Let's get it together

     As a society, we are divided into classes. Although most members of any particular class remain within their class, sometimes individuals would seek to bridge those gaps.   In some ways, both attitudes serve society in various ways.  We are a social creature, depending on each other to enjoy everything that we enjoy today.  It is about time that we all realize that working together will only improve society, while opposing each other will only destroy it.

     You cannot deny that there is a class of rich people.  Some of these people inherited their money, or were blessed with a family that could give them the best, put them through the best colleges, and land them the best business opportunities.  Some of these rich people worked themselves to the bone, giving up a large portion of their free time to get ahead.  Both of these people enjoy the most luxurious lives, but obviously they still have problems of their own.  The ones that were lucky enough to be born into a rich family often take it for granted.  Their problems usually consist of being the victim of theft, deceit, or problems with public relations.  They might be exposed to the public for being one that never lifts a finger to serve society, or for being one that uses their money and power to control an injust situation.  Usually they have been taught from birth that what they are doing is right, and all that oppose are wrong, jealous, lazy, or just plain theives.  This is especially true for the person that worked hard to get to where they are, and rightly so.  This type of person will feel they are superior to those who did not give it their best to succeed in life.  This type of person will then succumb to the belief that everybody should have been as good as them, without realizing how special he/she is.  Instead of using this superiority to benefit man, they often use it to keep the typical people down.

     Whether they have money through bloodlines, or have money through blood sweat and tears, the tendency is to forget how important all other creatures on this planet contribute to their success.  We have names for this including:  arrogance, haughtiness, and even simply pride.  Maybe too much pride to recognize the people they stepped on to get to where they are.  Meanwhile, they can still help society along as long as we remain in the system we employ today.  Examples of this can be noted as such:  The desire to work harder to elevate ourselves to their status.  The money to patronize various businesses and keep the proprietors of this business alive.  To provide jobs for the working man and woman to feed families.  Having the freedom to explore new and creative ways to make humanity better without the worry of the daily grind of paying bills.  So if you follow me, while they uphold a system that enslaves the masses, they also contribute by allowing people to make a living for themselves and their family.

    My question is, "Do they serve society any more than your average Joe?"  If everyone was able to do the things that the upperclass can do, who would build our cars?  Who would build our houses?  Who would build our televisions, computers and phones?  The lower classes contribute to society just as much as the upper classes, yet we are forced to work for far less money, and are usually more concerned about securing the basic needs of life while hoping to also be rewarded with a few luxuries.  Add to that the fact that we are not as respected as much as the upper classes.  Are we blind to the fact that humans as a collection are a strong force on this world?  Show me a man who despises associating with his servants, and I'll show you a man who could not live without them.

     Is this to say that we shouldn't be able to express our individuality with different cars, houses, and different colors of those cars and houses?  Of course not.  We are a people of many different ideas and interests, most of which have given us all the new ideas we need to enjoy life today.  We need to give the less fortunate people the same opportunity to pursue their dreams so they can create, invent, educate, or develop an idea that will make life better.  Instead we keep those less fortunate down in order to profit from the inadequacies that nature (and society) bestowed upon them.  Isn't it said that an autistic person is extremely adept with numbers and patterns?  Their only fault is that they can't grasp the concept of considering others (being polite) and accomplishing the tasks that we, as a society, have accepted as "the way of life." 

     Nature has done some wonderous things on this planet.  It has created many a plant and animal.  It has sparked various systems that keep living beings alive.  Plants need water, sunshine, and the occasional nutrient to survive.  They have a system of producing seeds that will allow future plants to live.  Animals have an instinct bred in them to control population with their eating habits, and reproduce when it is time to reproduce.  Yet we humans believe that we are the most intelligent species on the planet, rightly so.  Meanwhile we have a system that keeps the majority of humans living in a society where "the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer."  Put all of the average Joe's in jail, and see how hard life becomes.  Put all of the upper class people in jail, and see how life doesn't change. 

     I know that life isn't that bad for most people.  Follow the rules, and you can have the best life ever.  But we applaud many people in history that didn't follow the rules, and made us more free than human beings ever were.  In fact, every great thing that we applaud was performed by a person who broke the rules.  Breaking the rules have always been our path to freedom.  Join me, and continue that pattern.

That concludes this entry, but please...re-read the last paragraph and comment on any person in history that you knew that broke the rules.  Whether they broke the rules for good or bad.  Some rule-breakers helped society by showing us what was right...and some rule breakers helped society by showing us what was wrong.  Either way, we can see the light.