The other day, I was riding our Public
transit system – when someone got on the bus and was upset at the
fact the bus was late and/or the previous bus never showed up. He
wanted to bring this up to the bus driver and the bus driver
essentially said to the rider - “Sorry, I'm just a bus driver,
you'll have to bring this up with someone else.”
In that moment it occurred to me, an
epiphany if you will......
Now why was this man upset? Most
likely because he had to go to work, get to an appointment or get to
his next bus transfer, all I know is this man had to get somewhere.
And it continues – the bus driver was
too selfish to deal with anything, and nobody on the bus even
sympathized with this man – and I was going into my own new aware
paradigm.
The problem is simple: the Love of
money is the root of all evil(I Timothy 6:10).
Now – I'm sure people are thinking
how money fits into all of this. Well that's just it – it's all
about the money.
There used to be a time, when you lived
in a small community, perhaps it had a bus service; perhaps you
worked in a small office or for a small local restaurant. If you
were late for work because of the bus, it wasn't a big deal. Yes it
was busy and stressful for the other employees for a brief moment
perhaps, but it didn't ruin the day.
Now – for the most part of people we
live in this world of Capitalism. Yes, people will say Capitalism
and Corporatism is the same – but they are just slightly different
from one another. Both of these systems though I'd say work hand in
hand with one another, and Capitalism is the main thing we see. I
wouldn't say Corporatism is the problem – when in reality it's more
a political and Capitalist problem.
We have this thing called the Stock
Market – which allows people to purchase shares/stocks of a company
on the exchange. Every company has the same thing in sight - “THE
BOTTOM LINE” - and that bottom line goes to the investors which
essentially are the shareholders/stockholders. For a
Company/Corporation to continue to be able to provide a RETURN/profit
to the shareholders, the company has to become more and more strict
in how it does business.
The result: You end up with a man who
is running late because of a bus that was late, and when he arrives
late for work – he gets reprimanded because it's costing the
shareholders profits and return.
Now – wait a minute here – what
happened to the small offices people used to work in? What happened
to the small stores and small restaurants where these sorts of things
were ok? We've lost all that in this society of Capitalism.
The Love your Neighbour as yourself
motto has gone out the window, all in exchange for Love your Money as
yourself.
People don't want to invest money and
make a loss – yet at the same time, people are willing to invest
into people, and when a loss is occuring – they decide to cut their
losses with that person and cut the person out completely.
Look at your banks – they make record
profits every year – BILLIONS of dollars – yet we have people in
the streets starving. Why is this allowed? Because shareholders are
getting returns on their profits.
And behold – the root of all evil –
the love of money....does it surprise you that the HeadQuarters of
the NYSE is a a big “Golden calf” out front? Symbolic of much
you think.
I've said it many times and it would
seem to be visible in the world and that is people in this world lack
God. Now whether you believe in God or not – I would say the
teachings from the Bible teach a lot, and people should invest into
that which is good – rather than investing into stocks.
Corporations are not the problem.
Capitalism is.
