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10/27/2003 - Is this going to be one of THOSE posts? [None]
Hey, folks. (DISCLAIMER: This one's going to be mostly about politics, and will probably make me sound like a friggin' hippy. If you're not into that sort of thing, why not read a book? Asides will be in parenthesis. -GTP) I've been doing some thinking. And I have to say, at the rate that America is moving, I don't want to think about the future. It scares me. As time goes on, nothing good can come, except for looser morals, and simple things that can't hide the truth: were doomed. Robots will soon replace humans in labor, which leads to the inevitable downfall of the economy. I feel very passionate about this issue, and more information about it is found here (HIGHLY recommended read, folks. Make sure you have some time, though -GTP). Now, the article gives another way of keeping the economy afloat. Linux is a good example. Millions of programmers DONATED hours into Linux, and it's free. Even through this, it's one of the best OSes out there, and it's free. God bless Linus. What if we create an economy that encourages the creation of things like Linux? If people could make a living without being employees, we could unlock an unimaginable ocean of human creativity and human potential. I am aware that this is almost 1997-1999 -esque, but there was a reason that failed. Too many markets, not enough people to buy into these markets. If we have truly learned our lesson with that, this might have been possible, were it not for this one fact: We are stupid. Yes. I'm not saying that in the manner that I usually do, I'm saying that with absolute seriousness. We are not smart enough, as a whole, to move toward this sort of economy, even though it's practically utopian. No bounds of rich or poor, because talent can be found everywhere. Anyone can become a millionaire, and remain on the same level as the man who has nothing. With this, the right people would finally be rewarded. Not the corporate big-wigs (more on that in a minute) who can manipulate people in the right way, the people who bring great new things into the world. Those are the ones who deserve it, and those are the ones who will get what they put in. Judgment. If you will. Everyone hates everyone else. The U.S. thinks the French are a bunch of cheese-eating surrender monkeys, whereas France thinks we are a bunch of jingostic, self-regarding conquer monkeys. The U.S. hates Iraq, because were told to. Iraq hates the U.S. because they're told to. Everyone hates America and loves Canada, except for America (Sorry, guys. But most of us UUH-MEER-REEE-CAANS don't like how much better you are than us -GTP). So, what do we do? Bombs. Explosions. There's no denying that we have them. Matter of fact, most countries are now flaunting them. Why? Because. That's why. "Oh, we need to defend ourselves!" WE DON'T NEED TO DEFEND OURSELVES WITH ENOUGH FIREPOWER TO KNOCK THE EARTH OUT OF ORBIT. I'm tired, so I won't even get into air pollution, ozone layer, deforestation, SUVs, cancer, welfare, Medicare, social security, overpopulation, STDs, alcoholism, rape, gang violence, poverty, starvation, religion, racism bad rap music, OR any of the other millions of issues that plague us today. G'night, folks. //Greg::7:32 PM EST\ # | |
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