The truths we can no longer ignore.
by Cody Wilder on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 3:11pm
Ok America, yes this includes YOU, let me be very direct with you. It has become increasingly evident that we can no longer continue this way of life. Every day more and more people realize this but not very many people know how to approach it. they'll say, "What difference could I make?" or "Why should I care?" People are beginning to take action all over the nation. Most of them don't know if it will make a difference, and it's beautiful. They've come to realize that trying and failing is better than not trying at all, and it has caused me to regain my faith in humanity. There are a few key points I'd like to address.
First, over 2,000,000 people are starving on this planet, living on less than $2 a day, and its disgusting. It's inhumane to turn a blind eye to that, especially considering the fact that there's no excuse for it besides they don't have access to work. There is no scarcity of food, we could easily feed everyone on this planet 2 times fold. The problem with the world is that we have to work to earn money in order to attain the necessities of life. Now, up until about a hundred years ago, this wasn't that big of an issue because there was plenty of work to go around, now there isn't and we can't hope to, and shouldn't have to, find jobs for every person in the world. Which brings me to my second point.
We are in a economic-technological stand still. In simple terms, this means that society has basically halted the process of using machines to replace human labor. This makes sense, only if we wish to keep this socio-economic system afloat. Machines already do about 80% of labor that could be done by people every day to earn a pretty penny. Around the time we started using simple machines to preform everyday tasks, we felt a certain love for that. Why? Because simply by using our brain we made life easier. Now, jump forward a few hundred years. machines are no longer limited to simple tasks, we've combined their ability to maximize work with minimal energy, with computers for hundreds times the processing ability, thinking capacity, and efficiency. But then arose the issue...
See, people need jobs to earn money, to pay for the necessities of life, but when machines and computers take up so much of the work being done, there are no longer enough jobs to go around. Continuing to allow computers and machines to work for us is in no way profitable as it narrows the margin of work that people could do in order to receive pay. Now, take this into consideration. Not only are we losing more jobs every day to machines, but the world population is skyrocketing. This leaves us with two very obvious options and it's crucial that every human being understands what it means to choose one.
Option one - We continue trying to stall mechanical labor, in order to ensure that there are jobs to go around so people can work for money just to survive, as is the age old tradition. This is impossible to maintain unless we take steps BACKWARD in evolution and do away with mechanical labor, which is the only sure way of creating jobs, also ensuring less efficiency in everyday products.
OR...
Option two - We realize that we can no longer postpone our evolution process as a race and COMPLETELY eradicate the need for money to purchase things just to keep us alive. If this we're to happen we could allow machines and computers to do over 95% of human labor, with increased speed, efficiency, etc. We can truly free ourselves from the lifestyle we are so used to that is "work to survive" and focus on things that are truly important to raise the standard of living for EVERY HUMAN BEING ON THE PLANET.
What's fair about 1% of people having well beyond what they need to survive while the rest of us scrape by with the bare minimum?
Now you know. You see, we don't need money to survive. We need food, water, shelter, and the intelligent management of our planet's resources. That's it. If you wish to argue, please, be my guest. I'd LOVE to be proven wrong on this matter. The truth is, there is no other alternative. Please share this, like this, pass it on and let everyone know that we can no longer live like this. There is an answer. Check out "The Venus Project" to see what can/should be.