need, need, need, need. Everyone needs something from you. Everyone needs someone, not you. They need their laptops, their SUV's, their materialistic shit. They need their fast food, their internet porn, their 2-minute fix. They need television. It tells them what to think, what to buy. They need television. It tells them why they're not pretty enough. They tell you that everything is okay. They tell you not to worry. I saw a mother struggle to keep her children fed when no one else would help her. They tell me it's okay. I see business after business go under and mothers and fathers; husbands and wives losing jobs. They tell me not to worry. Who are they? Why do we let them control us? We have no one to blame but ourselves.

It seems there is no escape. What if I need these things too? But I don't. I don't. Let's break this down.

I need:
food
water
clothes
shelter
love (companionship is very important to the human psyche)

I'm sure there are other needs in my life. Okay. How do I get these things? Well, with the proper natural resources I could acquire all of these things. So do I move to some remote island and completely seclude myself? It's an option. But what of my family and friends? Do I let them suffer the fate I would be escaping. Realistically I am not going to move away and seclude myself (though that would be fantastic).

So what am I to do? I see this happening all around me. I see a society crumbling and taking it's participants along for the ride. I guess the saying is right, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em". Our country was meant to be run by the people. So lets do that. KNOW what's going on. Don't let them push you around. Don't buy into to media shit. Don't overspend on shit you don't need (doing so will not help the economy). "They" are people like you and I. Some have power of money, some power of persuasion. These people are greedy. Some have your interests at heart. But most are human and have their own interests at heart. As should you. But to survive in this modern world we need to also take into consideration others around us. No, you can't help starving children in Africa. If you're like me you can barely afford your rent and still put some gas in your car. Say you do have something extra though. How do we prioritize our lives and how we spend not only our money, but our time?

Maybe I won't waste my time doing foolish things. I will spend that time with people I love because I don't know when they will be gone. I won't waste my money of foolish things. I will save it for a time when I really need it (or heavens forbid my children need it).

Well, this turned out a lot longer than I had intended. Oh well. At least I put my thoughts in writing. And maybe, just maybe, someone will read this and think for a moment like I have done. I gone through a whole spectrum of thoughts and ended up with a contradictory conclusion. (Sometimes I don't make any sense.)

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