Young activists often hold the purest and most righteous passion for improving society. Filled with new ideas and naïveté, they vocalize the need to build a new utopia. This effort is justified, at least in its dissatisfaction with human progress. The aging populations should tremble at the sound of their trumpets. The world created for the youth fails to fulfill its marketed promises. Yet, with a fresh outlook, these young revolutionaries move the world forward for better or worse.
Unfortunately, the complexity of today’s power structures makes it impossible to wrap one’s head around the reality of our circumstances. The endless bureaucracies, loopholes, and red tape, all catered to a bias, forces a citizen to pick a team based on oversimplified reasoning. This creates a divide within a nation, and power players take advantage of this cultural landscape to consolidate individual power and strip humanity of the joys of existence.
For some peculiar reason, the elite classes believe they can flatten and restructure a world in which they operate as deities with absolute control over the minds, hearts, and bodies of the human race. Oh, the irony. These secular “preachers” are more delusional than the religious zealots they criticize. In our world and its infinite attributes, what level of pride must one have to assume that one can acquire total authority over an entire species?
Yes, these goblins have support from each other, the activist class, and the increasing technological “advancements” for the few. It sure is intimidating to witness, yet how exactly is their so-called methodical plan supposed to work? What gratification would they receive if they succeeded? What’s the purpose of it all? Do they want money? Power? Control? One doesn’t need to have a secret kink to find any of those traits appetizing, but the sole pursuit of these goals leads to an underwhelming life.
The commoner may fantasize about living like a god, but even the humanities most essential teachings tell us that we are far from grace. For those who achieve ultimate wealth and power, the likeliness of feeling loneliness and despair is relatively high. These positions in society are not relatable because they are hardly achievable. Even if their efforts are too merely secure resources for their tribe, they must decide to sever relationships with other tribes, countries, and human beings. Such an approach is masochistic because it hurts us all on the individual level.
The Sultan of Brunei might live a narcissist’s dream, but his ownership of 2,500 cars showcases more emptiness than fulfillment. While wealth accumulation should be encouraged, it should be encouraged with purpose. We should accumulate wealth to support one another. There is no minimum threshold that defines someone as generous. Yet, a layman is more likely to experience more true generosity from a charitable foundation run by a billionaire who simultaneously strips the world of its resources.
Success and happiness stem can come from generosity, innovation, and collaboration beginning at a local level. Growth and prosperity may come later, but they are not guaranteed. It’s the journey that makes us rich in the soul. The black hole of corporate-welfare billionaires and politicians will try and take your life, but only if you offer it up to the demons in the first place. Your inner peace is their enemy. They cannot find it for themselves, so they seek yours. Don’t give it to them.