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Thoughts on Humanity Part 2 |
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It seems apparent that every human being has the inherent desire to gain knowledge. It's inescapable. Every single one of us, in our own ways, tries to make sense of our surroundings, ourselves, and our origins (Who am I? Where did I come from? ect, ect.). And, it could be confidently said, that it is this need, this urge, this passion that may have kicked off the dreadful discovery of agriculture. But why? Why this need? Why this urge? Could it come from some innate desire for power? As we all know, knowledge is truly power, but I don't believe that was the drive for pre-historic man to embark on any quest for knowledge, since no pre-historic man would have needed power on any scope. Perhaps it was fear? A fear that drove them to seek protection? Or maybe an inborn search for control? Whatever it was, I'm sure that it was this quest for knowledge that lead to the agricultural revolution. The revolution was truly, in essence, the beginning of every single one of mankind's problems. For whatever reason, and however they learned, people started growing their food. Of course, this didn't solve any famine or hunger needs, since people whom are starving don't wait for plants to grow any more than people in a fire wait for the wind to blow it out. With this new technology, people found themselves leaving their traditional hunter/gatherer lifestyles, to start cultivating crops, and eventually, even domesticating animals. At this point, I feel it's nessecary to point out the fact that agriculture/farming wasn't (and still isn't) an easier way to live. Hunters simply used to laze around, until something they needed came up, at which point, they would procure whatever need it was, whether it be a tool, or food, or water. But farming consists of working all day, building, planting, plowing, and generally busting your a**. After a while, the agriculture did indeed create a huge surplus of food, and in the case of any animal, more food, means more animals, and as a result, mankind experienced HUGE population growth, which, in turn, lead to the need for more homes, and more farms. At this point, through trading, and through living, came first the trouble of 'possesions'. When we discovered we could own something as ours, we discovered also the problem of crime, which, to this point, was completely unheard of. Before, crime didn't exsist, simply because there was no opposite, but, as all things come in balance, with one, must exsist the other. But, mankind was unhindered, we kept expanding, we sought ways to stop crime, and more and more people were born, and cities only got bigger and bigger. Which, created two more problems. Disease, and Famine. Both, to this point, were unheard of. With crowded city streets, and the completely unsanitary conditions, mankind had become a prime target of disease. No evolved immunity systems, and large amounts of people, gathered in small regions. And with the troubles of agricultre mounting, such as bad irrigation, flooding, heat-damage, theft, pillaging, locusts, and a hole volley of other problems, it became increasingly harder to support the growing numbers, and eventually, people starting going hungry. Yet still, we did not stop. We expanded more and more still, now trying to solve the problems of famine, disease, and crime, all of which were not even truly beginning. So, things got bigger, and things got worse, and people starting asking "What's wrong here?" and recieved no answer. This question would ultimately lead to the religion of today. The need, the desire to be 'saved'. Which, of course, would become another problem after people had another starling revalation. And again, for reasons completely unknown, we still did not stop growing, and eventually, (this case goes especially for European countries) with the aid of religion, people began to think that this way, the way we all lived, for whatever reason was 'The definite, and ONLY right way to live.' and again, we were the first culture to believe this. If you look over the world, there are 10,000s of other peoples, small tribes, who live at peace with nature, and the Earth. These are the Givers, since everything they take from the Earth, they give back at some way, and some point. We, meaning everyone else, including you and I, hence WE, are the opposite. Takers. We take everything, and give nothing back. And in all the history of mankind, only us, the Takers, believed that we were right, and everyone else was wrong. Yet, the problems of society continued to mount, as crime became worse, as did famine, and even disease, with events as bad as the black plaue. It seems that us, humanity, was determined to destroy itself from the inside. Now, flash to the1960's. People began to notice that again, (besides everything else, of course) something was wrong. We began to study our effects on the Earth, with shocking result. We were killing her. Documentarys flooded in almost monthly, each detailing the effects of acid rain, or toxic pools, or pollution, or whatever it may be. And we all came to the terrifying realization that the Earth was not going to take our abuse. That she couldn't take our abuse. That little bit, by little bit, Earth was dying, through our actions. Of course, by this point, our society had gotten far too big, so we did as we always do, try to minimize the damage, and ignore it. To this day, nothing has been fixed. Millions of people are starving, hundreds of thousands are killed in violent crimes every year in the U.S. alone, Diseases like ebola, and malaria, and some unheard of, still claim thousands, the rainforest is being destroyed, pollution is only growing, and events like Chernobyl and nuclear acts like Hiroshima leave huge areas of land unlivable, let alone usable. And more and more, people ask "What's wrong here?", and more and more, people want to be 'saved'. And more and more, people are mising what's wrong. It's not us, it's not something in us, it's our society.
But what, what on the face of this planet, could possibly be the solution? There really is no humane answer, nor is there and answer that the powerful would enact, which are those who need to act it... If nothing is done, it seems that all we can do, is wait for the inevitable total collapse of humanity.
I'll have to think more about this....
[Abandoned] Harlequin · Thu Jun 26, 2008 @ 12:57pm · 0 Comments |
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