Materialism; A Cancer

I've witnessed the worst of people come out these past few days, whether in person or through the phone. Constant arguing is driving me morbidly insane and here is not a thing I can do to control my surroundings. I got the chance to rest outside today, away from the traffic and confrontation of everyday lives and relax my mind and stretch it thin. I am always thankful when there is a moment where you can, almost indefinitely, freeze the air around you and breath the air stuck in time.

While sitting in my own humble abode, I spent my precious time thinking of the reasons why people are always out to argue. I came to a reason where, in fact, anything will make anyone argue with each other. The most prominent of these variables being money and material possessions between to people(s). I had to come to a reasoning as to why, I could not let my hypothesis sit.

While pondering the vast regions of closed minds, I came to a quite obvious conclusion that humans are driven by the emotion to give-in to a popular force where everyone in their life is consumed by it. In most basic terms, the more people that are in love with materials and seek monetary satisfaction, the more evident the feeling is to accumulate the popular product. In this case, the popular product is consumer goods.

The drive for consumer goods will cause an entire population to wage war on each other, with all different mediums on a scale of intensity. People will wage war with strong, verbose arguments, while others may physically harm another being to achieve their goal in seeking the consumer good. I am never one to point fingers, but it is the extremely rich and wealthy who are viable figures that support my hypothesis.

Though many wealthy families and individuals wind up the way they are out of chance or out of hard work, many rise up to the "Elite Class" through other means. Living in Chicago, you can see the dividing lines very easily between the poor, satisfied, and the extremely wealthy. I have met self-proclaimed legends of Chicago, that built their name through schools and general publicity. These people, when in their prime, are the ones who will be the most competitive to reach a point where they can go no higher, yet no lower at the same time. Chicago is a home to many crooks who cheat the civilians out of their own money and possessions in order to harvest the possessions themselves. Take Rod Blagojevich, a viable example, for my support on this topic.

He lived as the Governor of Illinois for 6 years, in which half of those years he was committing selfish acts against the state he ruled over. Stealing thousands upon thousands of dollars, Blagojevich subjected himself as a corrupt politician with no end to his theft-spree. He had a taste for what it meant to be wealthy, and those around him influenced his decisions which wound him up where he is today. His approval ratings are some of the worst in United States history, he's been to jail on numerous occasions, and he is shunned from the community.

It's like Daoism unleashed it's wraith on Blagojevich, allowing the natural chain of events to unfold and let there world do it's wonders to act on Blagojevich. It just makes me smile, I suppose.

In all natural coincidence, materialism is as unhealthy as one could imagine. In all forms, it eats your soul away until you are nothing but a hollow shell of a human being. You only need what is created through natural means and through true intentions to enjoy the world, and no thirst for possessions will make you change your mind once you realize that there is a world beyond the one in which you live in.

I truly hope to see the feelings of Materialism eradicated before I pass, for the world would be a place without arguments, conflict, and other things. Little by little, solutions stack on top of each other and act as a "force multiplier" in a sense where, once everything is acted on, the divine light will shine on and we can all live in peace.