It seems like everything in this world is based off of money and fear. You may say your job is to help people or provide for your family, but the core of the situation is this money and fear thing being tied together.
No one can truly attempt anything anymore (and probably never could have) without some kind of financial risk. It seems like society looks down upon hobos, vagabonds, or anyone who doesn't have a stable home, even if it's based on choice. You can't really go out in the world and live rapidly anymore without being judged. Not only that, but society will find a way to bring you down and level you out based on their terms. In the worst cases, you doing something adventurous can result in you being labeled crazy.
What if you just wanted to go out into the wilderness and live like ancient men off the land with no laws or society? Turns out, you don't
own that land, so your dreams of being a hunter-gatherer are crushed. Society has moved on to 'better ideas,' but where did this sense of entitlement come from? Owning land? We evolved and developed on this planet, so somehow we tend to think we own it. And even that statement is a little warped, because we only live on the
surface on the planet. No one wants to own anything below that, because there's nothing but rock and magma. Most of the useful resources are on or in the crust.
Another reason you can't just go out in the world anymore and live is because it's not safe. And it seems like there never was a time where it was safe. People always want to pick at you and take advantage of you constantly, even subconsciously. It seems you can only trust those who you yourself can take advantage of or those who are predictable. Because I want to make this topic relevant to me, what if I wanted to go on my own and become a traveling musician around the country or even the world? Not only would society oppress me for my lifestyle, but I risk people trying to rob my car, mug me, or even kill me.
Like in archaic days, we still have roaming bandits and thieves around here. Out in the world as I described, and also in our own worlds. Even if I become a recording artist at home, or in a studio, I risk the chance of getting my music and money stolen from thieves. Even corporations may as well be considered thieves. It seems like when any company, or any single person really, becomes corrupt once they attain success, stability and
power. And we're not always safe from that corruption. Sometimes it can be something trivial, like something we can just boycott. But other times, it can be important things vital to our life or security.
I guess what I'm trying to say, bluntly stated, is that all that seems to matter to have an uninterrupted and long life is everlasting fortune to supply our lifestyle needs and some kind of ultimate defense or security to keep us physically going. Ultimately, something is eventually going to bring us to our end, naturally. But often we are brought to our doom unnaturally by this imaginary thing called money and the confusing, selfish actions of other people caused by fear. With all this being said, I have no idea how to appropriately connect the issue of
schizophrenic children to this topic. It's a scary world out there. I think I've made sense of my own points,
but probably not.
