Yeah, it sucks to write this, but the capitalists were simply smarter than everyone else. They’ve gotten to such a level of control and power that it seems like achieving any kind of systemic change is either incredibly, incredibly hard or isn’t feasible at all.
So I don’t think this situation is comparable to the time of past revolutions. There’s simply too much asymmetry here in not just wealth, but also knowledge, technology, focus and so on. So many people are distracted by trivial things, and if they’re fighting at all, than they’re fighting their neighbors with a slightly different political view.
Also we have (in the west) basically the foundation of Maslow’s pyramid of needs covered, more or less. Revolutions are 3 meals away they say, and I don’t see that happening.
Will I do something about it, apart from talking and voting? No.
I know this is part of the problem, and yet I feel zero motivation to do more, at least right now, because, as you mentioned, the basic needs are covered, and also because there’s still so much stuff to do (work, maintenance, …) and enjoy (music, movies, games, …)
Yeah, it sucks to write this, but the capitalists were simply smarter than everyone else. They’ve gotten to such a level of control and power that it seems like achieving any kind of systemic change is either incredibly, incredibly hard or isn’t feasible at all.
So I don’t think this situation is comparable to the time of past revolutions. There’s simply too much asymmetry here in not just wealth, but also knowledge, technology, focus and so on. So many people are distracted by trivial things, and if they’re fighting at all, than they’re fighting their neighbors with a slightly different political view.
Also we have (in the west) basically the foundation of Maslow’s pyramid of needs covered, more or less. Revolutions are 3 meals away they say, and I don’t see that happening.
Yeah, do I hate the way things are? Absolutely!
Will I do something about it, apart from talking and voting? No.
I know this is part of the problem, and yet I feel zero motivation to do more, at least right now, because, as you mentioned, the basic needs are covered, and also because there’s still so much stuff to do (work, maintenance, …) and enjoy (music, movies, games, …)