ziggo
Bluelighter
For I make people forget about money & the rules/laws of meaningless evils when they're with or even near me. I'll keep chipping away at the bricks and sculpting my own dream out of the rubble.
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World peace.
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CoffeeDrinker
Bluelighter
World peace must start from within since the entire world is contained within our minds. Our sensory organs merely show us what evolution has deemed important to show us, but maybe the conflicts within the world we see are simply there for our evolutionary benefit? If there was no conflict, there'd be no progress within an individual or a society. Utopias have been shown to be unsustainable because once perfection is achieved there's nothing left to do but stagnate and rot, and then the facade of perfection breaks down and you have to start again.
Is money the root of all evil, or is it the inherent territorial mentality of men who want to dominate their surroundings? Money simply makes that territorial domination more accessible. Money does good too, just like any tool.
What if I did nothing but make violins, and you did nothing but make oil for people's heaters? I could trade you a few nice violins for a limited amount of oil, sure, but then once you have one of everything that I made, you have no need for any more, but I still need to heat my home, then what do I do? If I had made money from my products instead of simply bartering then I could do all sorts of things that wouldn't be possible in a purely bartering society. I fail to see how anyone who's thought about it for any amount of time could have a problem with money as a fundamental aspect of our society. If we didn't need it then why has it been around as a concept since the beginning of civilization? Why was it independently developed by ancient cultures all across the globe? Why has it stood the test of time?
Is money the root of all evil, or is it the inherent territorial mentality of men who want to dominate their surroundings? Money simply makes that territorial domination more accessible. Money does good too, just like any tool.
What if I did nothing but make violins, and you did nothing but make oil for people's heaters? I could trade you a few nice violins for a limited amount of oil, sure, but then once you have one of everything that I made, you have no need for any more, but I still need to heat my home, then what do I do? If I had made money from my products instead of simply bartering then I could do all sorts of things that wouldn't be possible in a purely bartering society. I fail to see how anyone who's thought about it for any amount of time could have a problem with money as a fundamental aspect of our society. If we didn't need it then why has it been around as a concept since the beginning of civilization? Why was it independently developed by ancient cultures all across the globe? Why has it stood the test of time?
^ indeed.
the saying, often misquoted and misunderstood as "money is the root of all evil" is "the love of money is the root of all evil". there's a huge difference.
alasdair
the saying, often misquoted and misunderstood as "money is the root of all evil" is "the love of money is the root of all evil". there's a huge difference.
alasdair
ziggo
Bluelighter
Dear diary, today I went into the mall of America sober & with one friend. We rollerblading across the whole mall and back once or twice, and rolled through camp snoopy. We didn't even get kicked out we bladed out of that shit once our jobs were done and we never ran into security or had them chase us.
Except once we got back to the Light rail station I went back for a 2nd go and went inside the first SMOOTH as hell floors that are inside mall of america & heard over the loud speaker "security to the tram station, we have dangerous activity!"
How dangerous is it when neither of us hit anyone, or made anyone even frightened for their safety? I was even busting out sweet stylish waves with my feet and didn't run into anybody.
Oh ya the light rail tram came to take me away from the mall right after I left the building the 2nd time. Got on that shit and made away from no danger at all?! Too easy, mind over matter idd.
Except once we got back to the Light rail station I went back for a 2nd go and went inside the first SMOOTH as hell floors that are inside mall of america & heard over the loud speaker "security to the tram station, we have dangerous activity!"
How dangerous is it when neither of us hit anyone, or made anyone even frightened for their safety? I was even busting out sweet stylish waves with my feet and didn't run into anybody.
Oh ya the light rail tram came to take me away from the mall right after I left the building the 2nd time. Got on that shit and made away from no danger at all?! Too easy, mind over matter idd.
