The strangeness of this world overwhelms me at all times.
There's only one reason I can think of.
The values of society, personal values and hopes and dreams of people - it's all set in a wrong way.
And the problem is - it's set nationwide, backed up by laws, not possible to change.
back in Europe I know people who value success, education, art, content life, happiness, experience, and money. It's the healthy mix that makes the world go round.
Well, it's just not like that in USA. The capitalism is omnipresent and it contains everything else. You want education? Pay up! Art? Nothing is for free, dove!
It just shouldn't work like that. No one here would ever look at themselves and say: " Do I deserve all of this? What have I done to deserve it?" that is, of course, unless they're poor. Which is, ultimately, a simple equation.
Poor = bad.
Poor person = bad person, not valuable at all.
I've seen many poor doctors, skilled teachers, some chemists, most artists back in CZ. I don't think I'll find much of that here. And I don't consider it such a great thing. Money spoils people. I've simply seen too many poor and happy people to ever believe in power of capitalism.
You could call me naive, but that would essentially only prove how limited your view of the world would have to be.
There are some things I'm certain of.
And as much as there are advantages to having the "American dream", which is basically a certain value that is pretty much standardized, still the diversity of Europe with its closer connection to both reality and the world of dreams wins my heart. And now I don't think that is just personal. I imagine - if all the world realized this, wouldn't it be a much better place?
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