I foresee my life not as president of USA, CEO of fortune 500, invent something like Einstein, climb Everest, gr8 public leader, football macho, best NBA player
but doing a mediocre 9to5 job , given by one of above people to achieve their dream
do you think my life worth living? ( indeed any one of this kind?)
Is there any answer which motivates average people that doesn’t include self-convincing, hope, positive thinking, some foolish preaching.
does any one realized majority of human beings trading their 80 years with money?
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“trading years for money” makes it seem much better than it actually is; most of that money is immediately traded for survival and shiny trinkets.
Most people are trapped in “survival mode,” and don’t really get to do much else, because they get such miniscule returns for their time and efforts.
If i could trade my time for a significant surplus of money, so that i would then have enough to not have to trade my time for money, and then afford to purchase things that enable me to find personal fulfillment with my finite and invaluable time, that would be fine. I would gladly trade /some/ of my time, in order to be able to afford to do whatever i want with the rest of it; but that’s not an option for most people. Most of us have to trade nearly all our time, just to be able to barely afford mere survival, without all the special privileges afforded to those who manage to acquire a hefty surplus.
tons of reasons.
Love (for someone special). Hate (for enemies). Fear (of death). Passion (for hobbies). Memory (of the unreachable past)
Yes, and it seems like an absolutely petty and worthless existence of slavery… even though no one will call it like it is, wage slavery.
Yes it bothers me on a daily basis, I’m a slave to my company which is making the millions while I get enough to survive on, it’s a sick joke. But that’s the way the capitalist system is set up and there’s few ways to escape it: either by starting your own business (good luck), being well connected so you get uber-paying jobs, stealing or death.
I really do hate wasting most of my life in an office and think of a million other things I’d rather be doing. Some people of course have really terrible jobs on top of it.
For that reason I can see the appeal of Communism. But unfortunately communism/socialism has always lead to moribund economies that basically implode-not to mention authoritarian/fascist rule. So in the end you’re even worse off than you were under capitalism.
However I think what can be done is to tweak capitalism so it serves us more than the capitalists. These fat pigs have made their wealth and we workers help generate it, if we united we could get a larger cut of profits and I think that would make it fair. Fuck them.
Meant to say, not just more profits, but shorter work hours/days for the same or more pay.
It’d be the hardest thing to pull off. Right now we need people to unite to defeat Islam which is seeking to destroy our way of life…it’s hard enough getting people on board that boat, let alone one that would reform our capitalist system.
It’s possible to do but it’d require organization and networking on a massive scale. And my life is too short to waste on trying to make such changes. However Islam is a pressing concern for us all, that one we will have no choice but to fight or lose all our hard won freedoms and advancement to 7th century barbarians.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about and don’t plan to die tomorrow, then jump on the net/youtube and educate yourself.
I think you’re being mislead in attempt to rally you against a contrived enemy. I don’t think Islam is the big bad wolf, despite the fact that i certainly don’t endorse it either (just as any other religion). If anything, it’s being used by the globalists as a bogeyman, to justify the “solutions” they intend to implement.
Problem>Reaction>Solution
The solution is what you want
The reaction is what you need
The problem is designed to produce the reaction which leads toward the predetermined solution.
Social engineering on a global scale.
“Defeating Islam” isn’t going to save the world. It’s just another proxy. Islam certainly isn’t the only threat to “our freedoms.” Our own gov’t will remove as many of those as they can get away with, regardless of Islam.
At this point, it’s bad guy vs bad guy. I don’t think there are any “good guys” anymore, excepting those idealistic, noble, righteous individuals who would see justice done at any cost. Our own gov’t certainly does not seem to value actual justice at all, except when it serves as a means toward profit, control and manipulation. When waving the flag of justice gets them what they want, we see that flag waving.
The worth of life is its potential to experience love. It may be on a microcosmic level or macrocosmic level. Either way it is the potential and the actuality that matters. Cynicism appears to justify futility, but does not change this fact.
Take a look at “Groundhog Day.”
“Cynicism appears to justify futility…”
How so? I’m admittedly quite cynical about many things, but i utterly despise futility. I don’t find any valid justification for futility at all, nor would i correlate cynicism with justification of futility. That doesn’t really make sense to me.
Feeling trapped in inescapable futility, seems to cause cynicism… but i don’t think it follows to suggest that cynicism justifies said futility. I’m pretty sure the cynicism (and bitterness) is a result of feeling as though futility is /not/ justified. If it felt justified, would anyone honestly have any problem with it? If you feel your obligations are just… why would that cause a problem? I think the problem comes from feeling as though we are obligated to toil in futility, with little or no choice to forgo it. Being unable to resist or rebel or refrain in any meaningful or useful way, tends to lead us to begrudgingly resign to accepting what we would rather not… because there is no other better way available, for whatever reasons.
But if “everyone” is misguided and full of shit(!), and none of them allow me to experience love… then doesn’t that mean that others have controlled and nullified the value of my life, against my will? I think so. I don’t want anyone to have that power, but they do. I cannot have or expect to have the power to decide for someone else, that they should give or express or share love with me. I am powerless in that regard, and therefore the value of my life is only what others allow it to be. If they don’t want to love me, then i am nothing, and that is not within my realm of influence to control. I am judged unworthy by factors beyond my control, and additionally, some that could hypothetically be improved, but not enough to compensate for what is not mine to control or decide. If i’m “not good enough” in their eyes, then my life has very little value, due to the absent or negligible potential to experience love that will never be granted or allowed.
And then there’s the problem of how i can’t allow myself to waste myself on giving love where it is not deserved or appreciated. If someone doesn’t value my love, they should not receive it. Doesn’t mean i have to hate them, but it means they have set their value of me low enough that i must define them as unworthy of receiving that which they forsake, when it should be cherished.
Anyway, i’m going to just abruptly end that rant. I’m tired of thinking about it again.
Those who collect antiques or paintings do so with pride and enjoyment, fulfilled by objects I consider junk. A business man might think accumulating millions but never spending a penny is worthwhile yet I find that a waste. If they are happy and I’m not, who do think has got it right?
I could see myself collecting guitars… or like obscure exotic but useful items… maybe even guns, provided resources and a conducive environment for such things.
I mean, who wouldn’t want a gold-plated Deagle? (or two)
Or a guitar that survived stage time in the hands of the late great Dime?
I couldn’t see myself remaining tight-fisted with a huge surplus of funds. If i had it all, i’d spend it all, because trading it for goods and services, while you’re alive to enjoy them, is the whole point of currency. Although i guess i understand the notion that the value is in the potential to make a large purchase… or not. If the feeling that “i can spend this on anything, whenever i decide, and i don’t have to decide now” is what makes you feel fulfilled, then i can understand that. But i’d totally spend it. An acre and a custom-built, modest, modern home, in an area of my choosing, would be worth far more than “the potential to make a large purchase at some later juncture,” to me. If i had far more than i needed, and everything i wanted, i’d probably just give it away to people i liked. I damn sure wouldn’t blow it on coke and whores! lol. (okay maybe a few whores…)
Taking care of oneself, sustaining fitness and health, is expensive. Doing things you want to do, pursuing that which might fulfill you, almost always requires a surplus of resources and special equipment, not to mention adequate health and plenty of time to spend actually doing those fulfilling things which first require equipment (guitars, guns, computers, backpacking gear, grow lamps… food, electricity and internet, etc.). I would most likely be above content, if not “happy,” if i could just have the stuff i need and the time and energy it takes to actually do the fulfilling things.
If i could actually do all the stuff i define as “worthwhile,” i’d probably be a much more appealing person, and would probably find someone interested in sharing most of those things with me. But i’m not going to find anyone who wants to share deprivation and hardship and disenfranchisement, and patent rejection of typical society’s unacceptable ways, and all the resulting bitterness of having no real alternative to begrudgingly accepting either involuntary persistence in futility, or death.
Maybe all i really need is someone i can be /unhappy/ with. From what i’ve seen, most people don’t seem satisfied with being unhappily with someone. But plenty seem to resign to remain in such scenarios, due to perceiving no better alternative.