Being a rather mentally unstable person myself, I often ask myself the question why? And why so many around me. I grew up in a middle class suburb in a large city, and I have met people from many walks of life, from the supremely rich to people who can hardly put shoes on thier feet. The large portion showing a lack of comfort with the world around them, whether they would like to admit it or not. I often come to the conclusion that it is the system. It would seem to me that our very humanity is fucked-with by capitalism, from our ethical/religious beliefs to our natural instincts.
I believe that the competitive drives of capitalism work with and against the achievements of our civilization. It is because of the co-operative instincts of man that we have come up with ideas such as: global community, democracy, and free trade. All of wich are twisted and distorted by capitalism, backfiring against humanity. The intense drive for capital distracts and stifles philisophical thought, making it seem impractical.
With capitalism, anything and everything has a price, giving the illusion that life and your soul are worth nothing more than money. Christians and Muslims say that greed is sin, but with capitalism; greed is the name of the game. Christians aren't sopposed to covet thy neighbour's goods. Coveting thy neighbour's and anyone else's goods seems all that one can do. For athiests, our ethical values placed upon us by our ansestors are attacked in the same way.
Our consumer society creates material abuse of every kind, and alows the networking for large scale drug abuse. And studies have shown that the heads of large cororations are often sociopaths.
As an Anarchist, I strangely find myself getting along better with Maoists than Platformists!
