A Blissful Society Without Financial Pressures Hindering Citizens from Experiencing a Fulfilling Life

With the inherent dark and blue natures of the human soul that have emerged due to recent worldwide events, it becomes necessary for drastic action to take place from all global citizens. The lure of drugs to escape the pressures of but a few moments and the emotional highs and devastating lows of alcohol to supplement the pain are not the answers. The dilemma occurs when one is told happiness is a state of mind. Thus, drugs and alcohol run rampant among consumers, but the inherent bliss of the human soul is not drug induced. We must see happiness as an attitude not based on external circumstances.

The conscious decision to be happy thus must result from a worldwide effect where happiness is not consumer driven but given as much importance as one's effective role in society such as the function of a job. Therefore, at an individual and worldwide level, we must tear the economy down further and destroy it once and for all. At the root of American society and societies around the world since the beginning of time is financial greed. Money is simply a paper or metal substance. Yet, everyday people die over attempting to collect it or make ends meet. As many have suggested, it is simply just too hard to face the realities of today, especially in the economic climate without feeling suicidal.

By destroying the current financial systems, we will solve many problems. The competition to earn money will be gone. No more blood will be shed for the greed of all who wish to get rich. Second, we will be free to find happiness in the everyday existence outside of money. Poets, writers, and artists alike will be free to explore their passions as they seek to make the world better through their art. Others will be free to chase their dreams without the fear of financial ruin. The freedom to chase one's dreams has become an Americanized concept often in the form of the "American Dream", but with the destruction of the worldwide financial systems, the "American Dream" can be held in place for other countries and civilizations as well.

So, what has the "American Dream" come to constitute? Well, there is the loving spouse that only has eyes for you and is there for you through everything, the family that you brought into the world and that provides solid companionship, a stable home to live in that can be counted on through everything, and of course, the freedom to pursue one's dream. Without money, a man or woman would be free to experience the loving relationship that every person should have free of the bonds of financial strain. Two partners who unite in parenthood would be able to raise their children without the pressure of having enough materials to suit them. The only problem might come into the snag of land. But, consider that without the pressure of money, families would travel and no one piece of land would be considered the ownership of one particular person or family.

There is enough land covering the earth that at any given point we would all be able to have a significant portion. However, with the current financial system, the human population has crowded into dense and overcrowded cities to take advantage of that which money will buy them and for better economic reasons. But, without money, there would be no need for migration to large cities or a reliance on the perceived amenities of city living anymore.

Probably one of the greatest advantages would be the destruction of the social classes. For the first time in history, people regardless of races could honestly judge each other based on their individual character. Preconceived biases and false merits of success rooted in money would disappear as people would be judged by how they treat one another. Crime would diminish as there would be no rich class and no poor class alternatively.

Perhaps, there are many critics who suggest this may not work. They may claim that without a stable financial system in place, chaos would erupt. However, it is overlooked that order through a peace keeping force such as law enforcement officers would join because they feel that it is their calling in life. Many officers join law enforcement to protect and serve and not for the money. There is a sense of pride and accomplishment in many of these individuals that only can be manifested through their sense of enforcing the law.

Furthermore, those who might disagree with this would suggest it might turn into a socialist political structure. First and foremost, with the current leadership, in the United States, the country is already beginning to turn into a socialist regime. Secondly, without the threat of financial wealth and consumerism rearing its ugly head, citizens would not necessarily value material objects like they do now. In addition, the pressures of finance would not take a toll on people's psyche equating to having a paycheck or die. By destroying this either or scenario, this envisioned world would not lead people to have the mental illness that it does now.

There is a pressuring issue at hand that is best suited to address lastly. It has been suggested that the best things in life are free. Air in your lungs, a beating heart, and the freedom to experience nature and find beauty and transcendence in the everyday are just a few of the things that should be classified as "essential human rights" pertaining to all humans. However, in this society free of financial systems, how would one divide things such as food allocation and would there be basic things that everyone needed beside physical nourishment? Throughout history, mankind has certainly acted on what Schopenhauer refers to as "will" or the desire to act in harmony with his physical desires and human nature.

At the basic of these desires is the inherent desire to keep himself alive through physical nourishment. There would have to be a system in place to make sure that food was readily accessed. Merit would still be encouraged. Artists, enforcement officers, and other professions that result from the inherent desire to find something one loves to do would still flourish. Only, they would be working towards things they need in food rather than things they do not need in the perceived amenities of consumerism. Therefore, the food collections that are in place for the poor in today's current financial systems should remain. If all of us were given opportunity for food wherever we may travel, then we would undoubtedly be free to experience the lives we would to live rather than simply remaining stuck in one geographical location afraid to move because of the fear of not surviving physically. This would differ from a socialist society, because although, the food would be given to everyone, there would still be variety for everyone to choose something different to eat. For socialism to exist, we must take from the rich and give to the poor, but there would be no rich. The classes would be gone. We would be free to chase what really matters to us.

The best way to destroy the current financial system is to spend money only on the necessities for survival. If we can all show why consumerism of things that are not needed or desired should be destroyed then we can destroy it. It may difficult for many to give up the presumed luxuries of consumerism, but remember, the corporations who dominate the current economic landscape cannot give you what you ultimately desire, because they do not ultimately know. They put out a product and hope that the consumers with purchasing power will purchase it. If we do not make the conscious decision to purchase these products, then we will destroy them. Only when these financial systems are destroyed can we all experience a blissful society that may be much better than the current one which has brought the world to its knees. We must have this innate desire of happiness that not only can this be done, but we will make it happen. The desire to change the world around us and make it better but also knowing that we as individuals can make it better is the first step in gaining the happiness we all desire.