People
It’s absolutely amazing how different people are, and at the same time, how alike we are. Every person is unique from another, but I believe that people, in nature, are somewhat the same. Reading King Leopold’s Ghost strengthened my pessimistic view of humans as avaricious creatures. Although King Leopold II and many other infamous people who have killed and manipulated for their own benefit are extreme examples, I believe that most people would sacrifice their morals for gain.
The value of morals has decreased to an abysmal low. In the past, religion (although some did stray away) and a sense of family kept most people from committing crimes against each other. For example, because more people had stricter discipline when it came to religion in the past, adultery, stealing, etc. were deeds abhorred. However, now, the grip that religion had on our lives, which did limit our freedom in a good way, has become less firm and less people choose to follow their moral sense.
Also, in the past, money wasn’t as necessary as it is today. In today’s society, you can’t go anywhere or do anything without money. If you go out naked, you will be arrested for disrupting the public and fined. In the past, you could live a life of agriculture and not associate with “corporates” at all, and it would be okay; land was plentiful and farming was normal. But now, all kinds of stereotypes and limits hinder one from pursuing a life without society. First of all, you have to get the land, and the expensive equipment and seeds to even begin. Perhaps you could go live in the Amazon or the grasslands and hunt wild animals, but you will probably get sick or hurt in some way.
The main reason why we have become such “unmoral” people is money. As the value of a materialistic wealth grew, the imaginary and individualistic moral sense started to lose its position in the center of human minds. After all, why not discard something that doesn’t exist physically, and buy yourself a mansion?
Think about it, if you had the choice of earning one billion dollars in exchange for the life of one human in some remote part of the world, would you not take it? After all, every minute, tens, if not hundreds, of people die. Would you care for one person in our world of billions? Not many would.
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