The Over Think

"The amount of poverty and suffering required for a Rockefeller to emerge, and the amount of depravity entailed in the accumulation of a fortune of such magnitude, are left out of the picture, and it is not always possible for the popular forces to expose this clearly." ~Che Guevara In 1954 the US government helped to overthrow the democratically elected president of Guatemala and installed a military dictatorship. People were murdered and an entire country oppressed with the blessing and direct assistance of the United States. So that Chiquita Banana could maximize its profits. This is just one incident of many where the CIA and/or US military was used as an arm of a private corporation.  The common reaction to people who assert that Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates should not be allowed to amass billions of dollars is generally; 'You are just jealous.' 'You just want to be lazy, and want to take from hard workers.' 'They provide jobs.' Things to that effect...

I want for you to have the security of knowing you will always have food to eat. Regardless of whatever happens in an uncertain world, I want for you to never be hungry. I want you to have the security of knowing you will always have a safe place to live. I want you to know that everyone you know and love will always have this as well. And I don't want anyone to struggle to the point of physical or mental harm to have these things. In fact it's absolutely unnecessary for anyone to struggle at all. You should feel safe to try and learn and explore life, in a society that embraces embraces and supports you, knowing that society as a whole is enriched by individuals exploring life. You should feel safe expressing yourself however you choose, confident that society will embrace and encourage you, knowing that society is made whole by the acts of individuals fully expressing themselves. You personally absolutely deserve this. Everyone you know and love deserves this. Imagine all the...

The means to feed and house everyone exist. Yet there are homeless, and there are so so many hungry... For me, it's the clear dividing line. Anyone who questions whether all people should have access to healthy food and safe shelter has no place in society. Who cares if food is a right, ensuring everyone is fed is what is right. To suggest otherwise is an unacceptable affront to the inherent value of all human beings. To suggest otherwise creates a divide within society, leaving every decent caring person unable to engage fully with the world, not to mention leaving fellow human beings to struggle for no reason but greed and ignorance. We are alienated from a healthy society by the inhumanity of our fellow man. It is difficult for me to even consider them human any longer. Though I know they still have the same inherent value, they have the capacity for goodness, and it is primarily the sickness of the world they grew up in that makes them how they are. They grew up alienated in an...

“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.” ~Che Guevara If the institutions that comprised society as a whole were geared towards the development and wellbeing of the individual, towards enabling the full expression of each individual, and instilling in each individual member of society the awareness of their self as infinitely valuable... then society as a whole, the collective, will naturally express the beauty that humanity is capable of. The individuals comprising such a society would never need to be outwardly compelled to be 'a contributing member of society' because their inherent value and natural self expression will inevitably contribute far more than they could under current circumstances, simply as a byproduct of being. Conversely, a society (such as we have) not geared towards the nourishment of each and every individual,...