A woman writes to a gossip columnist and asks, "...I can’t believe that in a city as big as New York City, it’s so hard to make a friend with so many lonely people out there.
What do people in my shoes do? I need people in my life! Can you give me ideas?"
My response:
This is fundamental characteristic of a free market capitalistic society. There is no cooperation. The entire society is based on personal competition necessary for maximizing profit. The downside is that nobody is really friends with anybody. We just try and use others to get satisfaction and there are few permanent social bonds even within families., We are all left totally alone by corporate, and governmental, design. Look at the homeless camps by the side of the road and you will realize that "Nobody cares about anybody in America" and sadly -- nobody cares about you. (just wait till you experience a life threatening disaster and wait to see how the world rallies to your assistance and you'll see)...
Nobody who reads this will remark, "Oh no -- I've got at least five good friends that would 'take me in' and 'take care of me' if I was in serious trouble." And yet, in many other cultures in other times in history, that idea was the standard and it would be unthinkable to leave people starving and dying by the side of the road. This IS America and nobody cares about you. Most of you are so ignorant of history and culture that you think this is a great cultural advancement to live in a big single family home while other people are sleeping in the street.
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William Schaeffer
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