The commercialization of basic human necessities of life is just plain wrong. The fact that if you don’t have money, you don’t eat, have clean water to drink or medicine to treat your illnesses should be seen as a crime against humanity … because it is. Untold millions have died for lack of basic needs that we all share.
I don’t know if you comprehend it … but if you suddenly didn’t have money, it would happen to you too. Without money, it would be entirely likely that you would starve or at least suffer some terrible life shortening illness brought about by malnutrition. No one would bother to make sure you had clean water to drink or wash with. And good luck getting medical attention should you, God forbid, become seriously sick.
Not like I know what to do about it. The whole system is so messed up with the perversion of the Golden Rule. In today’s (and for a good long time before today’s) culture, it’s no longer “Treat others as you would have them treat you” but rather “He who has the gold makes the rules.”
So the farmers get screwed. And the consumers get screwed. While the manufacturers in the middle reap all the profits and convince us that it’s our fault that we’re sick and fat.
Clean water becomes more and more scarce, and what little there is in some parts is monopolized by greedy corporations that make people pay for access to this substance that is absolutely necessary to life… and deny access when the price can’t be paid. Then they put it in bottles to be sold to the wealthy, and the bottles end up more useless junk used one time and thrown away. You just know somebody’s laughing all the way to the bank.
And don’t even get me started on medicine. Just seriously don’t. Because I can go on and on for hours about how access to medicine is restricted to only those who can afford the overbloated and exorbitant fees here in America … and how it’s been turned into a people-killing, prescription dependent profit scheme … but you probably have your own medicinal horror stories, so I’m just going to leave it.
And I don’t have the answers. Ugh. I’m all riled up and pissed off about all of it, and it seems like there’s just not a damned answer to be had. We’ve capitilized ourselves into some freaky mess. Do you see an answer?
Seriously though … I need to quit reading the news and focus on my business. Good Lord knows that reading the news only pisses me off and makes me feel hopeless about this planet. Call me crazy, but as hopeless as it seems, I still hold on to hope. I still hope that someday, we humans can learn to be humane to each other…. can even remember the real Golden Rule.
In the meantime … I’m just going to remember what I’ve learned and perhaps do a little more volunteering. Work in a food kitchen or something… Remember to give money or food to the homeless folks I see. I may not have much … but we all deserve to have nourishing food, clean water and medicine when we are ill, no matter who we are or how much money we may have.
Wrapping up with a quote …
“I am only one, but still I am one.
I can not do everything, but because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I CAN do.”
Not sure who wrote that, but it is so true I hung it on my wall. If you know who it was … drop me a comment so I can give credit where credit is due.
Wishing you healthy food, clean water, adequate medicine, a warm bed, and someone you love to share all of it.
Namaste,
Lina
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