capitalism recession

Capitalism is darwinian. Those with successful ideas receive security and luxury. Because capitalism gives no reward to the failed idea, its constituents are driven by self-interest. Try as we may to be good to others, such sentiment is inherently contrary to the interests of capitalism. And long-term interests, the betterment of our world for our children and their children, these things have no meaning to capitalism at all. At the quivering, deepest core of every human who grew up in a capitalistic society, one lesson is embedded: "take care of yourself, no one else will".
Is it any wonder that the single emotion which dominates our lives more than any other is fear? Is it any wonder so many of us embrace drugs or god?
I don't know whether the human race might one day evolve enough to sustain a healthy kind of capitalism. I don't know whether that idea is a contradiction in terms.
But at this point in history, when we are barbarians dripping in the muck from which life sprang, capitalism creates technological wonders and soulless people. It creates people who will lie to get ahead. It creates people who will cut corners if they can get away with it. It creates people who will take food off a child's plate, if they don't have to do it themselves.
And now, due to the short-sighted thinking which is capitalism's birthright, we are in a financial recession.
I am not so heartless as to stand up and clap.
But i will stand up.
Even if we experience a depression, we still won't be able to truly understand the way the vast majority of the world has perceived our wealth and arrogance. But here at home, hard times might begin to heal some of our society's woes. For generations, the American standard of life has been centered on the single-family unit. As a nation of consumers, capitalism is best served by two-parent domestic partnerships, with 2.5 kids in 3.0 beds, 1.5 cars in the garage, all under 1 glorious, mortgaged roof.
But it wasn't always so. Ask the generation that's currently dying of old age, some of them still have memories of a less isolated way of life.
And this single-family monomania has torn the very fabric of our society.
Many people focus on the women's liberation movement as the arrow in the heart of our matrimonial institution. That's handy, and it's also misogynistic crap. Outside of L.A. and New York, no woman on her wedding day imagines it ending in divorce.
So who points the finger at capitalism?
Two parents, cut off from the world, solely responsible for raising as many as five or six little human beings. Two parents in a cushioned cage, with almost no reprieve from the need machine that is a child. Who could ever be surprised that two adult souls might grow weary of one another after years or decades of isolation, no matter how much love? And is it too obvious to say that the self-interest capitalism instills in us is almost diametrically opposed to the selflessness required of every parent? To restrict all of a child's nurturing to the patience and wisdom of just two humans...as Carlin might have said, think of how patient the average person is, then realize that half the people are less patient than that.
And have there ever been two groups of people who need each other more than young people and old people? Yet in a mobile capitalist society, children see their grandparents as little as once a year. Suppose one of your children simply doesn't mesh well with you or your mate, but feels open and understood in the company of their favorite uncle? Our children are not little versions of us, no matter how much they look like it. If you think genetics guarantee compatibility, you're probably adopted.
So a recession might be healthy for our society, if the pressures force us to live less apart. If your father-in-law or nutty sister moved in with you. You'd still be a long way from eight to a room, but if we moved a little closer, might we all become better human beings?