Christmas! That time of the year when we tell ourselves we’re doing enough. That we deserve all the excesses and that the rest of the world is not our personal problem..
It is the very reason the world will always be in a mess. We bring present after present out, roll around in glee. If you think about children in some parts of the world, but the real sad part of it all, is that had they been more fortunate, would they think about the less fortunate?
It’s just about as complicated as animals in captivity. We come up with excuses. If we don’t display them there won’t be revenue to pay their carers or feed them etc. They are not equipped for survival in the wild. Ok…..
Perhaps we can’t change the world, perhaps humans are what we are, but for goodness sake! piling a child with 5+ presents is not only excessive, it is wasteful and pointless. As a kid, I received tens and tens of needless, wasteful presents myself; not about hypocrisy. In comes the most potent excuse: culture, tradition..? out goes common sense! A marketing trick that will never lose its potency.
Knowledge can improve the world we live in 