The document discusses how the world has changed for the worse due to factors like technology, corruption, and lack of freedom. It argues that humans are manipulated and misguided, destroying the planet and each other due to greed and lust for power. The conclusion is that the world lacks human resourcefulness and is headed towards self-destruction without major changes.
The document discusses how the world has changed for the worse due to factors like technology, corruption, and lack of freedom. It argues that humans are manipulated and misguided, destroying the planet and each other due to greed and lust for power. The conclusion is that the world lacks human resourcefulness and is headed towards self-destruction without major changes.
The document discusses how the world has changed for the worse due to factors like technology, corruption, and lack of freedom. It argues that humans are manipulated and misguided, destroying the planet and each other due to greed and lust for power. The conclusion is that the world lacks human resourcefulness and is headed towards self-destruction without major changes.
The document discusses how the world has changed for the worse due to factors like technology, corruption, and lack of freedom. It argues that humans are manipulated and misguided, destroying the planet and each other due to greed and lust for power. The conclusion is that the world lacks human resourcefulness and is headed towards self-destruction without major changes.
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This world is the worst of all worlds
Nowadays, our planet is greatly different from what it was in
the past. So different that it's almost as if it isn't even the same world anymore. So much has changed, especially after the two World Wars where people had to work hard to gain an upper hand, any way they could. Millions gave their lives for people who sat behind desks discussing strategies. It makes me sick when I think about how people can resemble sheep at times, which is a trait many people of today can be given. If I understand what Socrates taught correctly, humans always seek to do what they perceive as good. Even if an action is obviously a horrible evil to everyone around them, the person who commits the act is seeking to attain some personal good by doing it. This does not justify anyone committing a wrong deed. Rather, it is a recognition that ignorance and confused perception can be the source of great evil. In Socrates' view, to know the good is to do the good. He also demonstrated in his own time that even the most respected citizens did not really know what good was. Times have not changed much in that regard. We are all capable of causing evil and injustice, particularly if we refuse to study or reflect on important matters right before us. Starting from his childhood, Socrates should have had a very difficult life, judging by our modern standards. He was born ugly in a time when everyone around him praised human beauty. He still never tried to change his appearance nor did he seem to mind it. He had a different understanding of many things, such as what gods were. He was never scared to say what he thought, which eventually caused other citizens to suspect him. Those things may be why he was executed by poisoning at the age of 71, refusing to use any of the chances he had to escape. He thought that nothing could harm a good man, neither in life nor death. He
accepted death and only blamed his accusers for not wanting to do him good, saying they caused him no harm. The world would be much better today if people didn't care about what others thought as much as they do. Of course we shouldn't give in to our impulses and do whatever we want without considering the consequences, but we should also not let others effect our decisions. In my opinion, it's much worse today because technology has gone much further. We are being brainwashed thanks to a minority of people who have monopolized everything. They used whatever means to gain political and economical power and have rooted themselves deep into the dark shadows of humanity. They use the media to avert our attention away from important things going on around the world and misinform people whenever they deem necessary. How did it get so out of hand? Not many realize how their smart phones and computers work that they may be exposed to constant surveillance by the numerous satellites flying around the orbit. Another downside of technology is that people communicate in real life less than before. We now have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or similar social networks and hardly spend quality time with each other. Even when people do go out, most of them just spend the evening on their phone. It's kind of funny that even those who know this still can't resist the temptations of instant messaging and photo sharing. It is just too convenient for the lazy new generations. I feel kind of bad saying this, but due to a lack of a word that could put it much more nicely, people are stupid. Most of them at least. Why would anyone believe something they read in the news or see online? Don't they think it may be false? That it's not showing what actually happened? I have just recently turned 18, but I can't believe some things 'adults' around me do. I hate how someone can let greed take over them and cheat others for personal gains. Why? Would it not be better for everyone to live
equally and have the exact same opportunities in life? To not have a corrupt government, but one that works for the benefit of a country and its people. Everyone seems to accept bribes too easily. It's like in their minds, it's just easy money and there are no moral dilemmas when doing it. It is present in every single field and not much is being done to stop it. Of course, not only the people who accept it are to blame. They are often against a wall due to financial crisis in their country. They need the money, and fast. If a country lets that happen to its residents, it is most likely not a happy one. A lot of politicians don't care about their country, nor its people. It's all about securing themselves, even at the cost of thousands of others. Is it just because they are cowards or uneducated people being manipulated by others? There are many other things I don't understand. How can someone suddenly take another's life? How can someone rob a person of their entire life, just because of personal feelings? Is this what the twenty-first century is supposed to be like? It's like we are moving backwards with our evolution. What the majority of people can rely on to support themselves and their families is barely enough. They are driven into corners, but shouldn't they try and do something about it? Taking it out on others is the worst possible solution, followed by self-punishment. An individual should give it their best to productively get rid of all the daily frustration, no matter how hard it may be. A thing I can't leave out while talking about the worst sides of today's society is religion. While I won't go deep into the topic, I have to say that religion is, to me, only another means of controlling people. Those people are either too weak to fight for themselves or just too blinded to notice that no greater power will come save them or solve their problems without them doing anything. I am not even an atheist. I believe in a greater power, or
'God', I just don't believe in religion. Religion is man-made.
Everyone knows that men tend to mess things up. Despite the people in charge of countries being corrupt puppets, increasing depression in teens and young adults, the lack of the masses' curiosity and rebellion, as well as the fact that people are so easily misguided, what bothers me the most about our world is that we think we are free. We think that having to study through our childhood in order to get a job only to pay for our expenses is freedom. We may not even like the job we get in the end, but we still have to do it. I think only basic education should be mandatory and that people should choose what they want to learn about and do it. This would require quite some paperwork, but wouldn't it be closer to freedom than what we have now? It just feels like we don't really have much of a choice concerning our lives, even though we are 'free'. While people should be universal, they should do it at their own pace and not have the pre-set curriculum. Even if we manage to become successful, is there really any meaning in having a lot of money if we didn't acquire it doing what we like or had any pleasure during the process? Nietzsche saw this question as a psychological one, rather than a philosophical one. I do not think that we are free, at least not as this word is generally understood. We are certainly not autonomous individuals separate from the world. However, the clear perception of ego within is self-evident and needs no justification. The problem is in reconciling these two. What connects the concept is the idea of levels of description. Both aspects are true, yet neither is strictly relevant to the other. In conclusion, I believe this world to be the worst due to the lack of human resourcefulness to reach their goals and get as close as they can to freedom. We are just like sheep waiting for a shepherd to guide them, only our shepherd is not a loving and caring one. It's a more manipulative type that will do the best it can to keep us in the guessing and never guide us toward the
right direction. Meanwhile, we are destroying our planet and its
non-human inhabitants in many ways. It makes me feel like humans are not necessary for Earth to survive and that it'd actually be better off without us. What I am afraid the most of is that the answers to everything I don't understand are actually simple and that people are just overfilled with greed and lust for power that they don't care about anything else. That would really set into stone our self-destruction process and it'd mean it's only a matter of time before another World War arises and erases everything. Then we'd have to start all over again...would it be the first time happened? I completely relate to not wanting to bring children into this world out of love for them.
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