In relation to discussions of societal trends, we look towards today's realities and where we envision current realities heading in the future. The path between today's reality and what we envision for the future is called a trajectory. Trajectories related to societal trends look at the path to future realities and describe an object (Tangible or Intangible) moving through time under the influence of variable social and economic forces such as capital, supply, demand, barriers to entry, competition, regulation, and innovation. I am sure that I haven't mentioned something and most certainly welcome your input.
I feel like I am more open minded than most, but realize that is debatable and depends upon personal realities. What it all boils down to is perspectives.
Perspectives deal with ones point of view and/or ones outlook on life. Those characteristics are determined by traits such as gender, race, age, wealth and a multitude of other variable demographic factors. A 67 year old who is retired/semi-retired and just started receiving Social Security is going to look at something completely differently than a 22 year old who just graduated college, has student loans, and needs a job. They are said to have different perspectives/views of reality. It doesn't mean that anyone is right or wrong about reality. It is what makes us complex beings.
Each one of us are unique individuals assimilated into a culture that seeks to homogenize and thus minimize our unique characteristic traits. The Powers That Be throughout this planet have an agenda that seeks to control the populace through various programs that dull society and take away its capabilities to strive towards excellence. This is done as a method to shapeshift society towards the Powers That Be's personal profit portfolio. This is what I mean by the consolidation of society. A game of Monopoly on a World scale. You may disagree, but this is what I truly believe. It is my perspective. It is what I see.
I understand that as a society that we should not paralyze our ability to act through over analysis, but see big problems when decisions are left to the devices of a handful of people with no input from the public. I believe in open processes and debates without the end desires being established before the process of critical discussion takes place. Once consensus is established, then I believe that you make a decision to move forward and do it.
Failure isn't a big deal. Failure is part of the solution. Even though failure is frustrating, we learn from failure. By failing to take action, we ensure continued failure. If we choose to take another path, which fails, then we can always go back to the familiarity of experience; but success in life comes from learning to adapt to the unfamiliar. The one constant in life in change. Adaption towards change in inherent toward success.
There is really nothing in life that we should be afraid of. Many of us are conditioned towards fear early in life. We accept being bullied. Like an abused dog, we can either choose to go to the corner and quiver in fear or we can choose to bite. I have said it before and will say it again; ain't none of us gettin' outta here alive. So there is really nothing to fear.
Getting back to trajectories. I don't think there are many of us out here that think we are currently on the right path. I know there are some people out here that are helping move us towards getting on the right path. I just think we need to expedite the process. The only way to do that is by cutting to the chase and saying what is on your mind and taking action within ethical constructs... Verbal Resistance and Non-Violent Protest.
Words and Actions mean something. There is a reason why the First Amendment to the Constitution is Freedom of Speech and Expression. Yes, there are inherent responsibilities towards those expressions, but they aren't bound by law and they should not be. I fear that we are headed towards the Powers That Be brazenly attempting to curtail our freedom to express ourselves. We are already seeing more and more attempts to regulate these expressions.
I look back to where we have been in our American society and would have never fathomed what I have seen over the last decade-plus. It has nothing to do with culture or wealth classification. It has everything to do with control through fear and intimidation... The Bogie Man's coming to getcha... We have seen billions of dollars spent on "security," while the infrastructure in our country continues to crumble and no steps are being taken to fix major issues. What is more important?
Do you know what the difference is between the Rich people and Poor people in our society? Money.
Money does not separate the intelligent or those with class. I know as many people who are dumber than a box of rocks who have money as I do who are poor. I know as many people who have money who have zero manners as I do poor people. I know as many poor people who are greedy as I do rich people. The only difference is that there are a lot more people who don't have money than those who do. And there are getting to be a lot more poor people, because we have seen obstacles creating a path of destruction of commerce in the U.S. and that is destroying the middle class and the ability to climb the socio-economic ladder.
So do me a favor and disassociate your personal desires from where you hope we are headed and look at the realities of where we are and draw a line of conclusions from where we were 10 years ago and where we are at today and truly think about where that will have us in 5 to 10 years. Put yourself in someone else's shoes. That is reality.
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Interesting read. We differ on the concept of perceptions and realities, but we’ve debated that in the past and I since no sense to renew it since our positions nor arguments have changed substantively and there isn’t a problem with that.
Remember way back when you were taught by your parents to ‘take your part’. A euphemism that means you defended yourself. Now, our children are being taught from the time they enter school that is not acceptable. If you fight back, aka defending yourself, you too will suffer the same consequences as the aggressor. And yet, the schools are tasked with educating our children. To me, that includes their roll in a social as well as academic context. If they have no social roll, then what’s the prom all about? The dances after the football games? The extracurricular clubs? In the high school I went to, differences between students might lead to boxing gloves and head gear being donned and the two settled their quarrel right there. But not today, not with psychologists, attorneys, parent activists, and a diminutive administrative role in the schools. And now, as opposed to then, you can’t seem to get yourself kicked out to school today. You can be suspended and yet, attend school. In that regard, what is the point?
As far as ‘security’, ‘safety’, and ‘safe’ are concerned, we aren’t. Oh sure, every once in a while, someone is caught trying to blow something up, or smuggle explosives, or some other such contrivance. That’s to prove to us that ‘security’ works. If you think about it, they were catching the same number of people before DHS existed. But isn’t that the price we pay to live in a free society with the freedoms we have? We are never truly safe, we never will be, not even with a security camera on every corner, and drones flying every square centimeter of the border, no one is 100% safe or protected. Which brings another point into the fore, how free do you feel giving due consideration to those two things; security cameras and drones everywhere? Makes you feel nice and cozy, doesn’t it?
I don’t think you could have hit nail any squarer on the head about money and class. There are all kinds among the classes. The only thing that money does provide is access. If you have the cash, you can play with the big boys. And of course, the inverse is likewise true; if you don’t have money, you are of little to no consequence. I fault the trappings of capitalism for those views, since that is the measure of success in this nation; the size of your bank account. Not how you made it, who you ruined or ran roughshod over to acquire it, only that you have it. Not all fortunes were made that way, but you would be long in searching to find one amassed amount of wealth that did not exploit someone else to acquire it.
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