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This is a little off your topic, but related, and I apologize if this rant is a little too far from what you intended. And it may seem a bit random – I’m not a great writer nor do I organize these thoughts well.
In America, and I’m sure many other countries, our capitalist society has bred all these things you speak of. Money is the siren whose call cannot be ignored by most people. Companies don’t care anymore about the customer, they only care about what will bring in more dollars, no matter who it hurts. I hate it. I wish there was no such thing as publicly traded companies. I’d love it if there were limits on how large a company could get. The greed that I see everywhere is astounding. Our society has completely sold out its future generations for profits now. Pollution, chemicals in everything we eat and drink, killing off species at unprecedented rates, raping the land, governments that don’t care about anything but money and corporate greed, …
Having said that about our system, I have also benefited from it. I definitely would not enjoy the lifestyle I do without it. So I guess I’m part of the problem.
I have no solution for this. I don’t know a better system. It’s human nature to progress. As a species, we have always striven to find better, faster, and less back-breaking ways to do the tasks that need to be done to survive. This leads to machines and electricity and eventually CNC, losing many skills along the way. I’m very happy to go back to the ways of our forebears.
I think way too much about this stuff and probably I am far too pessimistic. I give our species about 100 years before annihilating itself. I feel badly for the next generations and what they’ll be left with. Sigh …