Killing/Living

Making a killing vs. making a living, which would you rather?

Expanse vs. expense. What are the things that we must endure to subsist?

Economy supercedes all. Nothing is not governed by it, the almighty dollar.
- "Quality of life"
- War and war machines
- Possible futures
- Socioeconomic status


Mankind is forced into a life and death struggle against all other men when mankind could, instead, find a means to be universall co-operative. Nationalism, religion and ideals of self-interest sub-divided grroupings and populations of humans from accepting the possibility of universal co-operation. The 'othering' process is that which causes people to, not only declare, but also reinforce their individuality amid the mob that is any grouping of people. Races, social groups, religions, countries, cities, schools of thought and like groupings always carry some singular rationale that unifies and galvanizes it. However, the inconsistencies involved with individuals as subunits of the group will always prove to guarantee disagreement within the group -- and so, the interpretation or that ideal rationale is its undoing. No system can be perfect.

The consequence of opposition.

How will I live? (avoid death) } posits the control of the exterior
How will I live? (conduct life) } posits the control of the interior

A question about the economy: does it only grow when more people owe money into it? More people are vesting their time and effort into the economy, thus, willing to spend their time, effort and energy on the economy.


Addendum:

The notion of a threat to the economy astounds me. There is no possibility for the economy, a non-living entity, to be threatened by anything. It's existence is the construct of agreements made between people. Thus, the threat is to the people involved in the economy; specifically, the people who are doing well in this involvement.

Admittedly, the super structures of human life are underpinned at all turns to this economy, however, it begs the question, why? How did it come to pass that all people have opted to accept that economy is the great system by which the affairs of humanity are to be conducted. The global economy, in its present form, has existed for a mere century; five centuries if one is to trace economy to the incept of legal tender.

The only threat that there is to the nascent economy is that it will be exposed for the sham that it is. The battles of the past century exemplify the struggle to maintain the charade. Communist-Capitalist disparity and consequent Cold War; the quest for "freedom," whether from, or within, a democratic system; and, more recently, the effect of the spread of global economy to encapsulate a predominantly Islamic third world are all signposts of this "forced belief" in a single group of ideals. The ideals of the powerful excede rational expectations for providence and freedom. Insustainable ideals that cannot possibly stand the test of time.

The economy cannot be threatened; really, the present economy is the threat. Footed in finite, non-renewable resources such as crude oil and gold futures; embodied by potentialities, fuzzy logic, indicators and tendencies; the economy makes a mindless juggernaut of human endeavours. A quest to amass wealth to secure futures for a few is madness in a world of strife.

The tenuous balance could be upset any day now. A global war on terror has depressed the U.S. economy plunging the wealthiest nation into massive debt. A second G-8 nation shudders under the scandalous pressure of a corrupt minority government and the constant threat of separatist sentiment among its provinces. Yet a third cannot control violent internal rebellion against its powerful, recently totalitarian, government. The international community witnesses the leaders of the world fumble for a place within systems that are horribly outdated and cannot cope with the speed at which information is presently exchanged. Whether at NATO, or the OAS, or the UN -- there is discord among people. No single system can work. The indirect lesson learnt, get what you can and keep it.