There are, in my opinion, many significant problems in human society these days. The climate crisis is top of the list, of course, given its existentialist threat to the human species, but there are others.
Most of those fit to quite an extent in the neoliberalism category - overwork, erosion of work conditions, people's complicity in those changes, and so on. Of course, consumer goods are substantially cheaper as a result of all that, but the price we, all of humanity, has paid includes the aforementioned climate crisis, insecure and superficial lifestyles, and the loss of our soul.
In many ways, I consider capitalism has been nearly as bad as communism from a spiritual perspective, but the problem with that comment is it focuses on economic matters, rather than the truth of the matter, which is: why are we alive?
Science is useless (as are, incidentally, those morons who think the means of production are the key for defining economic systems) on this matter, and old, as opposed to mature, religions, marked by their unthinking adherence to dogma - a fanaticism only matched by communists like China's Chairman (aka "President"), are quite destructive.
Above all else, we need to learn to reflect - to take time out, not to follow peer pressure, and to simplify our lives. We need to follow the philosophies of minimalist living and slow living.
After nearly half a century of struggle to make the world a better place and two decades of personal and family members' illnesses (some leading to passing), I need to start focusing on "slow living" (I'm already a minimalist to quite an extent) as well - for the sake of my health. Unfortunately, I can't just cut everything out (I still have a family to support): there will be a transition. I will be making a few changes when I can (including building myself another small boat when I can find somewhere to do so - anyone got a spare garage? :) ), and the effort I put into news posts and Psychic Weather Reports on this blog will be cut back (but not stopped) in favour of writing. (I stopped running workshops, which are exhausting, a few years ago.)
So, as they say: watch this space :)
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