The problem with Live
Earth is that it simply doesn't practice what it preaches. Celebrities
lead extravagant lifestyles. I saw on the tv the other day a celeb paying $75,000 for a wedding dress and her flowers cost $100,000. Most humans will not put any stock in a
message that comes from people who are not doing as they say to do. You hear
the message to change all your light bulbs and turn off your air conditioner,
etc.... This is preached to the little people, the common folk like you and
me. Well, I guarantee that global warming would not have come about from light
bulbs and air conditioners.
The problem is
capitalism, which is based on greed. It cannot help it, it's just inherent in
the structure of it. If a company wants to succeed, it has to
constantly outsell it's competitor. This eventually leads to monopolies because
there is no other way to do it, unless the companies simply want to dissolve
after they have many many millions, and they don't. Some say Capitalism is
great, yeah, well, it would be nice if we were able to use it as a way of making
a good living. But, there is just is no room for everyone to do that well. It
creates a vast disparity in wealth, creating a rich and poor society and slowly
dissolving the middle class. What is the biggest contributor to global
warming? Big corporations. Cars are a huge factor and the military, which
wastes a great deal of unnecessary resources. If a person went around the globe
and studied emissions from factories, they would see unbelievable amounts of
pollution and waste. Most are hidden to the naked eye. Yes, they provide us
with products, but the toll it takes on the earth is monumental and
catastrophic. Have you ever walked into a Michaels store? It is full of junk
that uses up the earth's resources, and there is tons of junk out there
like that that we really do not need. And if anyone walks into a grocery store
and looks for a box of cereal, they can see waste and greed written all over
those 2 isles of endless boxes.
The biggest problem in
our society is no accountability. Bureaucracy is the basis. You can see this
simply by addressing the one issue: If you asked the big corporations why they
produce so much stuff, they would say they are fulfilling a need, that we the
public demand things and they are only supplying it. But, I say that a vast
amount of products and services are a result of them creating the need, not us.
And, what is wrong with the logic of the latter? Well, we have come full
circle, it's back to the light bulbs and air conditioners. Now that the
destruction of the earth is getting difficult to hide, the burden is being put
on us, the little people. The masses make up the majority of the human
population. Well, it must be our fault. We demanded products and services.
They were created for us. Now, we are destroying the earth, so we must make
personal sacrifices. Is the government (one of the biggest contributors to
waste and extravagance) and Corporate America going to make the same sacrifices,
or will they simply try to produce a product they can sell us that produces
less damage to the environment on the consumer end, while they sit back like fat
cats raking in the big bucks and continuing their lavish lifestyle? I think the
latter.
In conclusion, yes the
celebrities have a voice because they are wealthy and popular, and that does get
the message out to more people. But, are all the celebs who participated in
Live Earth going to stop paying $100 or more for a meal at a restaurant? No.
It's not a reality. The wealthy, the famous, and the government set the
examples for us; And, to me, as a whole, they are nothing but enablers for
the crisis state of the world. It still all comes down to the haves and the
have-nots. And, the have-nots are the ones who will sacrifice the most for the
gluttonous ways of the wealthy, big business and big government.
What Is The Solution? I don't
know, not sure there is one that humans will all adapt to, rather than destroy
the earth. Remember the golden Rule...The one who has the gold, makes the rules.
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