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I was just watching TCM, and a woman was talking about her father, some famous actor. He had sunk to holing up in his home and just getting drunk. There was a party where he was obviously missed, and afterwards Marlene Dietrich drove directly to the man's house and announced that she was going to save him. She did. He pulled out of it.
It seems to me that the very reason for declaring independence from King George, as well as the Bill of Rights and Constitution, was the very thing we're seeing today. A carelessness and indifference toward the suffering that is all around us. Except now we actually have good medical care, but yet many might as well be living in the 19th century since they can't get it. The very notion that we are a group is what we're talking about. The economist, Max Keiser (who posts on DU), made a comment on his radio show a few weeks ago. He talked about what we accomplish when we create a society with a government. His argument being that government is necessary. He said that we essentially get a group discount. This is the stuff that makes us happy. To accomplish something. Not to be fighting for the very thing we tried so hard to establish in the first place. Not to be frustrated and frightened of losing what we worked and fought so hard to create and preserve.
I had a talk with someone today. I was angry that my realtor hadn't shown up for a showing of my property. He's the guy I call when I'm upset. It was before I read this thread. We don't know how life works. It's a nervous time for me. I don't know if anyone will buy my place. I don't know where I'm going if I do. I feel out of control. I'm trying so hard to be in control. I don't like just letting things happen. At any rate, what he said was he is the happiest when he lives his life like a servant. And least satisfied when he acts like he's an emperor. Humility. I comes right back to the 1%'ers. These people who live like emperors, and are mostly very unhappy, causing our entire society to fall apart. If we all act as servants, helping each other, and not just ourselves, we will have a better world. The poor person knows this. The rich person needs to learn it.
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