I must be stupid. I honestly don't understand how people can't see. I'm watching the trailer for Age of Stupid (Age of Stupid Trailer) and I'm sitting there thinking "Why can't other people see it? Why can't people see that we are in a hole and instead of digging ourselves out we're digging in deeper?"
I have this weird thing where I feel like I'm the only one who sees the world clearly. Like everyone else is looking through tinted glasses or they shut their eyes. They don't want to see. I watch Advertisers target babies simply to make a few dollars, I see people still get a plastic bag for one item, I see children who are 12 drinking themselves in to oblivion, I see packets of sweets being sold with each sweet individually wrapped, I see friends buying plastic plates and they aren't even recyclable, I see parents teaching their kids to be honest and truthful and then see big businesses getting away with anything, and worst of all I see world leaders heading for the biggest converence on climate change and they are taking their bucket of sand so they can bury their heads when people try to tell them that carbon trading schemes DO NOT WORK!
Am I seriously the only one who is afraid? I'm afraid that we'll see things too late. That we'll only start being logical when it suits us which will be when we are faced with something we can't ignore. Humans are great at dealing with disasters. Look at the Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. What we aren't good at is seeing connections. We aren't seeing what will happen. We can only see what has happened.
So now what? I'm at the age where having a family is becoming more prominent in my mind but even if I did have kids what sort of world would I be bringing them in to? Does anyone actually LIKE the world we live in now? Does anyone sit down and watch the news and think "my goodness I Love this world, it's wonderful!"??? No one I talk to does so why do we allow it to continue like this? I found out that there are homeless people in my small hometown. I had no idea of this and was horrified. My home is one of the most caring places around so why do we allow people to become homeless??
I guess I can't rant on forever but I feel frantically worried and confused. I'll stop now and hopefully I'll see something which makes me feel a bit more optimistic.
Give me your thoughts - Do you ever feel like you are the only one who sees?? Do you feel worried about where we are heading?
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