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We've outcasted and teared down every freaking living thing in our path as we build more, more and more malls, markets, shops and stores for needless mass consumption. Instead of having only a few stores that cover our needs and offer some toys, we have an incredible, ginormous amount of them. The mentioned shops all compete with one another because we don’t share or look out for our neighbour. Instead, it's our culture to have more and be better than the rest.

We got banks who we give our hard earned money to for storage because they have brainwashed us to believe that that is what we should do even when that same banks give possession of our own money away. Then they make more money off of our money and charge us the service fees for everything they do with our money, even though they already profit from it. They hand out financial information to customers that is geared towards making the bank money with very little regard for the financial well being of the customer looking for advice.
Since we have associated prestige and well being with banks, we blindly take that advice and walk away.

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We got food stores which barely even sell food anymore. Other than 1 or two isles that offer it, most of which is sprayed with pesticides, the rest of the store offers products that are fake, filled with chemicals and processed. To put it simply; around 95% of what's offered at the store should never be consumed by a human being, because those products devastate our organisms. Well, at least lately the organic selection is increasing in stores as more and more people are waking up to the truth of what I just rambled about above.

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Do you find street lights tragically methaporical? I do. They remind me of how much we truly simulate sheep. We've constructed up some metal structures with electrical signals and colors. These signals tell us when to stop and when to go because there are so many of us in a neverending rush, trying to get to where we need to be in a zombie state that we can’t pay attention to anything effectively. We dressed regular sheep in dark uniforms and fear inducing weapons so they make sure we obey these color changing structures. If we don't; we are punished and have to pay money to the government in order to pay the salaries of that dark uniformed sheep. These uniformed regular sheep are no more powerful than anyone of us except for when they have this uniform on.

We've drawn invisible borders all around the world and erected houses and apartements on them just so we can buy a little plot of land off of those 1 measly percent of people who own everything and so we have a place to live. Then they charge us every single year we live on this land in the form of a tax.

So who the fck said that they have a right to own a land we were all born on in the first place? They did.

The car I'm driving was not bought from a dealer but from another person who owned and drove it for several years. The government still found a way to make money by taxing the purchase of the car from another person. Why?… Why not? They can. We allow them. After buying the car, one must get an emissions test which has been proven to be useless in determining the health of the car's emissions. Regardless of this initial money grab for the government, afterwards we have a license plate registration which again is more money, every single godamn year. The fuel that runs our cars is very expensive and the variations of the prices are controlled, as opposed to the public belief that it's a factor of the “economy.” Lol. This is ofcourse regardless of the fact that for years, cars that can run 20-30 times longer on this fuel, or on water or on battery exist.
But, we still drive cars that run on this environmental hazard because that's what's profitable to the big corporations that own everything. The patents for all these alternative fuels were bought by the oil companies we depend on or the inventors have been killed for silence.

The people that govern on have done an unbelievable job in creating a world and system where we obey and hold up everything that they implement with little to no question. There is no one to blame but ourselves. We complain everyday about traffic, our jobs, money, food, our lack of time etc. But then turn around and praise our “freedom,” which clearly does not exist. The only thing holding up this handful of people, who have manipulated all of this and are pushing for complete control in years to come, is us! We have the numbers over them and can stop playing their game at anytime. So why not start making new choices? If not now, when?

It's understandable that we might have fear of what will happen if we step outside of this box. This is mainly due to conditioning we all have that states this is how things need to be and anything else is just anarchy and chaotic. No one would work if things were different. People would kill each other, we are animals! We need to be tamed! It might even be happening now: “Wait a minute! That’s not what I was fed in school, on the news and from all other authority figures in this world!” That is precisely where we have all learned this from and each institution or structure mentioned has been manipulated in such a way to make people think this way.

But then we take it to the next level. There are those who see these truths about our world and express it in order to help others see it so we can make change. We quickly cast out and make fun of others who see this because that is what we are taught to do to them. Why? The answer is really simple and can be expressed in one word, ego. We all walk around with a false sense of self in our consciousness that often has complete control over us without us even knowing it. We essentially have been tricked into thinking we are something we are not. We walk around thinking we are this genetic space suit and our thoughts and feelings are who we are. The truth is, we are infinite consciousness living out an experience and the observer state who sees things neutrally and lovingly is who we truly are. Until we become aware that we are not our thoughts, we don’t often get easily in touch with the true aspect of who we are.

The purpose of this objective observation is to simply encourage you all to take a step back and look at what the fck are we doing here. Is this really what we want? Don’t immediately think about what it needs to look like next, instead just ask yourself if this is truly what you want. Once we know the answer to that, we can figure out how to move forward. Many of us are stricken with the desire to discover more about who we are and how we can free ourselves from our thoughts. This feeling is coming from a desire deep within that realizes that there's more to life, there's more to the mundane repetition of doing the same thing over and over again. Take that leap, take a chance, follow that crazy idea that states that maybe it's time to learn more about yourself, you’ll be surprised at what you uncover.

[video=youtube_share;l-9VZZWtMfQ]https://youtu.be/l-9VZZWtMfQ[/video]

Are you happy with the world we live in, do you think this capitalistic modern slavery is something that should be teared down for humanity to thrive? Do you think our current economic/monetary system should be destroyed? And lastly what's your opinion on secret societies (which have very much been proved) which rule the world from behind the curtains; or you've sank so deep into apathy and ignorance that you just don't care anymore?​
 
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I have no issues with the current system we live in. The problem isnt necessarily the system. Though it has it's flaws, ordinary people are given the opportunity to flourish in a free market economy.

The problem is when people find their lives lack meaning and purpose. Working a 9 to 5 desk job is worth it when you have a family to come home to, and kids that appreciate you for it. Going to college for 4 to 10 years is worth it when the world becomes a better place as a result of your career choices, but when you have no reason to work, no reason to have a career --- no purpose whatsoever, you become a cog whos only meaning is to keep the system running.

Its not up to the system or society to provide you purpose or meaning, it's up to you to find that within yourself and up to those considered to be your love ones to help you along the way. When you advocate for the system to provide you purpose, you advocate for collectivism.
 

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Are you happy with the world we live in,
No.

do you think this capitalistic modern slavery is something that should be teared down for humanity to thrive?
And what would you propose in order to replace that and have a market? I doubt depending entirely on the government would be any better or even work. Just look at communist countries for example.

Do you think our current economic/monetary system should be destroyed?
Destruction isn't the answer to every problem. But then again, maybe if the whole world was destroyed we wouldn't have to worry about anything.

And who is going to destroy the current economic/monetary system? The government itself? I don't think so. The people? Doubt it. Then what? What happens next?

And lastly what's your opinion on secret societies (which have very much been proved) which rule the world from behind the curtains; or you've sank so deep into apathy and ignorance that you just don't care anymore?
Well, there's not much i can say or do about it. Who knows what they do and what twisted plans they have. All we can do is speculate.
 

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Its not up to the system or society to provide you purpose or meaning, it's up to you to find that within yourself and up to those considered to be your love ones to help you along the way. When you advocate for the system to provide you purpose, you advocate for collectivism.
I agree 100%.
 

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Nowadays, people destroy acres of forests just so they have more room to build some bothersome chain restaurants or malls, as you have mentioned. And what's weird, the popularity of malls and actual physical shopping has been reducing this last year in US; a lot of malls file for bankruptcy because of Amazon and ease of online shopping. However, trees are still being cut down for the space and paper.
Unfortunately, you have to have a bank account/credit card/savings at the bank at this time and age because everything is becoming digital, and they make it easy for people to pay for whatever they want just with a few clicks. Click, and done, I purchased something, I paid my bills online, I paid my parking ticket, etc.
The problem with fake foods and companies lying about ingredients of their products is especially bad in America. At least in Europe special organizations check the legitimacy of every product before it's put on the store shelf. European laws concerning that are more strict and are actually being obeyed by companies. I don't fully trust USDA and FDA to check everything for GMO and other harmful additives, and recently I have been hearing more and more news about various product recalls.
Society these days has definitely turned into sheep following what the authority. The authority tells them how to act, what to say, and what to consume. Unnecessary regulations and overly advertised products and services are being fed to the sheep.
Hopefully, this world will not start going backwards more than it is right now. There is still hope in humanity, in thinking people who do not wanna be associated with sheep.
 

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I have no issues with the current system we live in. The problem isnt necessarily the system. Though it has it's flaws, ordinary people are given the opportunity to flourish in a free market economy.

The problem is when people find their lives lack meaning and purpose. Working a 9 to 5 desk job is worth it when you have a family to come home to, and kids that appreciate you for it. Going to college for 4 to 10 years is worth it when the world becomes a better place as a result of your career choices, but when you have no reason to work, no reason to have a career --- no purpose whatsoever, you become a cog whos only meaning is to keep the system running.

Its not up to the system or society to provide you purpose or meaning, it's up to you to find that within yourself and up to those considered to be your love ones to help you along the way. When you advocate for the system to provide you purpose, you advocate for collectivism.

Free....

In my opinion there is no such thing as a free market economy. What a deceptive name.

The conceptualization of a free market is dishonest in itself. A free market is subsequent to a systematic plan and rules that guide whom can and can't receive credits/loans. This manifests additional inequality in classes as people with more wealth receive more than necessary advantage and expedite the separation, tension and hatred that happens in society between classes.

"Free" market economy is not free at all. A free market would be obtainable to all free citizens. It's not.

In free market economy/capitalism; most of us eventually became modern slavery, suffocated and with not much room for some major improvement in our personal lives, most of the populace is robotized without being aware of it. Yeah it is possible to succeed with hard dedicated work (in the small percentage of cases), when all of the needed puzzles align in it's place with an "out of this world" stroke of luck but in majority of the world and in my country neither hard work nor a college deegree help in any way.

One needs to absorb himself mentally to this world's state of affairs and become characterless, deceitful, manipulative and spineless to thrive and succeed in life, and most people are not ready to "break their spine" like that.

1 % of the society owns 90 % of the wealth. This is because of corporations and conglomerates (like less than a dozen of them literally rule over the "free" market economy and with that the world).

It's good for a few but terrible for everyone else. It also leads to uttermost inequality purposely placing poor people in economic situations which are hard to get out of.


Nowadays, people destroy acres of forests just so they have more room to build some bothersome chain restaurants or malls, as you have mentioned. And what's weird, the popularity of malls and actual physical shopping has been reducing this last year in US; a lot of malls file for bankruptcy because of Amazon and ease of online shopping. However, trees are still being cut down for the space and paper.
Unfortunately, you have to have a bank account/credit card/savings at the bank at this time and age because everything is becoming digital, and they make it easy for people to pay for whatever they want just with a few clicks. Click, and done, I purchased something, I paid my bills online, I paid my parking ticket, etc.
The problem with fake foods and companies lying about ingredients of their products is especially bad in America. At least in Europe special organizations check the legitimacy of every product before it's put on the store shelf. European laws concerning that are more strict and are actually being obeyed by companies. I don't fully trust USDA and FDA to check everything for GMO and other harmful additives, and recently I have been hearing more and more news about various product recalls.
Society these days has definitely turned into sheep following what the authority. The authority tells them how to act, what to say, and what to consume. Unnecessary regulations and overly advertised products and services are being fed to the sheep.
Hopefully, this world will not start going backwards more than it is right now. There is still hope in humanity, in thinking people who do not wanna be associated with sheep.
Not really no. We're totally fcked but most of the european population will understand the problem when it's too late.

Monsanto has "walked in" on small doors, Bayer bought Monsanto couple of years so that ship is slowly sailing away.

Malls and markets in my country offer mostly processed unhealthy imitation of food, GMO fruits and vegetables. If I didn't have my own garden with a few essentials (tomatoes, swiss chard, carrots, onions and a few more basic veggies), which are grown in my backyard since my grand grandma's youth, so the seeds are definitely not treated, I would probably not remember the proper taste and smell of a tomato for example.

Suprisingly, countries which are not in EU yet (been to two of them recently), still offer domestic & normal food and food products even in the biggest stores & malls.

It genuinely looks like they're poisoning the populace on purpose. Globaly.
 
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Nowadays, people destroy acres of forests just so they have more room to build some bothersome chain restaurants or malls, as you have mentioned. And what's weird, the popularity of malls and actual physical shopping has been reducing this last year in US; a lot of malls file for bankruptcy because of Amazon and ease of online shopping. However, trees are still being cut down for the space and paper.
Unfortunately, you have to have a bank account/credit card/savings at the bank at this time and age because everything is becoming digital, and they make it easy for people to pay for whatever they want just with a few clicks. Click, and done, I purchased something, I paid my bills online, I paid my parking ticket, etc.
The problem with fake foods and companies lying about ingredients of their products is especially bad in America. At least in Europe special organizations check the legitimacy of every product before it's put on the store shelf. European laws concerning that are more strict and are actually being obeyed by companies. I don't fully trust USDA and FDA to check everything for GMO and other harmful additives, and recently I have been hearing more and more news about various product recalls.
Society these days has definitely turned into sheep following what the authority. The authority tells them how to act, what to say, and what to consume. Unnecessary regulations and overly advertised products and services are being fed to the sheep.
Hopefully, this world will not start going backwards more than it is right now. There is still hope in humanity, in thinking people who do not wanna be associated with sheep.
Teach me the ways of not being a sheep!
 

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Teach me the ways of not being a sheep!
Use your own brains, don't rely on other people, who you might see as superior, to tell you what to do.
When you watch news, for instance, always look for the source of information. Do your own research from reputable sources.
And don't be afraid to disagree with popular opinion.
 

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Use your own brains, don't rely on other people, who you might see as superior, to tell you what to do.
When you watch news, for instance, always look for the source of information. Do your own research from reputable sources.
And don't be afraid to disagree with popular opinion.
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I think believing in social media posts over news sites is a step in the wrong direction, but lots of people do that.
 

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illustrations by Steve Cutts

*check out this awesome animation by Steve Cutts b4 scrolling further.


We've outcasted and teared down every freaking living thing in our path as we build more, more and more malls, markets, shops and stores for needless mass consumption. Instead of having only a few stores that cover our needs and offer some toys, we have an incredible, ginormous amount of them. The mentioned shops all compete with one another because we don’t share or look out for our neighbour. Instead, it's our culture to have more and be better than the rest.

We got banks who we give our hard earned money to for storage because they have brainwashed us to believe that that is what we should do even when that same banks give possession of our own money away. Then they make more money off of our money and charge us the service fees for everything they do with our money, even though they already profit from it. They hand out financial information to customers that is geared towards making the bank money with very little regard for the financial well being of the customer looking for advice.
Since we have associated prestige and well being with banks, we blindly take that advice and walk away.

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We got food stores which barely even sell food anymore. Other than 1 or two isles that offer it, most of which is sprayed with pesticides, the rest of the store offers products that are fake, filled with chemicals and processed. To put it simply; around 95% of what's offered at the store should never be consumed by a human being, because those products devastate our organisms. Well, at least lately the organic selection is increasing in stores as more and more people are waking up to the truth of what I just rambled about above.

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Do you find street lights tragically methaporical? I do. They remind me of how much we truly simulate sheep. We've constructed up some metal structures with electrical signals and colors. These signals tell us when to stop and when to go because there are so many of us in a neverending rush, trying to get to where we need to be in a zombie state that we can’t pay attention to anything effectively. We dressed regular sheep in dark uniforms and fear inducing weapons so they make sure we obey these color changing structures. If we don't; we are punished and have to pay money to the government in order to pay the salaries of that dark uniformed sheep. These uniformed regular sheep are no more powerful than anyone of us except for when they have this uniform on.

We've drawn invisible borders all around the world and erected houses and apartements on them just so we can buy a little plot of land off of those 1 measly percent of people who own everything and so we have a place to live. Then they charge us every single year we live on this land in the form of a tax.

So who the fck said that they have a right to own a land we were all born on in the first place? They did.

The car I'm driving was not bought from a dealer but from another person who owned and drove it for several years. The government still found a way to make money by taxing the purchase of the car from another person. Why?… Why not? They can. We allow them. After buying the car, one must get an emissions test which has been proven to be useless in determining the health of the car's emissions. Regardless of this initial money grab for the government, afterwards we have a license plate registration which again is more money, every single godamn year. The fuel that runs our cars is very expensive and the variations of the prices are controlled, as opposed to the public belief that it's a factor of the “economy.” Lol. This is ofcourse regardless of the fact that for years, cars that can run 20-30 times longer on this fuel, or on water or on battery exist.
But, we still drive cars that run on this environmental hazard because that's what's profitable to the big corporations that own everything. The patents for all these alternative fuels were bought by the oil companies we depend on or the inventors have been killed for silence.

The people that govern on have done an unbelievable job in creating a world and system where we obey and hold up everything that they implement with little to no question. There is no one to blame but ourselves. We complain everyday about traffic, our jobs, money, food, our lack of time etc. But then turn around and praise our “freedom,” which clearly does not exist. The only thing holding up this handful of people, who have manipulated all of this and are pushing for complete control in years to come, is us! We have the numbers over them and can stop playing their game at anytime. So why not start making new choices? If not now, when?

It's understandable that we might have fear of what will happen if we step outside of this box. This is mainly due to conditioning we all have that states this is how things need to be and anything else is just anarchy and chaotic. No one would work if things were different. People would kill each other, we are animals! We need to be tamed! It might even be happening now: “Wait a minute! That’s not what I was fed in school, on the news and from all other authority figures in this world!” That is precisely where we have all learned this from and each institution or structure mentioned has been manipulated in such a way to make people think this way.

But then we take it to the next level. There are those who see these truths about our world and express it in order to help others see it so we can make change. We quickly cast out and make fun of others who see this because that is what we are taught to do to them. Why? The answer is really simple and can be expressed in one word, ego. We all walk around with a false sense of self in our consciousness that often has complete control over us without us even knowing it. We essentially have been tricked into thinking we are something we are not. We walk around thinking we are this genetic space suit and our thoughts and feelings are who we are. The truth is, we are infinite consciousness living out an experience and the observer state who sees things neutrally and lovingly is who we truly are. Until we become aware that we are not our thoughts, we don’t often get easily in touch with the true aspect of who we are.

The purpose of this objective observation is to simply encourage you all to take a step back and look at what the fck are we doing here. Is this really what we want? Don’t immediately think about what it needs to look like next, instead just ask yourself if this is truly what you want. Once we know the answer to that, we can figure out how to move forward. Many of us are stricken with the desire to discover more about who we are and how we can free ourselves from our thoughts. This feeling is coming from a desire deep within that realizes that there's more to life, there's more to the mundane repetition of doing the same thing over and over again. Take that leap, take a chance, follow that crazy idea that states that maybe it's time to learn more about yourself, you’ll be surprised at what you uncover.

[video=youtube_share;l-9VZZWtMfQ]https://youtu.be/l-9VZZWtMfQ[/video]

Are you happy with the world we live in, do you think this capitalistic modern slavery is something that should be teared down for humanity to thrive? Do you think our current economic/monetary system should be destroyed? And lastly what's your opinion on secret societies (which have very much been proved) which rule the world from behind the curtains; or you've sank so deep into apathy and ignorance that you just don't care anymore?​
You could of caught my eye with this if it didn't seem so self-imagined based.

However, yes, this economy/government is super psychological with things, and it ain't perfect.It's never gonna be perfect, so just let it go.You have too much of a high expectation with things. I feel like your views/ideals are sort of "globe trotter-ish"...

You were born alone,even if you were a multiple, you still came out the vagina by yourself, and even if some type of phenomenon took place where you and your twin came out at the same time, you're still a different person.Lmao.

Think for yourself, a little.
 

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No, the video makes it seem like we're doing everything wrong and this is just not the case. Have fewer stores?That monopolises the whole system. Competition and the ability to rise up is what makes everything so special.Without that, stores, businesses and providers wouldn't care about their quality as it would be "my way or the high way".

Street lights and stop lights are a health and safety precaution, what are you talking about sheeps for? Go to Russia where some areas done have stoplights and see what happens.

No one forces you to put your money in banks.

The idea that our money is sucked out at every corner is correct. Is it normally wrong? To a great extent, yes. But let's not act like these politicans and the "1%" you mentioned are doing things that average people don't do on a daily basis. Many people are evil, they lie,steal,cheat,corrupt, backstab,kill... It's what SOME human beings do, but it will never go away.Where there is power, there will be corruption. It's just a fact we have to accept. No employable system can cure our society of that. People are often competitive, egotistical, envious, hating or ruthless. This is what the fuel of corruption and negativity all around.

You make some great points and so does the video, we are by FAR not perfect and we definitely need to reassess the way we function as a society. However, the video paints the whole picture bad. It forgets that there are many people waking up with a smile to go do the thing they love, only to come home in a warm house to the people they love. Everyone seems to blame the system this and that, what do you want? Everything to be handed to you? Life can't have all winners, we need cleaners,shopkeepers,bin men to function. We can not have everyone being a CEO.What system do you want to return to? Where people were farming 6-20:00 7 days a week, and if they fell ill, they would I barely (if even) afford their meals?

In conclusion:Everywhere there are problems, in the jungle, in Savannah, in the sea. Competition and killing. The cycle of life. The weak die, the strong live. Life has problems, but that's why its called Life! It's not stupid to want things to be perfect but it's unrealistic. We just can't get there, because of us.
 
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Free....

In my opinion there is no such thing as a free market economy. What a deceptive name.
I agree, our market economy is not an absolutely "free" market economy; there are legal restrictions in place that prevent it from being that, but most restrictions are at the cost of mantaining a stable nation state. There are some unfair restrictions that do have an overbearing effect on the populus, but is out of pragmaticism over principle that they were put in place. The alternatives are far worse than the status quo, hence why I believe our economic system, though not a perfect system, is the best system.

The conceptualization of a free market is dishonest in itself. A free market is subsequent to a systematic plan and rules that guide whom can and can't receive credits/loans. This manifests additional inequality in classes as people with more wealth receive more than necessary advantage and expedite the separation, tension and hatred that happens in society between classes.
But these advantages didnt come out of thin air. All economic advantages in our quote unquote free market economy, are a product of inherited resources. Trump didnt become a billionaire purely off hard work, he did receive "a small loan of a million dollars" from his father, right? And maybe Trump's father inherited resources from his father, but at some point in the past, someone in Trump's lineage had to acquire those resources through hardwork and labor.

I feel like this conversation could go down the path of debating slavery and inherited labor, but Ill leave it up to you if you want to discuss that.

"Free" market economy is not free at all. A free market would be obtainable to all free citizens. It's not.
Who doesnt have access to the market? Are you saying people who cant afford loans cant work to afford loans? Just because some people dont require loans to start ex. a business and some people do doesnt mean those who do dont have access to the free market. It just means they have to work harder. You could be referring to something else, and if you are, please do clarify. It could be that you live in a country where people truly dont have access to the free market.

In free market economy/capitalism; most of us eventually became modern slavery, suffocated and with not much room for some major improvement in our personal lives, most of the populace is robotized without being aware of it. Yeah it is possible to succeed with hard dedicated work (in the small percentage of cases), when all of the needed puzzles align in it's place with an "out of this world" stroke of luck but in majority of the world and in my country neither hard work nor a college deegree help in any way.
If you're living in a country where your situation is as dire as you say it is, then you are truly unfortunate. I'm living in America, so for the most part, I have no excuses. And I believe the same goes for the majority of modern westernized countries.

One needs to absorb himself mentally to this world's state of affairs and become characterless, deceitful, manipulative and spineless to thrive and succeed in life, and most people are not ready to "break their spine" like that.

1 % of the society owns 90 % of the wealth. This is because of corporations and conglomerates (like less than a dozen of them literally rule over the "free" market economy and with that the world).
No one "needs" to do any of that. People are either products of their environments and believe that spinelessness, decitfulness, and manipulation is the way the world works, or people are cognizant that they have a choice and choose to do those things in order to succeed. There is ALWAYS and alternative as long as you're aware. If it means rebelling against the system and protest, then so be it.

It's good for a few but terrible for everyone else. It also leads to uttermost inequality purposely placing poor people in economic situations which are hard to get out of.
But that's the way the world will always be. That's the nature of the human condition. The question becomes whether or not the inequalities we face are a product of oppression or an injustice in terms of infringed rights; because those are things we can actually do something about. We can reasonably eliminate as many barriers that prevent people from having an opportunity to succeed in life, while maintaining a balanced system that people can thrive in. There is no functioning alternative where most people or everyone lives happy; there will always be inequality, pain, and suffering.

Its a noble thing to want to make a world where those things were non-existent, but I think the best we can do is to try and minimize the best we can, and fight oppression and injustice whereever we see it. In the meantime, I think humans should try to find meaning in their suffering, because existence is suffering. It's a matter of making that suffering worth it and trying to make the world a little less worse in the process.
 

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alhamdulillah. gratitude is the answer for every problem. to appreciate is to ensure self worth, as you appreciate all including the self and its endeavors.

inshaAllah, I will excel at gratitude, Allah will harden my heart and teach me gratitude inshaAllah :)
 
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