Just look at those numbers go!
(Specifically look at deaths, energy, environment, crime and more)
The most astonishing and chilling stats
include, oil pumped, number of abortions, number of forest hectares
lost, the earth's temperature rising and the number of species extinct.
It is astonishing that more people die from suicide than all violence
and war combined. Yet, we spend most our time & resources
sensationalizing war & violence.
This is an indication of the playing-God
mentality of today's people. The number of people dying from diseases,
accidents, etc. is not very startling, since most of it is
self-inflicted by the nature of the social choices we make (with the
exception of people in exploited situations).
What is stark, is the fact that we blame
to governments and the big businesses for the world's problems. However,
as Plato said, the external government is a reflection of the
collective individual's internal government. Meaning, that our inner
values as individuals and as a group, manifest themselves into the world
around us. In other words, the external government is simply a
reflection of the internal government of the collective.
To the governments we are not people, we
are taxpayers.
To big businesses we are not people, we
are consumers.
To politicians we are note people, we are
voters.
Why do they view us like this? Because WE
all view the Earth's resources, forest and nature, oil, animals and
babies as expendable objects used for our own conveniences. Our
collective ways are so disturbing and we must stop blaming the
government and global conglomerates for everything. It's time to change
ourselves, here and now.
I believe the only way we can change, is
to stop being consumers and to start being contributors. Yes, we can
debate for eons on what the best ways are to accomplish this. Another
long subject with various opinions. Well how about for starters, just
try something simple and let's work on changing our values while
becoming a little more humble. We need to personally start valuing the
Earth's resources, forest and nature, oil, animals and human life more
than money, cars, jobs, happiness, feeling good and having convenience.
Some call this revolutionary change in value, a paradigm shift, other's
call it being radical, and others merely refer to this as being a good
respectful person. Call it what you will, I believe changing your mind
is easier than changing someone else or the whole world to suit
yourself. Thus, it is each one of our individual responsibilities to
change what we value. Then, maybe in turn, collectively our governing
internal values will reflect outwardly on the external government
(namely politically & economically for now). This force governments to
comply with our values and see us a people rather than just voters and
taxpayers, and big businesses will see us as friends and partners rather
than consumers.
Hence, contrary to popular belief, the
easiest thing to change first, is your mind. Once your values have
changed, the world around you will begin to change too.
"A nation of sheep will beget a
government of wolves." Edward R. Murrow
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