Mumberthrax

What can be done to stave off the demoralization that accompanies exposure to this stuff?

Lurky-McLurksalot

Instructions unclear:

Am now a slave.

NotAnUndercoverCop

If you said you weren't, would you feel like you're lying?

Lurky-McLurksalot

Yes, I would be lying. Civilization enslaves everyone who participates in it to some degree. You can choose to be free but you can't truely be free if you choose to live with in a society.

NotAnUndercoverCop

I think we can make a better society. People say life's not fair. I've always said, "Life is what you make of it." I don't think we're trying hard enough. I don't think most of us are even trying at all.

Lurky-McLurksalot

Maybe we can make a better society, maybe we can't. It doesn't change the fact that any society enslaves you to some degree. You can't go doing just anything you want ( true freedom) without society making you pay a price.

"Fair" and "What you make of it" are irrelevant terms. I use them myself in every day speech but they are not real. They are linguistic constructs. Life, the universe, and everything we know doesn't care about "fair" or "what you make of it".

You are right in that we can try harder and most people don't try at all, but in a world where everyone tried somewhat and some tried harder you would still be a slave to that society and its ideals.

Morpheus

Matter enslaves us.

NotAnUndercoverCop

Well, what do you think is the answer? Anarchism? Libertarians? Socialism, evil evil socialism? What?

lordquas

As someone that has just graduated high school, I'm scared for what my country will look like after my college years.

EarthGleaner

Learn to grow your own FOOD. It's a skill you can always use. Weather its a gigantic food plot of a few tomato and spinach plants. Do it, you will never regret it.

lordquas

Good thing I was raised on the Mississippi farmland.

jerry

Thank you for sharing. I shall add this list to my list lol