I’m sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of Democratic candidates calling for policies to “fix” the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around. I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook’s, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we’ve become completely blind to it. Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose. These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don’t give them a second thought. We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty. One. Times. Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful.
>I’m sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of Democratic candidates calling for policies to “fix” the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around. I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook’s, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we’ve become completely blind to it. Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose. These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don’t give them a second thought. We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty. One. Times. Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful.
The US has done a great job of producing material abundance but not at creating satisfaction. Maybe our policies should not aim to maximize economic output but to improve health, community bonds, and other forms of wellness.
The US has done a great job of producing material abundance but not at creating satisfaction. Maybe our policies should not aim to maximize economic output but to improve health, community bonds, and other forms of wellness.
I would contend that it's not the government's job to make people happy, but to create the conditions under which people can make themselves happy. (That, and to punish people who harm others.)
The writer is saying that certain aspects of society - the media, colleges, etc. - are purposefully undermining society in order to be able to implement their socialist agenda. I'd have a hard time arguing against that idea.
I would contend that it's not the government's job to make people happy, but to create the conditions under which people can make themselves happy. (That, and to punish people who harm others.)
The writer is saying that certain aspects of society - the media, colleges, etc. - are purposefully undermining society in order to be able to implement their socialist agenda. I'd have a hard time arguing against that idea.
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The US has done a great job of producing material abundance but not at creating satisfaction. Maybe our policies should not aim to maximize economic output but to improve health, community bonds, and other forms of wellness.
I would contend that it's not the government's job to make people happy, but to create the conditions under which people can make themselves happy. (That, and to punish people who harm others.)
The writer is saying that certain aspects of society - the media, colleges, etc. - are purposefully undermining society in order to be able to implement their socialist agenda. I'd have a hard time arguing against that idea.
People with power, abusing their influence to further their own agendas.