Take less to get more

February 15, 2024

Every thing you do is on the backs of what other people have done already.  Without the efforts of the people that came before us, we would have to start from learn to make fire scratch.  Centuries of effort that generations have invested in you and I, to have all that we have and know all we know, are destroyed working against each other and disrespecting their hopes, dreams, blood, sweat and tears that paid for all of the knowledge we have now.

People who have no respect for their ancestors and their neighbors don’t have ethics and trying to persuade them to change on ethical grounds is futile.  They care only about what they can take and don’t think at all about what they can give.  From their perspective, attempts at persuasion are tricks to take what they have.

The best way to persuade them is through limiting what they are able to take.  Protests have not been as effective as boycotts and strikes have.  It might suck to walk to work, instead of taking the bus, but if you’re tired of sitting in the back of the bus, then walk to work until they let you sit in the front of the bus.  Don’t work for the East India company.  Even though they pay the most and it sucks to have less.  If you want more, then take less until they give you more.

With all of the chaos being caused with the changing climate, why should we war with each other too?  The 20th century global infrastructure needs to updated for the 21st century, not bombed back into the 19th century.  Adding the death, destruction and suffering of war, with the death, destruction and suffering caused by volcanos, fires, earthquakes and floods.

Fighting with each other only holds us all back and it isn’t fair for the younger generations.  It isn’t the people that start wars, that fight wars anymore.  Kings don’t lead their army to victory anymore.  Instead leaders inspire and instigate hate and division to send their armies to die.

Inspiring hate ends up creating a monster and all the citizens become its’ minions.  Inspiring freedom ends up creating role models of citizens.  Ideologies of hate and domination are never able to last because the power hungry will continue to fight each other even after conquering their enemies.

While war rages, people plan for what they will do when it ends.  Until it ends, no one can make any progress with their future and what should be done, is neglected because of war.  Why build to be bombed, or practice something just to die before becoming proficient, or invest in anything not related to war?  The longer we continue to war with each other, the more work it will take to update our world for the next century.  Freedom is for everyone, not just for some.

(Art work created with AI)