Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, this is not a Democrat v. Republican debacle we have ourselves in. It’s, at the very core, a humans v. corporations v. religions v. humans game we’re in.

The humans v. corporations is us versus companies like BlackRock, Vanguard, StateStreet, and the other Top 10 investment firms.

Humans v. religions, despite anything you choose to believe in, is us versus everyone else; everyone that thinks even slightly differently than our individual selves, because deep down inside of each and every one of us is an ego and an insatiable appetite for something, some addiction. We all have some sort of addiction.

For almost every person on the planet, that is some sort of currency. Again, whether you want to admit it or not, currency drives you. It rules your life, and it bends your will. For most, their perspective is: Wealth gives you some sort of super power. It could be that they see wealth as a measure of intelligence. Maybe it’s power, or the ability to buy more shiny shit. Maybe you have the ability to capture and hold onto some elevated level of importance? Whatever it is … Wealth drives it and makes it happen.

The human v. human is through the two aforementioned channels: Corporations and Religion … If you invest, you invest in BlackRock, Vanguard, and the others. Whether you like it or not.
When someone disagrees, you hate them for it.
We’re checkmating ourselves, and all of those things above are gambling on the billions of outcomes.

We need to do better as humans and focus heavily on each other. The only thing you take with you when you die is your soul. Some feel it dies with us, and some feel it continues on through eternity — bearing the heavy weights of the bad decisions and choices you made throughout your life. Some feel that it doesn’t exist at all. No one possesses the undeniable truth but that which lies beyond. So, it stands to reason that we should all be trying to be a lot less corporate, zealous, greedy, and egotistical, and a lot more observant, aware, helpful, gracious, and kind.

It’s a tough trail, but it’s long past time to blaze it.