Looking for deeper meaning and the purpose of life I wondered
what the most expensive brand in the world was.
The largest corporations seemed the obvious answer but it was
too simple and obvious an answer.
Do not read on until you find an answer to this question:
“The leaders of which organization have the most money to
spend this year?”
The place most of our money gathers is shrouded in mystery.
Our National Budget is only occasionally mentioned every now
and then but as a whole its details are covered in deep mist and layers of
paperwork.
Trying to make sense of the numbers one can’t help but be
amazed at how rich “we the people” are.
We often donate /or it is taken from us/ the larger % of
what we make to the “common good” – our Nation.
Our politicians are like priests as the battle for our vote
is a battle for our trust in who will “save” our lives. Even in totalitarian
nations and monarchies once the trust of the people is lost the system
collapses.
Our Federal Governments are sitting on Trillions of our
currency acting like it knows best what we need. Yet there is not even one
nation in the world where life is fully satisfactory…
The so called big International Corporations seem to be
hooked on the mercy of the state for protection and special conditions allowing
them to have advantage over other market players hooked to other National Brands.
Yet their lobbyists twist and drill laws locally and
internationally to maximize profit and keep their shareholders happy… slowly
becoming Financial Island Nations…
Looking deeper at our own
National Brand
it is very interesting
what our tax money are spent for.
Our language, culture, security, history and many more are
hammered together into the shape of “Our Identity”.
What actually comprises “Our Identity” can really break a human
heart…
Often our founding national heroes became such after bloody
battles where many lives were lost on both sides.
Our territory was stolen from preexisting nations and
peoples who are still part of the new identity.
Our language evolved from other languages.
Our culture is a mixture of many cultures.
Our DNA traces back to Africa.
All religions are searching for the meaning of the human life that
is common to all.
Because all of the above cost money our National Identity becomes a very
pricey brand.
We write history books omitting facts then covering up the
omission with other stories.
We insist the land belongs to us now ignoring claims by
violated parties.
We desperately search for what makes our nation unique and
worthy of carrying its current brand.
But the problems of our brands grow as the
world develops.
Transportation and communication shortens all distances
making omissions more difficult to hide.
We now have many nationalities, cultures and religions
living door to door in big cities.
We find ourselves needing to know 2 -3 foreign languages just to
keep up with global job markets. At the same time technology point to a lesser
need for human labor in the future.
All of this trends surround us making us incapable of visualizing our future but at we hold on to a National Passport...
We compare the military spending of national brands arguing that
this money can find a better use.
The defense budget is only a fraction of our National
Identity PR campaign.
If we had no enemies we will not need to defend. If we admit
our faults and willingly share what we have there will be no enemies left to
protect ourselves from.
How shall we spend the tax money we gather in the future?
Will we give up our expensive brands in exchange for an
identity of one global human family?
A lot has to change inside of us and we have to find a
deeper meaning to the purpose of our lives before we are able to embrace such level of freedom.
The freedom of the global /or even universal/ citizen...
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