AlexWhat is something society treats as normal that you secretly think is completely insane?
HarmoniousPaying for our basic needs to stay alive and countries.
Don’t wanna starve? Gotta pay. Wanna stay hydrated? Gotta pay. Wanna stay out of the cold and sleep soundly? Gotta pay. I mean, it’s not like food doesn’t just grow on trees. It’s not like water falls from the sky. It’s not like a basic home wasn’t being sold be sears in bulk.
And another thing. Countries, properties, states, provinces, etc. People draw an imaginary line that we can’t see and everything in that line is there’s that no one can touch or use. “No! This piece of dirt is mine! I will charge you if you take one speck of my dirt!”
Absolutely insane.
AsofonNot that I disagree with the sentiment but you are veering close to the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_paradox
You can buy a piece of land in bumfuck nowhere and try to live off it. Or you can join a community that tries to do that (more realistic). There’s the whole en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-grid thing
Problem is that most people want the conveniences of modern, globalist life, and many people don’t have a realistic choice.
Personally I try to find a balance between Buddhist non-attachment and making do with the life I got.
I get that we do need some restrictions on personal property. I wanna have a yard that I can do stuff on without someone trying to build a house 2 inches away from my back door or having a random person lay claim to my house.
I get that, but why countries? Why segregate two different people just because they speak a different language? Have a different culture? Sure, some bad apples might want to take advantage if we get rid of countries, but overall, I’d like to travel somewhere else where people do things differently instead of having to do passports, border guards giving me the third degree, and paying and paying and paying. We’re all part of this big rock floating in space. Why do we have to segregate each other?
but why countries?
For the same reason as personal property, just on a larger scale. You don’t want some rando to come and set up camp in your kitchen, so we draw lines on a map and say “this is your spot, you make the rules in your spot”. Similarly, we collectively don’t want some other group of randos to show up and tell us what clothes we’re allowed to wear, or that drunk-driving is suddenly allowed. So we draw lines on a map and say “this is our spot, where we make the rules”.
Of course, ideally, the whole world would agree on a reasonable set of laws and mode of administration, and countries wouldn’t be needed anymore. However, we’re pretty far off from that being possible. To put it on point: If we had no countries today, would you prefer the russian, Chinese, German or other set of laws and administration? How would you decide which to apply globally?
Yeah, I understand that. I just wish we didn’t need them in the first place. Like I said previously, we’re all floating on a giant rock in the middle of a giant void. It’s all we got for now. Why can’t we just live together and get along?
Why can’t we just live together and get along?
But this is living together and get along
People want borders for exactly the same reasons you want a yard to do stuff in. You can direct that question right at yourself. Why do you want to have your own space? If someone comes along and tries to force you to give up your space, would you try to “get along” and just relinquish your space, or would you defend it? Why do you think you have more rights to that space than the other person? We don’t tend to like it but there is no ultimate law in the universe that says that people can’t acquire a space with violence.
You’re asking questions about human nature that you yourself are equally subject to.
I do get the frustration. Best solution I can offer is just working on the level of the self. Like I said, non-attachment. Read some philosophy. Look into en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondualism (also www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKUeOXz8J87Q9qi-Yf…). That was the only way I was able to finally come to increasing amount of acceptance of reality without losing my will to try to have at least small positive impacts on the world while I’m here. Actually I’m more effective at it because it helped me significantly reduce endlessly chasing after pointless dopamine fixes and trying to get “more” (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill).
That’s true, I never realized that I’m contradicting myself so that’s my bad. I dunno, I just wish it was easier to have a decent meal, get water, and live comfortably. Life is for living
You support bungalows and property lines but not demarcation for consolidated resources.
Weird. And very wasteful to the planet.
I just want people to live comfortably and happy. Life is for living, no worrying about where your gonna get your next meal.