over the past two decades, humanity has slowly been stripped of its individuality, creativity, opportunities, and the culmination of these has lead to a loss of our most precious stimulation: inspiration.
the really perplexing part is that we have allowed this to happen.
it is no secret that the human is the ultimate animal. we are able to use our reasoning capabilities to achieve the impossible. the accomplishments embodied by the select few with this privilege are the ones who are often compensated handsomely (for better or for worse).
however, there are a disproportionate number of people whose salaries suggest they are among this select group, yet they have done nothing to demonstrate that they possess these capabilities. this is a very large group of individuals in the "business" world; particularly the ones who collect 7/8 figure salaries for contributing far less than what their salary suggests. unfortunately, these individuals comprise a healthy majority of americUH's "wealthy" population: individuals who siphon profits and hide in the shadows to avoid being discovered.
there are many more of these people than we want to believe.
- who are these people? they are the ones who feel they have EARNED the right to a 7/8 figure salary for an executive position-- i.e., they get paid to TALK, bark orders, use powerpoint/excel, and use fancy acronyms for otherwise retardedly-complicated terms that THEY themselves made up!
- these greedy pigs realize that their profits are derived from running a more "efficient" company, based on metrics that lack mathematical rigour yet are being touted as such. these people do it "because they can". they don't give a flying fuck if it leads to the extinction of human experiences.
mitt romney is the easiest example; someone who made hundreds of millions from "gaming" (aka cheating) the tax code. it is no wonder why this mentality has begun to contaminate humanity.
it seems that today's institutions, or the people who run them, do not want to market or promote themes of individuality, creativity, or opportunity to humanity because these themes can have profound implications on their profit margins.
the only good thing about money is how easily it can be used to reveal human nature: when money is involved for most people, their animalistic behaviour is engaged and for some reason we think that it doesn't need to be controlled. this is very wrong.
we need to open our eyes.
here are two brief examples of how the vulture capitalist mentality of the past twenty to thirty years has been detrimental to the societal fabric:
example 1: people who grew up in the nineties have a definition of "friendship" that has gradually been compromised over the past two decades. Today's "friends" are more "acquaintances" because most people are competitive and act out of self interest; that is, they'll lie to your face if they think there is *any* chance to profit. *ANY*. it can be very small, but they will still try.
the above example demonstrates just how simple human beings actually are. yet when we are in a position where we must trust ourselves, we often forsake our own judgment in favour of the "friend" because we incorrectly assume that they have the best of intentions. we have forgotten to trust ourselves, and amidst all of this we have have forgotten the true definition of what it is to be a "friend".
- it is a shame that the term "friend" is no longer synonymous with trust. how can we express ourselves if we cannot even trust our "friends"?
in fact, this mentality is pervasive in the "business" community; this community also feels that their degree is somehow much more valuable than a "mere" arts degree, likely because they took some courses on how to use microsoft office *twirls finger*.
with the sudden rush of business graduates over the past 20 (not an exact number; whatever it is, it's been a while), it is evident that this mentality has pervaded humanity. one must exercise substantial caution when awarding this privilege to others. it is not unreasonable to argue that the required level of caution is much higher now than that of two decades ago.
example 2: (one of many media forms) we have been sold inspiration in the form of manufactured entertainment. television is rife with:
- unoriginal television shows catering to a generation with no attention span,
- news that pussyfoots around the truth,
- shitty artists' music videos on music channels....
- .... wait, what? music on tv? yeah... when artists used to care about their music (and not the fame, fortune, or attention that came with it), they landed on tv.
- commercials containing promotional themes that seek to DISINGENUOUSLY exploit the psychology of their viewers. of course targeted advertising has been around for a while, but this level of advertising is intended to be completely invisible to most humans. it is a snake tactic depicted by the most disingenuous of people.
we are inspired by art in our daily life, and television is no exception. growing up in an era where many movie stars started off in tv (will smith, anybody? FRESH PRINCE), it seems that the lack of originality is a consequence of a corporatized entertainment industry. it started getting blatant with britney spears (who was aight), and it got worse with american idol, but now it just sucks ass and we've stopped caring about "stars" because they're all made by the corporations who promote them.
we have slowly been robbed of what made us great, which was attained by promoting a vision of working independently, yet together, in order to achieve prosperity for all. as long as there are people who stand to make 8 figure salaries by stripping us of our experience, we will not get back to where we were.
we have slowly been robbed of what made us great, which was attained by promoting a vision of working independently, yet together, in order to achieve prosperity for all. as long as there are people who stand to make 8 figure salaries by stripping us of our experience, we will not get back to where we were.
the individuals making these 7/8 figures are now resorting to collecting personal information in order to keep their large and undeserving salaries. they are actively seeking individuals with mathematical and computing proficiencies to assist in developing automated systems that build profiles on everyone. they want to use these profiles in order to mathematically calculate how to exploit our behaviour for their own profits.
the goal of today's corporations is to be feeding, employing, insuring, financing and 'servicing' *every* individual in their system. they use mathematical analysis to determine how to best exploit our individualized behaviour. its not as successful as they'd like, but they are more than willing to pay individuals who shares their vision.
in the end, what is in the best interest of the individuals making the 7/8 figure salaries is inarguably against the best interests of humanity.
caveat emptor, my friends.
humanity has been institutionalized. the question is, how do we change course?
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