Human beings are too selfish and ego centered. We won't do anything if there is no personal gratification at the end of it.
Ha, this is pretty much it. Everything we do is ultimately a means of obtaining some form of a emotional response. However no one has really kinda stopped and asked whether we can do this without the persuit of monetary values.
As if the idea of any other stimulus has been erradicated from our conscience minds.
Human civilization has evolved in such a way that our own selfworth and sense of achievement is viewed mainly through our wealth, Job title, image ect.
Mainly, true but is this really because the powers that be don't want to upset the status quo? There is a large amount of conditioning we have received since birth but even within that, we forget that we operate very different within our families than we do to strangers. At least before neighbours and communities may experience some existence of helping one another for no monetary benfit.
Even forgetting this, is it really the wealth, job title and image themselves that provide this self worth or the perception that you have of other people's perception with you having this.
kinda like a you buy a nice car not because it makes you feel good but because some girl will think more of you and that will make you feel good. Our people unecessarily valuing their lives via the eyes of another individual or a general society opinion?
When you think of it like that, can self worth not be self judgemental and skip the middle man. And can this all not be done without money being involved?
Capital plays to be big apart in our hierarchy. Communism and Socialism never work because their will always be people who want to control the commodities thus putting value on it. Even with all the necessary raw materials in order to live a sustainable life thre will be someone who will want them all.
But if everyone self valued, then how much of a commodity would they really have. They would be putting value in something the society necessarily doesn't need in order to value the individual who has them.
I've always felt greed is a sympton of some form of neglect, if you can provide, then what is the stimulus for greedy characteristics to manifest? Or at the very least wouldn't the greed that is manifested a greed to obtain something that society does value which in this case may be self worth?
I truly believe human beings are not meant to be content (that doesn't mean not be happy). It means we will always want more than we have because it makes us strieve to work harder, invent and create. Goals are the engine to human progress and money is one of the main components to that process.
Goals are fine, it just depends on whether they are shared by all or individualistic and also what scale they are on. Again a household can set itself a goal without the need for finances to necessarily pass hands.
I mean pride has always been a large motivation to enter war and that is about as serious an issue as we have on this planet. While some of this may be pride to protect a physical commodity, there can also be pride of ideals which people don't wish to compromise on.
