
What do I think? Good question. I think that greed is the issue with all modern politics. Perhaps it’s a relic of ages past. Perhaps it harks back to a time when we really didn’t have enough. Well, that has changed — and it is our express and immediate responsibility to change our world values to match.
The more you take, the less everyone has, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
The more you give, the more everyone has.
The better you feel.
The more you love everyone unconditionally — because you realize that greed is fully unnecessary when everyone isn’t hoarding their every possession out of fear and distrust.
In a society based on greed, we’re automatically pitted against each other because we’re teased into seeing other people as obstacles between us and their possessions.
Imagine a simple living situation. Do you enjoy living with housemates who nitpick every penny, argue about who owes what, always show you receipts, and get on your case if you just got your car worked on, and paying a percentage of their surprise Costco trip comes at a bad time?
If you were in a storm shelter with 20 other people, and you knew the disaster would only last for 3 days, would you hesitate to share your 7 days worth of food with the person next to you who’s dying of starvation?
Would you hold them accountable for what they “owe” after you get out?
These are the politics our world powers live by.
On the ground level, we’ve grown up in an environment of manufactured scarcity. We’re taught to be selfish because most of us end up with barely enough to survive.
Even though there’s more than enough for everyone to thrive.
There’s even enough for skilled entrepreneurs to enjoy a little extra luxury for their hard work and ingenious ideas.
I’m not anti-rich.
I’m anti-anti-humanitarian.
Ironically enough, all it takes is a little faith that it doesn’t have to be the way it is, a little insight to recognize like-minded people, and we can actually start to co-exist.
This is difficult for us, though. This means letting go.

The real question is:
Will we be able to change our ideologies quickly enough?
We’ve been taught to think that such a selfless way of existence is impossible in a modern context. On a grand scale. But isn’t it just because we’ve built it that way?
What if the new design of society was conceived — and upheld — by truly altruistic people? Why are we so scared to try?
Well, it’s because change is difficult.
Scary, even.
I implore you, even if you don’t want to consider this “radical idea” right now: When we reach the tipping point, and all hope seems lost — when we’re about to start WWIII, remember the words of a humble writer on Medium, simply asking you to consider no longer being a product of your broken environment.
Saving the world is the goal.
Reasonable peace, happiness, prosperity and equality are just a by-product.
I’m ready to give humanity a chance.
How about you?

