Domination, Power, and Control

Why aren't we interdependent?

Every day you hear about some sort of murder or scandal or outrage, or some sort of political smack talk playing the other party off as a bunch of idiots who will tear down the country if they had a chance. Is that beneficial? We live in a reality where greed, a lust for power, and hatred rule all, and only we can fix it.

No matter what you believe, everyone on the planet is family. The bible says everyone on the planet came from Adam and Eve. If you look at it from a scientific point of view, you have two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, then if you continue doubling it like that by the time you are in the time period of Ancient Greece, you have more ancestors that the world population at the time. Every man, woman, and child on the planet is family. So why is it that we are all so self-centered? Why can't we all help each other as family? 

Dependence is the act of relying solely on someone else who you wouldn't be able to live without. Independence (which is often praised) is being totally alone, not relying on anyone but yourself, and often shoving others in the dirt so that you get your way. Interdependence is everyone relying and building on each other so that all of our lives are better. In our society we have far too much independence and dependence, and no where near enough interdependence. We all assume we are in divine order and what we do has no affect on others, while in reality we are pushing people aside and having an intense negative affect on everything we touch. 

It doesn't need to be this way. We got here because we feel separated, isolated, and independent. Start with something small. If you are rich donate more money to charity, even a penny more per day. If you are poor donate clothes that don't fit anymore to goodwill or give them to someone who is in an even worse place than you are. 

It is up to us to fix what we have created, or we will end up destroying ourselves.

"Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied." 

Friedrich Nietzsche