.
Again I belabor the obvious when I explain that the three things people hate are cameras, mirrors and the truth.
Sounds ugly alright but it's the truth!
Those that have conspired to exempt themselves from Justice have denied it for the rest of us.
Will their crimes go unpunished?
Most of 'em get away with it and a lot of 'em have been getting away with it all their lives but as 'the terror' testifies, every once in a while there comes a 'day of reckoning' and the sins of the parents are visited upon the children. [In the actual Terror, children were spared but not this time.]
So it is, good citizen, when you get up in the morning and mentally prepare yourself for another bite of the steaming excrement sandwich, remember it's not 'greed' that makes you do it, it's LOVE!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
Two out of three of you would opine economics is driven by greed and while raw avarice plays a part, it is only a minor role until we pull out the measuring tape of the 'biological imperative'. Yeah, the drive towards 'overkill' (insuring the 'success' of YOUR progeny) is definitely a factor but just about every financial decision you make is driven by 'love' [or it's cuter stepsister, lust.]
For those of you unable to distinguish between the two, love satisfies while lust disappoints. You want what you lust for badly but once attained it's not what you thought it would be so it lets you down. Love is always more than you hoped for!
What's this got to do with the handful of winners and boatloads of losers out there?
More than you imagine since you're deluded into believing economics is about 'money'.
It is the mismanagement of money that has created so many bad outcomes in the real world but few realize that it is your 'lust' for money that is your downfall!
Don't get me wrong, 'loving' money won't make things right! Your 'lust' for money is a 'learned thing', you don't come by it naturally.
Well, most of us don't but freaks can popup anywhere...
Why, if economics is driven by love, do we attach a price tag to everything? Did I mention 'mis-management' and the trend towards 'overkill'?
Those wishing to insure the success of THEIR children don't give a rats furry behind about your kids...worse, love's ugly cousin Hate sneaks in and her twin sister Spite makes sure YOUR kids won't compete with THEIR kids.
But I digress, it's easy to devolve into specifics when the problem lies in the realm of the general.
Simply put, we are born into one huge 'humpfest' with various 'hoops' placed before us if we want to 'make our mark' in this world. This is one place where 'Monkey see, Monkey do' is most unfortunate. Reach a certain age and oh you want to succeed so bad you can taste it!
What is success? The spouse, the house, the job, the kids and 'the life'.
Why is 'success' so difficult? Because your 'competitors' [usually their parents but it's all the same] keep 'raising the bar'. In the not too distant past a college degree from anywhere was a guaranteed ticket to the good life, now it serves as a 'pedigree' with where the degree came from being more important than the subject of study...
The few at the top will continue to make it harder for the throngs at the bottom. A situation made worse by global labor arbitrage [the polite term for the global race to the bottom, wage wise. Even more ironic is there is no such thing as 'the cheaper there' because ALL money is 'Funny' yes, with a capital F.]
How do we repair our Love driven economy?
Perhaps a better question is 'should we'? Over population is a major problem BUT the privileged few are vested in the now ancient model.
We CAN'T introduce a new (saner) model until our 'self-professed Betters' are removed from the controls.
Understand, to fail [at replacing the current model] is extinction! How sad is it that many of us would welcome wiping the planet clean of the stain placed there by the 'greedy' few if we knew it meant the 'villian' got theirs in the process.
Yes, good citizen, we would welcome elimination if it avenged us.
How weird is it that this too is a 'side effect' of Love?
So if economics is driven by love, humans are driven by Justice.
Again I belabor the obvious when I explain that the three things people hate are cameras, mirrors and the truth.
Sounds ugly alright but it's the truth!
Those that have conspired to exempt themselves from Justice have denied it for the rest of us.
Will their crimes go unpunished?
Most of 'em get away with it and a lot of 'em have been getting away with it all their lives but as 'the terror' testifies, every once in a while there comes a 'day of reckoning' and the sins of the parents are visited upon the children. [In the actual Terror, children were spared but not this time.]
So it is, good citizen, when you get up in the morning and mentally prepare yourself for another bite of the steaming excrement sandwich, remember it's not 'greed' that makes you do it, it's LOVE!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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