Our Toxic World

Our world is radically changing with time. Materialism is everywhere: money, food, health, fitness, medicine, beauty, clothing, technology, etc. Materialism has been brought about by the media and our government and has resulted in world domination and the manipulation of mankind. Once upon a time, the world was a land of freedom, where nature provided all the essentials, no strings attached so we could thrive and live in harmony with all lifeforces.

Money, when you really break it down, is an artificial, materialistic piece of paper that is meaningless and useless in life. Today, it has become the be-all-end-all. It goes around and comes around. It defines your character and your class or wealth in society. Most importantly, it allows a higher power (i.e. the government) to control you by forcing the concept of debt upon you. As long as the monetary system is in existence, we will forever be in debt. The government pays us to work, and then takes a portion of that money back and controls how it is spent, and finds ways to make more. Pricetags are slapped on everything, and our rights and freedoms are revoked. Food, water, and light are now privileges, even though they are abundantly available in nature without cost. But, we need to eat the food sold to us in grocery stores because it’s better for us right? Cereals, grains and processed foods produced in factories are better for us than the ones found in nature according to the nutritional guidelines. We are encouraged to drink plenty of water, although it is a privilege because we have to pay a water bill for impure, tampered, fluoridated water. Next is my favorite: light. The sun provides us our light, and drives life by facilitating our wake and sleep cycle which keeps us in the perfect balance of work and rest. Well the brilliance of humanity has allowed for light bulbs so we can extend the active period during the day so we can accomplish more, because time is money, right? Artificial lighting is a privilege, and there is a pricetag attached to it when you pay your electricity bill. Dermatologists, and optomitrists strongly discourage us from absorbing too much sun, because after all, it will kill us of skin cancer and damage our eyes. This scare tactic manipulates us to buy products like sunscreen and sunglasses, and avoid the sun.

Technology is up there too, further disconnecting us from nature and reality, but it generates a lot of money, and does everything for us so it’s justified. There is a pretty strong correlation between technological advancement and prevalence of illness, especially in youth.