Real change that creates new world views is elusive, and we often only react to current events. Transformation and transcendence is what we need, but how to cast out the demons in men's hearts that hold on with such reticence. Ideas centuries old, systems that serve the few, and leave the many wanting.
This is not a democracy we live in, we're way too stupid to even be a democracy. A democracy requires thinking people at the helm, who are willing to sacrifice their own self interest for the greater good, and continuance, growth.
There comes a time when the old ways must be abandoned in order to save us all. I believe we need more points of view, instead of fewer. Yet, our system continues to move toward less and less control from the bottom up. Trickle down was a colossal failure, and a genuine lie to boot.
As a friend of mine once said, "it's easy to see when it's over, you can see how the damage was done". It is suddenly crystal clear how we went wrong. Truth is undeniable, once it reveals itself to all through some event. It's the futurists, and forward thinkers we should be listening to, and encouraging, instead we cling to old ways that no longer work.
It should be clear that we need this new "world view" to everyone. Very few people I know are happy with the current state of affairs. Even the millionaires are worried about their money. Their fear is that their money will lose value, or they won't make as much. They want the interest rate to go up, so they can mop up, because they are holding onto huge amounts of capital. They sit like vultures waiting for the bond market to blow up.
This attitude of making money from money is pervasive, and one of the problems that has lead us to today. Money or the love of it, is at the root of it all. How much do they want? MORE. More than anyone else at least.
So here we sit, last day of July 2012, the economic stimulus is running out. We've bailed out the banks, and they did virtually nothing to restore trust. One thing that was clear from this movie is that lack of trust, or waning trust, was what lit the fuse.
Once trust was lost, a tumbling down occurred. A run on the banks took place. People stopped investing in the future and pulled back on spending, borrowing, and investing in general.
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