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Collective Ethical Patience and Problem Solving in a Capitalist Society (Part I)

It can at times be very difficult to retain an ethical view of the world when the wealthy and privileged, on both the left and the right, are open when being complete jerks. And those wealthy, on both the left and the right, never lose face or their social standing by being jerks. However, that is precisely why we cannot hold it against them. The blind allegiance and the faithful towards those with wealth is the same poison that runs through the thoughts of the wealthy themselves. The real enemy is capitalism. It is the social constructs that are so eminently pervasive that most of us will internalize those negative messages and begin to see ourselves the way it is all centrally insinuated that we should see ourselves as. Money is the problem. People can grow. People can learn to do better, given a better environment and more healthy living outcomes.

I realize that sounds counterintuitive and not what most people want to hear, but it is a simple fact that given the selection between a post-capitalist society and a hyper-capitalist society, people born into and living within a post-capitalist society will significantly decrease negative social messaging out into the subconscious signature of the greater collective. With that in mind, we, as ethical beings, must practice an extreme form of patience to get anywhere when it comes to problem solving, on both the immediately local scale, such as family or one’s community, or a larger scale that extends beyond one’s community, such a position in which one is responsible for instructing the next generation.

It will take time, if it will happen at all. If we want it to happen, it will take time. Radical empathy cannot be just for the disadvantaged. That is easy. We have the see the wealthy as victims of capitalism as well.

See Part II