Capitalism 101 Part 1

I have spent far too much time thinking about morality and ethics. It has been some time since I have posted. I am currently working on multiple other 'paths', projects and endeavors. I shall post more when I can and after I have completed some of the projects that I referred to- they shall take long:

Towards the Destruction of Modern Civilization and the Reason Why Humanity is Doomed
Humanity is at a point that it has never been, approximately 780 million people lack access to improved sources of water (2010 UNICEF and the World Health Organization, as cited by the CDC) this is a vast improvement if one looks at the statistics from 50-100 years ago. This statistic is remarkable, however it is also frightening. Over three billion people use the internet today (The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as cited by the BBC, 2015). According to the World Health Organization, by 2017 over one hundred and twenty countries had 90% of the individuals in the nations were covered for immunization in the case of the DTP3 vaccine.
Credit to the given statistics is somehow, largely given to Capitalism. We fail to realise that there is a brilliant spirit of the human condition to want to improve. It is a testament to the uniqueness of mankind. We  tend to give the credit to the desire for humans to naturally be selfish and desire more. Ironically, we have accelerated the timeline for our own demise.
 Despite the wonderful progress that the dominant empire of  [American] westernized civilization has achieved, America has managed to both brag about the wonderful change that she has managed to usher in as well as neglect the immense and eminent threat to the end of humankind. The strength of the gravity of the ideology is a reprehensible culture that must be viewed in a scornful manner. Individuals who deem themselves as serious thinkers and who fail to possess the utmost contempt for the corrosive environment that the United States has been instrumental in cultivating must not be taken seriously. In short, the American spirit, in all its glorious Capitalistic majestic might has decreased individual’s levels for patience, increased aggression, increased levels of depression, increased a sense of loneliness and isolation among teens and young adults, increased the likelihood for acts of violence, shootings (out of delusions caused by a hustle and bustle culture). The fact is not that there has been no good done as a result of American society but that more negative consequences have crept into humanity. It begs a question whether one values their physiological and mental health more than luxurious items. At times we do not need to choose between an ordinary car and a Ferrari; we have the choice of either choosing water and the bills. In other words, a vast majority of people in the world do not even think about the choice that they might have to drink a cup of champagne or a cup of tap water.
Having access to the most rudimentary sources such as food and water ought to be an understood universal fact that is unearned. It might come to a surprise that some use the dialectically opposite terms “right” and “privilege” to describe things that are blatantly obvious, trivial, and uncontroversial. A one sided debate is much like a one dimensional line; there are two extremities. There is a case for (“pro”) as well as its negation (“con”). The concept of money has allowed for there to be two fanatic takes, One could advocate for moneyless societies or money driven societies. Both are, in their own ways absurd. Purely money driven societies do not allow for progress, lead only to corruption and focus on one’s reputation, prestige etc. rather than more pressing and important matters at hand that naturally emerge. Conversely, to advocate against any monetary system is equally illogical- trivially, in a society free of any incentive at all, there shall exist the passionate few bearing the weight of an entire civilization.
To a rational member of a society, it is clear that some luxury must not be ‘free for all’. A reasonable individual would likely not classify the barest necessities for life to exist and be sustained to not be classified under the technical definition for a “luxury”. One who possesses a unreasonable opinion would likely classify a Lamborghini, a gold watch, a steak, or any other worldly possession to not be a necessary requisite to live and so hence be classified as a “luxurious privilege”. For the purpose of simplicity of semantics, one can use the word “luxury” opposed to the term “luxurious privilege”. For instance, shelter is not a luxury [“luxurious privilege”]. All one has to do is follow the money. In short, it is difficult to see any right-wing perspective that have a "leg to stand on". I recommend to anyone reading this a film by Michael Moore titled Capitalism: A Love Story (2009). I will be posting more on this topic, however, I also strongly recommend Requiem For the American Dream (2015) as well as Manufacturing Consent (1992). All of these films are serious and have some rigor/substance to them.  
                          Sources
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/global/wash_statistics.html


I shall post more essays that are far more detailed and better written in the upcoming future.

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