by David Panizzutti
This article is not so much about economics as it is about life. The two are more entwined than the average person wants to accept. I remember as a young boy a wise older friend told me that “you can not breath without money”, now let me tell you that every cell of my body repelled this information. Many years later and loads of hours pondering have me now sadly in total agreement.
Money is an external expression of humanity, a means and measure that separates us from the unintelligent. Here, in lies a problem the simple fact that humanity has now confused money for wealth and the measuring stick is now out of whack. This is the challenge we now face. I will return to this point later.
As I write this article I am bemused by the Government and their media coverage, talking down the effects of tanking of the markets globally. I imagine it was a lot like this on the now famous ship the Costa Concordia and it’s sinking off the coast of Italy. The captain and crew telling everyone not to panic and to continue on with their festivities, mean while in the back ground lowering the life boats for their speedy exit. Knowing full well the tragic fate that awaited those left on board. These actions are not just reprehensible but also deceitful and criminal as was the courts later findings.
In my relative short time on this planet I have witnessed many things simply disappear, such as family values, morals, love, common sense, creativity, culture, the arts to name a few and in their place we now have emoji’s, drug abuse, sexual depravity, stupidity, Twitter and outsourcing and many more ridiculous things.
Its outsourcing that I will focus on for the moment but not the outsourcing of manufacturing or production but specifically the outsourcing of thinking, I refer to the humans that get all their thoughts handed to them by the great handler of life the “media” and now as well the Internet and so called alternative “free media”, is no different. As mentioned above a fine example of this is what is happening
in the markets today, no one is paying real attention or acting much on the information given. Instead they are lulled into a false sense of security by the lying media and the puppet Government’s.
Humanity has lost its ability to truly be free and to think for itself, one only needs to look around at the diseased actions in our communities by the youth to see the effects that faceless companies like FaceTube (Facebook and Youtube) are having. It is like a gigantic game of monkey see monkey do, taking place on a global scale, countries, communities and cultures all homogenized into one big distorted reality destroying individualism and the uniqueness of humanity. The humanity which use to have distinct separations of cultural borders.
Back to my point on wealth and money and it’s use as a measure. I once asked my wise old friend how he became rich, knowing full well he had come from a poor family. His answer was that he was born rich, he continued to explain that wealth is not about how many pieces of paper one has in their pockets or now how many numbers on a screen. But rather is made up of one’s health and God gifted abilities to enjoy and be loved by those surrounding us plus having a certain intellect. He’s profound answer started me on a journey with no returns, contemplating our world systems that has been handed to us.
I guess what I am saying is we are at a time that we need to re-evaluate what wealth is and how its measured and distributed. Why, for example is being a good father not valued or being a good husband or simply a human being that cares for others have no consideration in today’s materialist world? Why can’t we have a system that does give a tradable value on values? One that goes towards one’s true wealth creation. One that encourages being a better human rather than the one that promotes putting the next person underneath you or to lie, cheat or steal or simply be better than others.
Just a thought, but one that I have given much attention to over the years.
I will leave you with this thought, on my journey throughout life I have met many a king that were peasants and many a peasants that were kings.
Remember its not all about numbers.