My Opinions on the Issues

We live in a democracy

A lot of people think we live in a world that is totally controlled by "the Man", that one group of people is the cause of the problems or the good things of the world today.  and the fact of the matter is that we all created this world together.  It makes me sad when I think about the fact that we don't realize the fact that there are so many people casting the blame on people in control as if the ills that they themselves caused were caused by the leaders.  The leaders are the people who had the strength to try to make somthing of themselves and the wrold they live in.  A lot of the people who get the flack are the people who control a machine that serves to the destuction of the world instead of the growth of it. Lets take the automobile companies for example. the excuse everybody likes to give is that they all are in bed with one another making money with one another and that is the fault of the executives of these companies, and that is true. But we must recognize the fact that the lavish lifestyles they live are very addictive to them and they can't be expected to just give up their money on their own. They need the help of those who chose to be a part of their operation. Those who don't have so much to lose by changing the machine of destruction should be the real people who change the damage doing businesses into positive forces in the world.  But there is a great beauty in the belief that each person can make the change on their own. in the end what we have is exactly what we want.  The perfect example of this point is the main problem we have in the world today, energy.  but we can all do our part by putting solar panels on our houses. I am in the process of trying to put solar panels on my house here in Chile so I could get someone to start a business putting solar panels on people's houses.  Once we all understand how the panels and batteries word we will begin to understand how we can all live independently energy wise, and even live completely independently in our solar powered cars with solar panels.  But that can't happen until we all have a personal relationship with solar power being stored in batteries.  It is a beautiful thing because it gives us a personal relationship with the sun and how we live off of the earth and how living can be completely free and you can do what ever you want without being a slave to anything or anyone.  Once we realize that we aren't so desperate to survive that we have a choice to decide how we are going to divide our time, we can begin to make the world a truly sustainable place.  So in the end anyone who wants to complain about anything needs to consider the fact that if they have done their part energy wise first, because that is step one.  Another way to look at it is the chicken or the egg debate, which came first? And the answer is the whereever the baddass is, if the baddass is the chicken or the egg is the only question because someone has to be the person who started the beginning of the change.  there are always excuses for example you could have the excuse that you can't fix a place because the dirt bags will destroy it and so it is no use, but the proper thing to do is be the baddass and fix the place up in the first place and either not allow the dirtbags to fix the place or to fix the place more than the dirtbags can fuck it up.